Sentences with phrase «fueled investment bubble»

It seems that in a command economy where non-performing loans never have to be recognised as such, it is possible for a massive credit - fueled investment bubble to deflate gradually.

Rajan believes that indexing helps to fuel investment bubbles because new money flowing into such funds is automatically allocated to the companies with the highest market value.

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Relatively easy liquidity has fuelled investment in China's notoriously frothy real estate sector - property investment jumped 22.8 percent in January and February combined from 2012 - pushing up home prices and triggering hawkish talk on property tightening from Beijing policymakers to contain the risk of an asset bubble rapidly inflating.

As mentioned above, the dot - com bubble took place in the late 1990s and was characterized by a rise in equity markets that was fueled by investments in internet and technology - based companies.

Behind Germany and ahead of some of the oil producers, it runs the largest current account surplus in the world, which means that it is exporting its excess savings in a world that has nowhere to put the money, and so the world must respond either with speculative asset bubbles, unproductive investment, debt - fueled consumption binges or unemployment.

Energy investment bubble (in the real economy) fueled by investor risk - taking (induced by monetary policy)

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

(04/22/2013) The world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment bubble in fossil fuels to the tune of trillions of dollars, according to leading economists.

The world could be heading for a major economic crisis as stock markets inflate an investment bubble in fossil fuels to the tune of trillions of dollars, according to leading economists.

Recently even Britain's Financial Times acknowledged the Carbon Bubble and reported that market analysts are steering investment clients away from high - carbon fossil fuels.