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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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December 3, 2015
Europe
European Central Bank Rate Move, a Turning Point for Europe
At the governing council’s meeting today, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it will cut benchmark deposit rate to -0.3 percent, extend its quantitative easing (QE) program to at least Ma…
April 12, 2024
China
China’s New Currency Peg
The peg that shall not be named, and all the trouble that creates.
June 27, 2023
Israel
The Biden Administration Ends Support for Research in the West Bank
The Biden administration decision to bar U.S. support for Israeli research institutions in the West Bank achieves nothing for Palestinians or for U.S. policy goals.
October 31, 2014
Europe
Three Central Banks
Today’s central bank news tells us a lot about the risks and rewards of proactive central banking. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) surprised me (and nearly everyone else ) with a dramatic expansion of its u…
September 22, 2023
Corruption
Claudia Escobar Mejía: Marshall-Plan Like Effort Needed to Eliminate Corruption in Central America
Without new measures to build democratic institutions, entrenched corruption, migration, and violence will only get worse.
March 18, 2024
Japan
The Japanese Bid for Foreign Bonds After the End of Yield Curve Control
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is widely expected to end yield curve control. But Japanese yields will remain low, and foreign bonds will remain attractive to those Japanese investors who don’t have to hedg…
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…
