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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 24, 2012
Defense and Security
Ask the Experts: Do Targeted Killings Work?
The United States did not always carry out targeted killings (or assassinations) of perceived national security threats. To the contrary, the norm against targeted killings outside of battlefield set…
July 29, 2007
Financial Markets
Is the dollar now a credit market play, not an equity play?
David Bloom (director of currency strategy at HSBC), paraphrased by Peter Garnham in Friday’s FT: “Today the euro represents growth and has become a big equity bet, while the dollar is firmly e…
May 5, 2007
Monetary Policy
Another month, another $10b (or more)
The $10b a month club came through in April. Brazil’s reserves: up $12.3b in April. Bacen also did a $3b reverse currency swap – its largest ever – last week. It isn’t just intervening in the spot …
February 22, 2005
Monetary Policy
Korea, enough said
It looks the remarks of Korea’s Central Bank President last week were a leading indicator of today’s big news: Korea plans to diversify its reserves away from the dollar! Bloomberg is right: the rea…
January 22, 2016
Pakistan
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of January 22, 2016
Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, Ariella Rotenberg, Ayumi Teraoka, Gabriel Walker, and James West look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Terrorists kill twenty-one in attack on Pakistani univer…
