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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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July 12, 2008
Monetary Policy
Too Chinese (and Russian) to fail?
The epicenter of the US financial crisis now seems to have shifted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- the government sponsored enterprises that dominate the market for US housing finance. Few inst…
April 13, 2006
Financial Markets
Abridged Roubini on oil at $70 — and not-so-abridged Setser on Petrodollars
A condensed version of Dr. Roubini's latest post:"I was wrong about the impact of $40 oil, but I'll be right about the impact of $70 oil."I know Dr. Roubini was wrong about the impact of $40 oil beca…
March 10, 2008
Monetary Policy
What are Zhou and al-Sayyari doing? Reserve management and the Fed’s balance sheet operations
Paul Krugman noted that his discussion of the Fed’s recent policy steps was rather wonkish. If that is true, my comments will be off-the-wonkish charts. I want to try to bring the actions of foreign …
June 6, 2008
Financial Markets
Does Chinese inflation now constrain the Fed?
Tim Duy, with rather impressive timing, says yes. Rising inflation in China and the Gulf, the key regions in today’s "dollar zone," now have a large enough impact on prices in the US to limit the F…