The worry about cross-border capital flows

  • 📰 TheEconomist
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 39 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 92%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

As the scale of cross-border investment has ballooned, so its character has changed

Since the global financial crisis, flows of capital across borders have risen unabated. In 2020 the stock of cross-border financial assets reached $130trn, an increase of almost 60% since 2007. Measured relative to worldscale of investment has ballooned

Just as supply chains are a source of efficiency, so cross-border investment matches investors from one part of the world who have capital to spare with investors in another who are eager to put it to work. The benefits spill over into jobs and development. Everyone gains. Outside observers are no clearer about the risk than investors. Information on cross-border banking is extensive, partly because the Bank for International Settlements , which supports central banks, has collected data on international claims and liabilities for traditional lenders since 1963. However, disclosure for other financial institutions is limited. By definition, cross-border investments involve issuers covered by regulators in one country and buyers covered by regulators in another.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Bist 100 -%450 Usd try 0.89 1 usd 1.23 tl act accordingly, the future is in this direction Lagarde federalreserve IMFNews WorldBank city BankofAmerica bankofengland bbva jpmorgan CreditSuisse

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.