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February 21, 2005

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
The confused conservatives on the Washington Post oped page …

The Washington Post put out an oped on the partial privatization of Social Security over the weekend, which Kevin Drum appropriately jumped on.One item in the oped jumped out at me:The second risk i…

February 26, 2005

Capital Flows
Geoeconomics: What can we learn from the end of the “real” Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates?

Dan Drezner started a post with the Triffin dilemma, so I figure I too can digress into the realm of history.The Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates (Bretton Woods 1) collapsed, in some sens…

March 28, 2005

United States
Hot rotting potatoes

I suspect most people who read this blog also read Nouriel Roubini’s blog, and probably David Altig’s blog as well. So the Roubini/ Altig debate over the risks associated with foreign central bank f…

May 22, 2005

Financial Markets
That strong renminbi (ok, that strong dollar)

The RMB has appreciated by about 7% against one of China’s major trading partners this year. Not the US, obviously. But that doesn’t mean that China is not exposed to moves in the dollar-euro, or t…

June 11, 2005

United States
April trade, one day late

Maybe my title should be "Boeing is back"The surge in Arpil exports stemmed in part from a surge in Boeing’s monthly exports. But the increase in aircraft goes beyond just a monthly blip. By my cal…