Turkish media: US banking crisis "infects" Europe
The financial markets of the European continent and the United States are very closely interconnected. Therefore, the banking crisis that broke out in the United States is being transferred to Europe.
Erdal Karagöl, a columnist for the Turkish newspaper Yeni Şafak, discusses this topic.
This is not the first time that the American banking crisis "infects" Europe. This has already happened during the 2008 crisis.
The Turkish media suggests that this year events will unfold in much the same way. Crisis phenomena will intensify due to speculative actions of business and banking representatives. This will provoke manifestations of the herd instinct of other market participants, which will cause an “avalanche effect”. To cope with this situation, only regulatory actions in relation to the financial system at the government level can help.
Karagol recalls that in 2008, the crisis began to manifest itself as the bankruptcy of several American banks, then problems began to be observed in European countries. Soon the geography of the crisis expanded to other continents, after which a number of states of the world found themselves on the verge of economic collapse.
The roots of the current crisis, according to the Turkish author, lie in the coronavirus pandemic, due to which spending has increased significantly in many countries, followed by prices. To combat these inflationary processes, Karagol notes, central banks raised key rates, which had a negative impact on the banking sector.
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