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Capital flight
Capital Flight A situation in which foreign investors remove their investments from a particular country because of some increase in country risk. Capital flight may occur because of government instability, the sudden appearance of high inflation, or because another country's government offers a better deal. Governments almost always try to prevent capital flight from occurring, but this is not always possible. See also: Foreign direct investment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Capitalism Magazine explains why capital flight occurs: "The wealthy individuals of poor countries send their capital abroad to offshore accounts in order to avoid the financial volatility and political instability endemic in their homelands. The capital flight was apparent on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, where the benchmark Ibovespa index closed 0. The second hall takes a leap to the 1970s: military dictatorship, foreign borrowing, capital flight, industries going belly up, rising unemployment rates and state assumption of private debts. |
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