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December 23, 2007

Capital Flows
A Saudi investment authority?

The FT broke a major story -- at least in my world -- late on Friday. The Saudis are about to set up a sovereign wealth fund: Saudi Arabia plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund that is expecte…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 17, 2007

United States
A strong October TIC data release, but the BEA’s data only deepens the mystery of how the US financed its current account deficit in the third quarter

NOTE: THIS POST WAS EXTENSIVELY REVISED ABOUT 5 HOURS AFTER IT WAS INITIALLY POSTED.  I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO DO A FULL ANALYSIS IN THE MORNING.     The big story of the October TIC data is, obviously…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

May 12, 2008

Capital Flows
Sovereign Economic Development Funds ….

Sovereign funds argue that they are only interested in financial returns. And to be sure, they do care about financial returns. Losing money generally isn’t good for a sovereign fund’s long-term h…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 25, 2011

Defense and Security
Cyber Attacks and Pentagon Responses

2Lt William Liggett works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners…

2Lt William Liggett works at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

June 28, 2015

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
A Roadmap for Ukraine

U.S. and European efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis seem to be finding their stride in recent days. U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter ended months of “will they won’t they?” by announcing earl…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets