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Central Banks: Contraction in global liquidity would be a major threat – Natixis

Global liquidity (central bank money) is currently increasing very rapidly which is playing a significant role in keeping long-term interest rates low and the prices of financial and real estate assets high, and in making very high debt ratios acceptable, according to Patrick Artus, Research Analyst at Natixis.

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“A contraction in global liquidity would therefore have highly negative effects on the global economy. Further, such a contraction is a possibility:

  • The Federal Reserve is shrinking its balance sheet;
  • The ECB is going to end quantitative easing;
  • The Bank of Japan and the Bank of England are no longer increasing the size of their balance sheets;
  • China now has a trade deficit; n Emerging countries other than China are accumulating fewer foreign-exchange reserves due to smaller capital inflows;
  • There remains the accumulation of foreign-exchange reserves by oil-exporting countries as oil prices rise.”

“Altogether, global liquidity can be expected to increase by 3% per year at end-2018 as opposed to 13% in the year to March 2018.”

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