U.N. found the origin of the crisis: YOU
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:34 pm
Juicy extracts:
"More effective regulation and supervision of financial market activity is indispensable to prevent a repeat of the current global financial and economic crisis, a major UNCTAD report contends. But equally important is a reform of the international monetary and financial system aimed at reducing the scope for gains from currency speculation, and at avoiding large trade imbalances. The Trade and Development Report 2009 (1) (TDR) presents an innovative approach to such reform, emphasizing stability of real exchange rates."
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"Policymakers should have been wary of an industry that constantly aims at generating double-digit returns in an economy that is growing at a much slower rate"
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You can read the press release here:
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=11875&intItemID=1397&lang=1
and the full report here:
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdr2009_en.pdf
Cheers
Francisco
"More effective regulation and supervision of financial market activity is indispensable to prevent a repeat of the current global financial and economic crisis, a major UNCTAD report contends. But equally important is a reform of the international monetary and financial system aimed at reducing the scope for gains from currency speculation, and at avoiding large trade imbalances. The Trade and Development Report 2009 (1) (TDR) presents an innovative approach to such reform, emphasizing stability of real exchange rates."
...
"Policymakers should have been wary of an industry that constantly aims at generating double-digit returns in an economy that is growing at a much slower rate"
...
You can read the press release here:
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=11875&intItemID=1397&lang=1
and the full report here:
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdr2009_en.pdf
Cheers
Francisco