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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 9, 2019
Taiwan
$130+ Billion in Undisclosed Foreign Exchange Intervention by Taiwan's Central Bank
Based on the profits and losses disclosed by Taiwan’s central bank, it appears that its true FX exposures exceed its disclosed foreign exchange reserves by USD 130bn, and perhaps by as much as USD 20…
December 1, 2008
Monetary Policy
Bretton Woods 2 and the current crisis: any link?
Last week, I attended a conference on international financial reform. These kinds of conferences don’t really produce consensus; there is no need to agree on anything. But there was a sense -- a…
December 2, 2007
China
China: selling Treasuries and buying yen? What do we know about how China manages its foreign assets?
Put the latest from Stratfor and Yves Smith (Naked Capitalism) together, and it seems like China may be scaling back on its holdings of US treasuries in order to buy yen. Stratfor hints that China m…
February 26, 2005
Emerging Markets
Has Argentina changed the rules of the sovereign debt game?
Argentina is on the verge of completing one of the largest sovereign debt restructurings in history. Argentina is seeking to restructure about $82 billion in bonds, plus $21 billion or so in past d…
October 4, 2005
Financial Markets
Forget China, let’s talk about oil
Not the oil price per se, but what oil producers are doing with all the coin that comes with high oil prices. I have rattled on and on about how China's current account surplus is on track to reac…