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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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November 13, 2020
Chile
A Conversation With President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
President Piñera discusses short term and long term economic recovery after COVID-19, Chile’s new constitution, global governance, and the shifting geopolitics of Latin America.
June 24, 2010
International Organizations
The G20’s Twenty Agendas
The G20 meetings in Toronto will be marked by competing agendas on global growth and financial regulations. This Backgrounder looks at the range of policy concerns.
November 28, 2007
Financial Markets
What should replace the Gulf’s peg to the dollar? More on my Peterson institute policy brief
Oil and the dollar have not consistently moved in the same direction over the past ten years. In 1997/1998, oil tanked and the dollar soared.In 2000, oil and the dollar both rose – in large par…
June 11, 2007
Monetary Policy
“Asia’s importance in the bond market cannot be overstated”
That quote doesn't come from me -- but from someone with a bit more authority: Jim Caron, co-head of global interest rate strategy at Morgan Stanley (quoted by Michael MacKenzie in Monday's Financial…
April 17, 2007
Financial Markets
Saudi riyal, Kuwait dinar, UAE dirham hit multi-year lows v. the pound …
They are also getting close to a record low v. the euro. Yet oil is, well, still rather strong. Against the dollar. But also against the pound and euro. The euro and pound have gained significan…