February 25, 2008

Our analysis offered a way to identify the likely losers of the unwinding. We argued that the unwinding would reduce the total amount of credit and thus the profitability of the lenders would be reduced as lending volume declined and the spread between long and short rates narrowed. Thus, the first candidates of likely losers from the unwinding of the carry trade included the financial sector.

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