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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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July 16, 2012
Europe and Eurasia
More Evidence That LIBOR Is Hazardous to Economic Health
Central bankers necessarily spend a great deal of time studying economic and market data that they believe to be forward-looking indicators of the economy’s health. One such is the so-called “LIB…
April 2, 2024
Supply Chains
U.S.-South Korea Policy Coordination on Supply Chain Resiliency
On November 28, 2023, the Council on Foreign Relations’ program on U.S.-Korea Policy held an in-person workshop on U.S.-South Korea policy coordination toward China on supply chain resiliency.
August 2, 2012
Monetary Policy
Benchmarking the Fed’s Dual-Mandate Performance
The Fed has a dual mandate to pursue price stability and maximum employment. How should these be defined? In January, the Fed set itself a long-run inflation target of 2%, while in June the midp…
June 14, 2012
Monetary Policy
Can Household Risk-Aversion Measures Predict Fed Policy?
The so-called Taylor Rule in monetary policy suggests how the Federal Reserve should adjust interest rates based on movements in inflation and economic output. Although the Fed has never explicit…
November 14, 2011
Europe and Eurasia
It’s Time to Euthanize Sovereign CDSs
Imagine life insurance contracts that wouldn’t pay off if officials declared heart attacks to be “voluntary.” Welcome to the world of sovereign credit default swaps, or CDSs. When the Greek debt d…
