But by defending the peso, there would have been no lasting flight of capital.
This in itself could lead to spiralling bond yields and the flight of capital invested in Italy could resume.
If an American recession caused a flight of capital to safety, these countries would see a sharp outflow of money.
It is unlikely that there will be a large-scale flight of capital, since foreign investors with a long-term horizon seem bullish.
Its popularity, and the flight of capital to states with limited liability from those without, led most American states to follow suit.
Analysts say this flight of capital has helped widen inequality in India.
Uganda is one of only a handful of African states to have seen a substantial reversal of the flight of capital and skills.
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This was largely a reaction to the painful memory of the Asian crisis: Asian countries wanted to insure themselves against another sudden flight of capital.
The flight of capital from the legal system accelerated once the Indian government eased its tight control with economic reforms that started in 1991, the report says.
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Such a flight of capital is exactly what worries Sergeant, who sells her work through a gallery on London's posh New Bond Street, not far from Sotheby's main auction site.
Indeed, the flight of capital toward the energy sector cheered on loudly by the right violates the basic economic views that have historically animated the more growth oriented side of the political divide.
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At a time when unemployment remains high and economic growth is lagging, forcing banks to report interest paid to nonresident aliens would encourage the flight of capital overseas to jurisdictions without onerous reporting requirements, place unnecessary burdens on the American economy, put our financial system at a fundamental competitive disadvantage, and would restrict access to capital when our economy can least afford it.
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An injection of Kuwaiti and Saudi capital has so far matched the flight of Syrian capital, but bankers fear that angry rulers in Damascus may block Lebanon's trade routes to the Arab world.
This flight of internal capital from the region is at a nine-month high (-EUR39.5b).
His harassment of Mr Khodorkovsky and other oligarchs has already seen a sharp resumption of capital flight out of Russia.
This was clever, because much of the gold inflow was a return of flight capital into the country and did not affect the balance of payments.
Mr Giordani dismisses claims of capital flight as a misreading of the figures.
These should ensure there is no repeat of the capital flight and eventual devaluation of 1994.
The return of flight capital is a practical necessity for the country to keep growing.
Indeed, a rush to oil is a flight of talent and capital to the basic, easily taxable and regulatable commercial concepts of yesterday.
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The only question is whether Nicosia tries to stem the pace of deposit flight by imposing capital controls or whether the ECB allows the Central Bank of Cyprus to relax its collateral rules sufficiently to permit it to provide unlimited Emergency Liquidity Assistance to a recapitalized banking sector.
The government has enough foreign-exchange reserves, and there is no sign yet of capital flight.
Once, that might have led to fears of capital flight and a currency devaluation.
According to Nomura, the sovereign debt crisis has entered a third phase characterized by the latest round of capital flight from the south.
Cypriot officials are working on capital control measures ahead of Thursday, when the country's commercial banks are scheduled to reopen, in a bid to stem the risk of capital flight.
They're rushing to get this done because Greece seems likely to implode whoever wins the 17 June election, and because a Spanish sovereign debt crisis would be massive: the capital flight of 100bn in January to March this year would look puny compared to the three trillion euros that could potentially leave the bond and stock markets of Italy and Spain.
These are euros owed to the Bundesbank by the central banks of the economies where there has been the greatest capital flight, names those of Greece, Italy and Spain.
The Supercycle will end if foreign investors ever turn their back on U.S. assets, triggering capital flight out of the dollar and robbing U.S. authorities of any room for maneuver.
The cumulative effect is that Egypt is fast becoming a Middle Eastern version of Haiti: a country without meaningful tourism, minimal foreign investment, massive capital flight, and eventually an exodus of its best and brightest.
Many analysts from investment firms like Nomura Securities and RBC Capital Markets have been warning about capital flight risk out of peripheral European countries since late last year.
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