Instead, the evidence appears to indicate that the CCC lending program merely reroutes existing trade flows.
Its core industry, financial services, grew because of the accumulation of capital and trade flows.
Over the past decade COMESA helped its 20 member states reduce trade barriers and increase trade flows.
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And "you always see when you have a lot of trade flows, you have investment flows, " he added.
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Larger trade flows make it easier for firms to evade capital controls, by over- or under-invoicing their transactions.
This accounts for one third of global trade flows, according to the EU and the U.S. chamber of commerce.
Reserves need to be large enough to draw upon if foreign-currency financing suddenly dries up, and to ensure that trade flows smoothly.
After plunging in 2009 when global trade flows dried up during the global financial crisis, Chinese exports and imports rebounded in 2010.
There is a danger that trade flows and liquidity could be hit.
The resultant weak yen, as much as the undervalued Chinese yuan, is what is distorting currency and trade flows near and far.
And if the government were to increase its monitoring of FDI and trade flows, the extra bureaucracy could harm the real economy.
As for trade flows, America matters less than it did, swallowing just 20% of Japan's exports compared with nearly double that amount two decades ago.
As explained here and here, globalization with it transnational production sharing and cross-border investment has mitigated the impact of currency values on trade flows.
The upshot: Goldman has seen "no degradation of business, " has been winning assignments it expected to win, and "trade flows remain in line with expectations, " Mr. Hintz said.
These days, capital is accumulating elsewhere, and the fastest-growing trade flows are not between the rich world and emerging countries but between different parts of the emerging world.
He found that trade flows were 13% higher than you would expect, capital flows were 24% higher and the flows of people and information were a startling 93% higher.
On the data side, Irene is expected to cause sizable disruptions on initial claims and, particularly, on jobs, with hurricanes generally pushing back hiring, shipments, and affecting trade flows.
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Aviate Global broker Dan Waterman believes Maersk is undervalued, and he sees the stock as a play on improving global trade flows that have already started to show some improvement.
Both international trade flows and inventory accumulation could have been affected by disruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy, although a precise estimate of the effect of the hurricane on GDP is not available.
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Mr. BERNANKE: Tendering the adoption of new technologies or inhibiting trade flows would do far more harm than good, as technology and trade are critical sources of overall economic growth and in increases in the standard of living.
As such, recent trends in trade flows and the balance of payments suggest that the current account deficit for this fiscal year will likely reach a record of about 5% of GDP before narrowing closer to 4% next year.
Some economists reckon the Asia-inspired trade drag will subtract up to 2.5 percentage points from second-quarter growth and will be in evidence well beyond that, as it usually takes six to nine months for trade flows to respond fully to economic changes.
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Finally, it is essential to clear the decks of past Soviet indebtedness in an orderly fashion and as quickly as possible if new Western credit, investment and trade flows are to be resurrected for Russia, Ukraine and other qualifying CIS member states.
Booming trade flows, warm political relations, and deeply intertwined ties have created a relationship that makes it increasingly awkward for Beijing to look away when North Korea murders South Koreans as it did in 2010 (with the sinking of the South Korean vessel Cheonan that killed 46 sailors, and when it shelled Yonpyeong Island).
Booming trade flows, warm political relations, and deeply intertwined ties have created a relationship that makes it increasingly awkward for Beijing to look away when North Korea murders South Koreans as it did in 2010 (with the sinking of the South Korean vessel Cheonan that killed 46 sailors, and when it shelled Yongpyeong Island).
The OECD argues that the cost of new border restrictions could increase the cost of foreign trade by around 1% to 3%, and could lead to a reduction in trade flows by several times as much - by between 3% and 9% - more than counterbalancing the savings made by tariff cuts in the last round of trade talks.
In a global economy dominated by footloose investors, capital flows dominate trade deficits and these capital flows are attracted by high investment returns.
Britain has a much more open economy than America, measured by foreign trade or capital flows.
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