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December 19, 2005

Economics
Tim Adams frets …

Treasury Under Secretary Adams worries about "which developing country is ready to go bust, what hedge fund is heading toward a meltdown, which currency is teetering on the edge of collapse, what pro…

August 21, 2006

Financial Markets
Is Adam Posen talking about Germany - or the US?

Dan Drezner (and Mark Thoma) liked Adam Posen’s critique of Germany’s emphasis on “competitiveness.”  But when I read parts of Posen’s argument, I kept thinking that he was describing the US or China…

August 2, 2005

Economics
Tim Adams, the new Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs

is at least making the right noises ...  The informal institutions that help govern the global economy - institutions like the G-7 -- do need to evolve.   So do the formal institutions for global e…

April 3, 2006

China
Grassley-Baucus-Adams? And (another) long rant about the Economist …

The Treasury doesn't want to declare China to be guilty of manipulation.   Picking a fight with one of your biggest creditors isn't smart.  Right now, no one is buying more US debt (China buys a lot …

Grassley-Baucus-Adams?  And (another) long rant about the Economist …

November 24, 2005

China
Tim Adams of the US Treasury has a sophisticated China policy but …

the tone of this Economist article (particularly in the last few paragraphs) seemed a bit off - though it is far better than the Economist's leader, which somehow fails to assign any responsibility t…