Comparative Analysis of Asian and Mexican Financial Crises: Report

This report provides a comparative analysis of the Asian and Mexican financial crises, highlighting key similarities and differences. It examines the impact of currency devaluation, capital outflows, and the role of international institutions like the IMF. The report details the economic consequences, including recession and the implementation of monetary and fiscal policies. It also touches upon the Turkish financial crisis for comparison, emphasizing the role of private debt and current account deficits. The report analyzes the specific actions taken by the governments of the affected countries, like South Korea, Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and evaluates their effectiveness in stabilizing their economies. This assignment is a valuable resource for students studying economics and finance, offering a clear understanding of financial crises and their implications.

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Asian and Mexican financial crises
The Asian financial crises of 1997 was more severe than the Mexican crises of 1994 in
terms of sudden shock and number of population suffered. Though the devaluation of the
currency changed the attitude of investors and caused huge capital outflows in both the cases.
Similarly, the sudden shock of capital outflows affected the domestic market financially and
unstable the productive sector (Rizvi, Arshad & Alam, 2015). The deviation of trend output due
to recession was about 15% in both South Korea and Mexico however, a gap of 25-30%
recorded in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
In case of, Asian crisis aid of $110 billion from IMF helped the economy to stabilize and
they curtailed public spending and induced interest rates and tax rates in order to recover.
Mexican government used assistance offered by the IMF and American tax payer dollars for
securities guarantees and swap facilities (Sensoy et al., 2014). Both the economies took
assistance from IMF and implemented some monetary and fiscal policies controls.
The Turkish crises influenced by excessive private debt of foreign currency and higher
current account deficit. It led to high inflation, rising loan defaults and plunging in currency
value. Unlike, currency devaluation there is no existence of high inflation or fiscal deficits in
both Asian and Mexican economies.

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Reference List
Rizvi, S. A. R., Arshad, S., & Alam, N. (2015). Crises and contagion in Asia Pacific—Islamic
v/s conventional markets. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 34, 315-326.
Sensoy, A., Soytas, U., Yildirim, I., & Hacihasanoglu, E. (2014). Dynamic relationship between
Turkey and European countries during the global financial crisis. Economic Modelling,
40, 290-298.