class: top, left, middle background-image: url(https://media0.giphy.com/media/cJFQJzZxFMhONxDTnt/200w.gif?cid=6c09b952ib6bxzy74li8lofynkhfmhqaue0rgolki8u9afeg&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200w.gif&ct=g) background-size: 60% background-position: right # .huge[.Blue[**Global <br> Finance**]] <br><br> GLOA 610 --- class: inverse background-color: black background-image: url(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSm8iyhqitY7a6JP3AyfNXCxPzZGc6GM4DvPA&usqp=CAU) background-size: contain background-position: right ## .Large[Three Areas of Global 'Finance'] -- ## 1) Currency Exchanges (exchange rates) <br>: $7.5 tn .yellow[per day] (as of 2022) <br>
$1tn, if only counting over-the-counter -- ## 2) Debt ($230 tn in 2023) -- ## 3) Other types of money flow <br> (e.g., remittances: $860 bn in 2023) --- class: inverse, bottom, right background-color: #37145A background-image: url(https://media.giphy.com/media/3oz8xMrLEYDnoHLbCE/giphy.gif) background-size: contain # .yellow[.Huge[First, Exchange Rates]] --- background-image: url(https://cdn.britannica.com/13/145313-050-852A6F13/Exchange-rates-Suvarnabhumi-International-Airport-Thai-Bangkok.jpg) background-position: right background-size: 30% ## **Exchange rates** -- ### = value of a currency compared to another's <br> = the .green[price] of a currency -- ### 1. .Yellow[nominal] exchange rates - .large[need to know when travel abroad
: a-/depreciate)] - .large[instantaneously available] -- ### 2. .red[real] exchange rates - .large[.pink[actual] costs of things] - .large[estimates] (smaller or large than .blue[1]) - .large[nominal] ** `\(\times\)` ** .large[inflation rates: .purple[**under**]/.Blue[**over**]valued] -- ### overall, considered an indicator of .pink[competitiveness] --- # .large[But, what competitiveness?] -- ## : the .red[price] competitiveness of .green[tradables] -- ## .red[under]valuation: good for exports ('beggar-thy-neighbor') -- .pull-left[ .content-box-yellow[.Large[ ## importing a BMW
-
1 =
1 -
50k ⇒
50k - amount paid to BMW:
50k ] ] ] -- .pull-right[ .content-box-red[.Large[ ## importing a BMW
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.red[2] =
1 -
50k ⇒
25k: sales
- amount paid to BMW:
.red[50k] - *effect on US automakers?* ] ] ] --- class: inverse, middle background-color: #d64161 background-image: url(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/textvulture/textvulture.github.io/master/images/background_leftEmpty2.jpg) background-size: 140% # .large[So undervaluation .Small[(.pink[weak] currency)] is .yellow[all] good?] -- ## - serious welfare/distributional effects -- ## - external consequences (cf. 'currency manipulator') -- ## - .orange[interest groups] would lobby for undervaluation (.Green[sometimes]) -- # .pink[Broz and Werfel (2014)]; .bluey[Steinberg and Shih (2012)] --- class: inverse, center, middle background-color: #37145A background-image: url(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/textvulture/textvulture.github.io/master/images/forestBackground.jpg) background-size: 100% # .huge[Let's talk about Debt] ## And how it is related to development --- class: inverse, center, middle background-color: red # .Huge[Is Debt = Doom
?] -- # B/C, foreign debt = losing independence? -- # OMG, I remember we owe China *a lot* ! --- # A quick .Yellow[cut-away]: The Story of American Debt -- .pull-left[ .center[ <img src="https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/Foreign-Curency-Draft9-4ddb.png" width="95%" /> ] ] -- .pull-right[ .center[ <img src="https://wolfstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/US-Treasury-holdings-TIC-pie-2018-08.png" width="95%" /> ] ] --- # Aren't people still saying the US
dominance is ending? -- .pull-left[ <img src="images/dollar-skeptic.JPG" width="1032" /> ] -- .pull-right[ <img src="https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691168524.jpg" width="60%" style="display: block; margin: auto;" /> ] --- class: inverse background-color: #37145A # .Large[**But aren't .red[most] debts still bad?**] .pull-left[ ## - No: In particular, .red[sovereign debt]: sources of .green[development fund] ## - .red[Too much] sovereign debt spells trouble though (i.e., 'original sin') ## - the more you borrow, the harder it becomes to borrow (.yellow[credit rating]) ] -- .pull-right[ # Example: Moody's .center[ ![](https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_personal-finance/section_20/2477783b832fc7bb254af9b421701e9a.jpg)<!-- --> ] ] --- class: inverse, middle background-image: url(https://www.glabarre.com/item_images/5k%20us%20bond.jpg) background-size: contain background-position: right background-color: black -- # .huge[**How does .Green[bond] work?**] -- # .Blue[**.green[Domestic] vs. Foreign currency denomination?**] -- # .orange[**Ballard-Rosa, Mosely, and Wellhausen (2021)**] --- class: inverse, left, bottom background-image: url(https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*Z-htNgpOFMVwdQHWLMrZ2Q.gif) background-size: contain # .Large[Sometimes you just cannot repay the debt.] -- # You need a bailout: how does that work? -- # .yellow[.Large[Schneider and Tobin (2020)]] --- class: inverse, right background-image: url(https://content3.jdmagicbox.com/comp/hyderabad/f6/040pxx40.xx40.140124131631.x9f6/catalogue/star-global-currency-exchange-pvt-ltd-jubilee-hills-hyderabad-foreign-exchange-agents-49enny0.jpg?clr=3f273f) background-size: contain background-position: left background-color: black #.huge[**Remmitances**] -- ##
Debatable if it helps development -- ### financing vs. rent-seeking -- ##
But is there any other effect? -- ### Tertytchnaya et al. (2018)