Security problems and disruptions in production also increased price volatility.

11. In the context of its discussions on volatility and vulnerability, the Economic and Social Council agreed that the increased integration of the world economy has the potential for increased volatility, particularly in international financial markets .

The increasing magnitude of private flows to developing countries has been accompanied by increased volatility.

Otherwise, liberalization and growth were likely to be interrupted and restrained by the cost of increased risk and volatility.

In fact, short term portfolio investments imply increased volatility and create risks for national balance of payments and foreign exchange markets

15. In contrast to the volatility of short term borrowing and other domestic outflows, foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries increased in 1997.

(e) Price volatility

Where Did Market Volatility Go?

Massive inflows of foreign capital into emerging markets had greatly contributed to the growth of the world economy and, at the same time, had increased the volatility of financial markets.

The volatility of world prices for traditional export crops, if passed directly on to farmers, tends to reduce their willingness to undertake investment because of increased uncertainty about prospective returns.

Volatility has increased only modestly, while asset prices have held up. Noise about these risks has occasionally (but only briefly) shaken investors confidence, and modest market corrections have tended to reverse themselves.

Management of volatility and its effects on development

A combination of volatility and nuclear weapons can be lethal.

Indeed, a major disadvantage of voluntary pledges lies in their volatility.

However, the volatility of exchange rates at times had destabilized trade flows.

Concern remained, however, about the degree of exposure to potential financial volatility.

Aware that, although globalization and liberalization processes have created employment opportunities for women in many countries, they have made women, especially in developing countries and in particular in the least developed countries, more vulnerable to problems caused by increased economic volatility,

They should also mitigate the impact of the excessive volatility of financial markets.

The aim should be to avoid volatility and to ensure stability and fairness.

Aware that, while globalization and liberalization processes have created employment opportunities for women in many countries, they have also made women, especially in developing countries and in particular in the least developed countries, more vulnerable to problems caused by increased economic volatility,

In fact, the competent international financial institutions had responded appropriately to recent market volatility.

This, however, was greatly undermined by commodity price volatility, tariff peaks and tariff escalations.

Global financial flows and their impact on developing countries addressing the matter of volatility

Furthermore, as Harvard s Jeffrey Frankel has pointed out, regulators increased margin requirements several times this year, making it harder to buy stocks with borrowed money. And, as with all stock markets, shifts in sentiment that are not connected to fundamentals can also drive volatility.

The Fed s decision to raise rates is a historic moment for financial markets and is already ushering in a period of increased volatility for asset prices worldwide. Although this may be challenging for investors, we should take comfort in the implications for the real economy.

(iv) Initiate measures that mitigate the impact of excessive volatility of short term capital flows.

(a) The promotion of a broader vision of macroeconomic stability to fuel growth and reduce volatility

ECLAC has continued to carry out analytical and technical cooperation work regarding factors that promote growth and reduce volatility, i.e., the pronounced volatility of the business cycles of its member countries which has undermined their economies' ability to achieve sustained growth.

So, what policies must emerging Asian economies pursue to reduce their vulnerability to regional and global volatility?

Effective measures were needed to reverse that trend and address the high volatility of external financial flows.

If the situation was not remedied, freer agricultural trade could magnify the volatility of world food prices.

The problem is that the inherent volatility of financial flows may make the daily changes excessively large.

Producing countries have also tried to contain price volatility by forming international cartels. But these have seldom worked.

Lost in all of the hype was the fact that neither markets nor financial analysts were terribly perturbed about excessive exchange rate volatility or the possibility of an actual currency war. After the autumn of 2008, exchange rate volatility slowly receded toward pre crisis levels.

In that regard, analyses of volatility experienced in the past by some countries, e.g. in Latin America and the Caribbean region, show that while domestic liberalization was accompanied by international liberalization, macroeconomic stability has suffered several episodes of crisis led by volatility in capital flows.

Moreover, the volatility of private capital could trigger international financial crises, as had happened recently in south east Asia.

Welcoming the initiative the Bretton Woods institutions have taken to address the question of the volatility of capital flows,

6. As of mid 1998, moreover, volatility of international financial flows had not subsided for more than short periods.

5. The General Assembly thus requested the Secretariat to analyse current trends in global financial flows and the effect of their volatility on growth and development, and to recommend ways and means to address the volatility of those flows (see Assembly resolution 52 180, para. 13).

Owing to increased CITS activities, administrative support tasks have also increased.

SEC said that these tweets actually had no evidences and the volatility in market triggered by them had hurt investors.

Speaking of risk, we have seen that price volatility of food crops in Africa is the highest in the world.

He noted the continuing insecurity, the political and military volatility, mounting ethnic intolerance and the fragility of the transition process.

The assertion in the report that the volatility of capital flows threatened the development of developing countries was an exaggeration.

Developing countries were particularly vulnerable to the type of market volatility which had led to the crisis in East Asia.