During the past year, views on China's economy have yo-yoed from concerns about the recovery, to hand-wringing about inflation and overheating, and then back to talk of hard landing.
Governments have five tools to adjust to capital flows: monetary policy, fiscal policy, foreign exchange intervention, prudential tools, and capital controls. The challenge is to find, for each case, the right combination.
Although South Africa is included in BRICS, it is important to recognize all 17 economies in SSA that have put the Continent on the front economic burner. "A" must be added to any acronym discussing booming economic growth regions.
it will take a while before most crisis-hit countries will be able to reclaim the economic output that was lost as a result of the crisis. But things are definitely going in the right direction.
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund on Monday criticized developing countries for not responding strongly enough to the surge of hot money in...