Financial markets' volatility is much more than a monetary policy issue
- Written by The Conversation
It has been a bad start of 2016 for global stock markets.
Since the beginning of the year, the Dow Jones index has decreased by 7.6%, the Nikkei 225 by 7.5% and the ASX 200 by 5.1%. In Europe, the FTSE100 has lost 3.6% and the Euronext100 3.9%.
A quick recap of the events of the last few days might prove useful in understanding the causes of this...
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