Friday, August 8, 2014

Rajan Warns of a Global Market ‘Crash’

....Rajan said that back then, countries were engaged in a period of competitive devaluation, in a similar way to central banks now being engaged in ever more accommodative policies. “We are taking a greater chance of having another crash at a time when the world is less capable of bearing the cost,” Rajan said in an interview on the journal's website dated Wednesday. Rajan said he worried about the impact of investors exiting markets all at once after buying heavily into assets inflated by these loose central bank policies. “There will be major market volatility if that occurs. True, it may not happen if we can find a way to unwind everything steadily. But it is a big hope and a prayer,” Rajan said....

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