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FLIGHT CAPITAL [5 records]

Record 1 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

Funds of a speculative nature that are used to buy or sell foreign currency, take advantage of interest differentials, or any funds used in a financial market, that will flow as quickly as it came in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
DEF

Capitaux en quête de placements permettant la meilleure rentabilité à court terme, quels que soient la place financière, la monnaie et le placement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
DEF

Capital especulativo que fluye a través de canales internacionales en busca de la rentabilidad más favorable [a cortísimo plazo].

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Record 2 2003-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The transfer of large sums of money from one country to another in order to seek greater security, higher interest rates, or avoid political and economic upheavals.

OBS

If [capital] exports are significant over a short time period, they are referred to as capital flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Placement de capitaux effectués à l'étranger afin de se soustraire indûment à la fiscalité de son pays ou de se garantir contre les fluctuations de la monnaie de ce dernier ou contre les décisions gouvernementales touchant l'économie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Salida de capitales financieros o de divisas debido a desestabilizaciones monetarias, legislaciones en contra de inversiones extranjeras o perspectivas de devaluaciones.

Key term(s)
  • fuga de capital
  • evasión de capital
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Record 3 2001-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The outflow of monies from the capital account; i.e., those items not included in a nations’s current account balance of payments, including investment and deposit funds, aid, and military expenditure.

OBS

If these exports are significant over a short time period, they are referred to as capital flight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 4 1994-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Liberalization without tight financial policies means inflation, trade deficit and capital flight.

CONT

Comprehensive price liberalization at the beginning of 1992 was not accompanied by sufficient tight financial policies.

Key term(s)
  • financial discipline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

La libération sans discipline financière débouche sur l'inflation, le déficit commercial et la fuite des capitaux.

CONT

Les économies en transition qui ont le plus progressé ont combiné les mesures de libération avec une politique financière rigoureuse.

CONT

Le vaste mouvement de libération des prix amorcé en 1992 n'a pas été étayé par une rigueur financière suffisante.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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