Reshaping the financial order

• Main Authors: DULA, Christopher William, LEE, David Kuo Chuen
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Bitcoin; Blockchain; Digital payments; E-commerce; Financial regime; Financial system; FinTech; LASIC; Finance and Financial Management; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5919
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The financial system, which governs and manages the practice of deposits, lending and payments, is in the throes of disruption following the shortcomings of the current regime. Despite US$11 trillion in quantitative easing since 2007, economic growth has been persistently sluggish. The money isn't going where it should be. In 2015, McKinsey reported that global debt had grown by US$57 trillion since 2007. The debt is becoming unsustainable, yet the global debt-to-income ratio continues to rise disproportionally to any deleveraging. The Fed's meandering signaling to nudge up interest rates beyond the near zero range raises concerns that private and even public debt could become unserviceable, reeling the economy back into a serious recession.