Paul Krugman posted a technical paper ("The International Finance Multiplier") on the current global financial interdependence. "Interdependence this time is real – and it seems to be operating through channels that are not yet part of standard international macro analysis."
we seem to be dealing with a phenomenon I'll call the international finance multiplier, in which changes in asset prices are transmitted internationally through their effects on the balance sheets of highly leveraged financial institutions.
( contagion through the balance sheets of financial intermediaries )
we seem to be dealing with a phenomenon I'll call the international finance multiplier, in which changes in asset prices are transmitted internationally through their effects on the balance sheets of highly leveraged financial institutions.
( contagion through the balance sheets of financial intermediaries )