William White, formerly with the Bank of Canada among other jobs, has another cheery list of reasons to worry about a new financial crisis.
- large increases in dollar-denominated debt in the private sectors of emerging market economies,
- high property prices in many countries,
- asset-management and private equity firms acting as lenders in place in traditional banks, with less regulation and fewer limits on risk taking,
- disparities in interest rates between countries leading to capital movement
- flash crashes,
- algorithmic trading,
- passive investing, and
- the possibility of slower growth, higher inflation, and political meddling in monetary policy in the U.S. caused in part by Trump’s misguided policies.