Summers Sees Shift from Overconfidence to Seeking Confidence

August 25, 2015 Share Print 0

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Tuesday that current global conditions that contributed to Monday’s selloff represent the type of moment when surprises such as the Asian financial crisis or subprime mortgage bust can occur.

“I’m not prepared to predict that we’re in the midst of a crisis,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “But certainly the risks feel greater now than they have at moments in the past and I think the orientation of policy, which had been toward resisting overconfidence, now has to again shift toward providing confidence.”

Summers said he sees potential for “significant instability” and “substantial risks” associated with current conditions.

via CNBC

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency
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