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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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March 12, 2015
Brazil
Why Is Walmart Raising Wages?
On February 19, Walmart announced that it was raising its minimum starting wage to $9 an hour. Since Walmart is famous for its ruthless cost management, this appeared to be a significant sign of …
September 15, 2014
Monetary Policy
A Dovish Market Has History on Its Side in Tuning Out the Fed
Market expectations for Fed policy have been decidedly more dovish than the Fed itself, a conundrum that is concerning San Francisco Fed economists. As the Fed debates its rate-liftoff forward gu…
February 2, 2015
Monetary Policy
Employment Data Suggest Fed Could Be "Patient" Until 2016—or Later
In its last two statements, the FOMC has said that it “expects inflation to rise gradually toward 2 percent over the medium term”—2 percent being its target rate. What would it take to move it the…
November 3, 2014
Europe and Eurasia
The ECB Fails to Stress Banks Over the One Critical Variable It Controls: Inflation
Relentlessly falling inflation is bad news for Eurozone banks. It increases the real (inflation-adjusted) value of borrower debt and the real cost of servicing that debt. It causes loan defaults…
January 8, 2020
Election 2020
The President's Inbox: The Killing of Qasem Soleimani
Each week between now and the Iowa caucuses, I’m talking with experts with differing views on how the United States should handle a foreign policy challenge it faces. These special episodes are part …
