Gold is the Best Investment Today, History Tells Us So, Part II
November 4, 2007 -
If we look at today’s global economic situation, there are many similarities in the conditions that exist today and those that triggered the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.
The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
Prior to 1997, the Asian “tigers”, in particular, South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia attracted foreign investment in three manners: (1) The liberalization of investment policies and consequent elimination of restrictions on capital inflows; (2) the maintenance of high domestic interest rates to attract capital inflows; and (2) the pegging of domestic currencies to the U.S. dollar to allay fears of volatile currency movements. Read more …
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