The Impact Of 'Currency Wars' In Oil-Exporting Africa

HFA Padded
Guest Post
Published on
Updated on
Africa

The Impact Of ‘Currency Wars’ In Oil-Exporting Africa by Dan Steinbock, EconoMonitor Since lower oil prices typically result in depreciation of the oil exporters’ currencies, the dramatic plunge of oil prices has severe implications for sub-Saharan Africa. After the global financial crisis, many emerging economies have coped with diminished global growth prospects by deploying direct government intervention and capital controls for competitive devaluation. In turn, advanced economies have achieved the same indirectly through low policy rates and quantitative easing (QE). As the U.S. is recovering but Europe is amid its first ‘lost decade’ and Japan has begun its third one,…

This content is exclusively for paying members of Hedge Fund Alpha

Log In

Insider Strategies and Letters to Shareholders from the Top Hedge Funds and Maximize Your Portfolio Growth with Hedge Fund Alpha

Don’t have an account?

Subscribe now and get 7 days free!

HFA Padded

If you are interested in contributing to ValueWalk on a regular or one time basis read this post http://www.valuewalk.com/guest-posts-hedge-fund-letters/ We do not accept any outside posts or even ads on penny stocks, ICOs, cryptos, forex, binary options and related products.