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[eng] Towards the End of Sovereign Wealth Funds ? . Before the crisis, the emerging countries (especially chose in Asia) and the oil-exporting countries had enormous foreign (fade surpluses they were accumulating in their foreign exchange reserves and which they used to give their sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) capital endowments. It was thus in these countries and SWFs that financing and capital investment capacities were to be found, which is what we saw at the beginning of the crisis. But the crisis then led to two developments : first of all, a significant trend towards repatriating capital From the emerging and oil-exporting countries. to the main countries of the OECO, particularly to the United Stares ; secondly, the decline in commodity prices. We then saw a very different situation : the emerging and oil countries suffered declines in their foreign exchange reserves. World savings was no longer concentrated in these countries, but in financing the public debts of the main OECD countries : in the United States and in Europe, governments replaced SWFs as " investors of last resort". . JEL Classification : F30, G01, 016 [fre] Avant la crise, les pays émergents (surtout d'Asie) et les pays exportateurs de pétrole avaient d'énormes excédents extérieurs qu'ils accumulaient dans leurs réserves de change et dont ils se servaient pour doter en capital leurs fonds souverains, Les capacités de financement, d'investissement en capital se trouvaient donc dans ces pays et dans les fonds souverains. Mais la crise a ensuite fait apparaître deux évolutions : d'une part, un considérable mouvement de rapatriement de capitaux depuis les pays émergents et exportateurs de pétrole vers les grands pays de l'OCDE, en particulier vers les États-Unis ; d'autre part, la chute des prix des matières premières. On a alors observé une situation très différente : les pays émergents et pétroliers perdent des réserves de change, l'épargne mondiale se concentre non plus dans ces pays, mais sur le financement des dettes publiques dans les grands pays de l'OCDE : aux fonds souverains se substituent les États, aux États-Unis, en Europe, comme «investisseurs en dernier ressort». . Classification JEL.' F30, GO1, 016
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Patrick Artus, 2009.
"Vers la fin des fonds souverains ?,"
Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 9(1), pages 135-148.
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RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_2009_hos_9_1_5426
DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.2009.5426
Note: DOI:10.3406/ecofi.2009.5426
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JEL classification:
- F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
- G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
- F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
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