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August 19, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
Is President Sisi a Bulwark Against Terrorism?

There are very few people nowadays ignoring the growing repression in Egypt. Most recently, a new "counter-terrorism" law was imposed this week--but it snuffs out free speech more than terror. Even t…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 23, 2008

Monetary Policy
Very true -- "The globalization of the credit crunch" has produced a series of currency crises in the emerging world

Alan Ruskin argues that the moves in the foreign exchange market today -- with the dollar and yen rising sharply against nearly everything -- reflect an unwinding of bets made on the assumption that…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

February 2, 2017

United States
Dark Matter. Soon To Be Revealed?

The debate around the House Republicans’ proposal for a border adjusted (destination-based cash flow) tax will, I think, force an important debate about the impact of corporate tax strategies on glob…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 19, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Simpson and Bowles Campaign to Fix the Debt

Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have founded a non-partisan organization to advocate for budgetary reform, the Campaign to Fix the Debt. The organization will focus on policy development and educatio…

Alan Simpson (L) and Erskine Bowles (R), co-founders of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, speak at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Jobs for America Summit 2010" in Washington, July 14, 2010 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Renewing America Staff Renewing America

February 25, 2008

United States
Rebalancing from the US to Europe — evidence from shipping containers

Alas, the rebalancing in this case is a shift from exporting to the US to exporting to Europe -- not a shift from export-led growth toward domestic-demand led growth. Alan Beattie, in the FT. Mark Pa…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money