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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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October 19, 2006
Monetary Policy
Richard McGregor helps to solve the mystery of China’s slow q3 reserve growth.
The increase in China’s q3 reserves was about $30b below my expectations. China’s current account surplus is usually about $15b per quarter larger than its trade surplus, and net FDI inflows have be…
November 8, 2006
China
Absence of global rebalancing watch - first q4 data point from China edition
I spent last night following the outcome of the US election. It looks like a majority of US electorate tired of Bush Administrations policies (and Rummy) before the rest of the world tired of finan…
July 18, 2007
China
$136 billion here, $131b there and pretty soon you are talking about real money …
China announced that it added $130.6b to its reserves in the second quarter, only a bit smaller than the $135.7b it added in the first quarter. Most of the increase was real: if China had 5% of its …
November 26, 2007
Financial Markets
Oil math
I loved the FT.com’s interactive oil map – particularly the graph showing the global flow of oil. I was also impressed by Qing Wang’s analysis of the impact of rising oil prices on China. China …
July 21, 2008
Monetary Policy
Just how much money does China have? How fast are China’s foreign assets growing? And how much is hot money?
Answering these questions has been a long-term obsession of mine. I am not sure I have the answers, even now. China’s government doesn’t make tracking the growth of its foreign assets easy. …
