The Asian Liquidity Supercycle: How Deregulation, Dollar Flows, and the Tech Boom Rewired Global Finance (1994–2001)

Between 1994 and 2001, the world entered a new liquidity regime driven by capital account liberalization, dollar-denominated borrowing, export surpluses, and the explosive rise of technology markets. From the Tequila Crisis and Asian Financial Crisis to the dot-com bubble, this era created the modern global liquidity supercycle — and exposed its fault lines.