Not exact matches
Without anyone's realizing it, the simultaneous imposition of a single
currency on a group of
countries that clearly did not belong in a
currency union had reduced or even eliminated the monetary
adjustment mechanisms in those
countries, mechanisms that would have automatically counterbalanced the resulting increase in German capital exports.
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is an economic theory that estimates the amount of
adjustment needed on the exchange rate between
countries in order for the exchange to be equivalent to each
currency's purchasing power.
@MSalters The problem is deeper than that: Other EU
countries now expect Greece to enact self - destructive reforms, which it does, only to discover that they don't work (especially in a context where
currency adjustments are impossible).
Without floating
currencies,
adjustments are extraordinarily difficult and some
countries are condemned to remain uncompetitive, with depressed growth and extremely high unemployment for a long time after a shock.
Ireland may have waved goodbye to
currency flexibility, but it's one of the very few
countries that still proved willing & able to take the public & private pain of radical fiscal & competitiveness
adjustment, and now it's starting to pay off in spades... [Right now, Beardy Krugman must be wishing Ireland was wiped off the map!]
Economies in Emerging Markets generally are heavily dependent upon international trade and, accordingly, have been and may continue to be affected adversely by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed
adjustments in relative
currency values and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the
countries with which they trade.
The economies of developing
countries generally are heavily dependent upon international trade and, accordingly, have been and may continue to be adversely affected by trade barriers, exchange or
currency controls, managed
adjustments in relative
currency values and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the
countries with which they trade.
In fact, the
country has put into place, certain regulatory
adjustments that are good for Bitcoin as well as other digital
currencies.