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dc.titleResearch Insights: Why Did Some Countries Suffer Sudden Stops in Capital Flows during the Pandemic While Others Did Not?
dc.contributor.authorCavallo, Eduardo A.
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Jaramillo, María José
dc.contributor.authorHernández, Juan
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-06-23T00:06:00
dc.date.issue2022-06-23T00:06:00
dc.description.abstractDespite the sharp contraction in portfolio flows in March 2020, only six of 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries analyzed suffered a sudden stop in net capital flows during the COVID crisis. Outflows were the main driver of these sudden stops, as residents decided to increase their savings abroad. In other cases, external borrowing was crucial to avoid sudden stops. Without sovereign debt issuance or multilateral lending, sudden stops would have been considerably more widespread. Strong fundamentals are critical to maintaining access to external sovereign debt markets. Countries that suffered sudden stops had weaker pre-crisis macroeconomic indicators.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004318
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-Why-Did-Some-Countries-Suffer-Sudden-Stops-in-Capital-Flows-during-the-Pandemic-While-Others-Did-Not.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Por-que-algunos-paises-sufrieron-paradas-subitas-de-los-flujos-de-capital-durante-la-pandemia-y-otros-no.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectCapital Flow
dc.subjectSudden Stop
dc.subjectFinancial Accountancy
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectEconomic Recession
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectFinancial Crisis
dc.subjectExternal Debt
dc.subject.jelcodeF30 - International Finance: General
dc.subject.jelcodeF32 - Current Account Adjustment • Short-Term Capital Movements
dc.subject.jelcodeF40 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General
dc.subject.keywordsGross and net capital flows;External accounts
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00664
idb.operationBK-C1102
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