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O Sistema Financeiro Globalizado Contemporâneo: Estrutura e Perspectivas

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  • Ernani Teixeira Torres Filho

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O texto analisa o desenvolvimento do sistema financeiro globalizado contemporâneo, como consequência das inovações introduzidas pelos mercados privados, mas principalmente da estratégia comandada pelos Estados Unidos. Esse novo sistema financeiro global, baseado no dólar flexível, gerou muitas bolhas financeiras desde que se consolidou nos Anos 1980. A crise de 2008 é a mais recente e se tornou a maior delas porque afetou negativamente os principais bancos do mercado financeiro central do sistema, os Estados Unidos. Sua origem está relacionada ao fato de os principais bancos internacionais terem, com a globalização, alterado suas estratégias de negócios, deixando de lado as atividades mais tradicionais de crédito para empresas e famílias em favor de investimentos mais especulativos, baseados em elevada alavancagem, adotando assim um comportamento mais semelhante ao dos fundos de hedge. The paper analyzes the development of the contemporary globalized financial system as a consequence of the innovations introduced by private markets, but mostly the strategy of the governments, particularly the US. This new global financial system, based on the floating dollar, generated many financial bubbles since it was consolidated in the 1980s. The crisis of 2008 is the latest and the greatest of them, because it negatively affected the major banks of the main market of the system, the United States. Its origin is related to the changes that occurred in the business strategies of these banks. They left aside their traditional lending activities to businesses and families in favor of more speculative investments, based on high leverage ratios, thus adopting a behavior similar to what hedge funds do.

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  • Ernani Teixeira Torres Filho, 2015. "O Sistema Financeiro Globalizado Contemporâneo: Estrutura e Perspectivas," Discussion Papers 2030, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA.
  • Handle: RePEc:ipe:ipetds:2030
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