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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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March 4, 2021
Global
The President's Inbox Episodes by Topic
A comprehensive list of each episode of The President's Inbox organized by topic.
April 29, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: What Do the Panetta and Petraeus Nominations Say About Obama?
U.S. Army General David Petraeus (L) and CIA director Leon Panetta (R). (Staff photographer/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Washington’s worst kept secret is now out. President Obama has …
January 30, 2006
Emerging Markets
It is hard to bet on curve flattening when the curve is already flat
Or spread compression when spreads have already compressed. As David Altig kindly noted, I was quoted in Clint Riley's Wall Street Journal story about the impact of a flat yield curve on bank earning…
November 3, 2005
Financial Markets
Gerd Hausler is a brave man.
Hausler heads the IMF's capital market division - so he is paid to worry. And he is not all that worried: "I don't see a systemic crisis" That is a bold thing to say - even if he is right to note t…
November 22, 2013
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Afghanistan, Threat Deflation, and Signature Strikes
“The Uses of Force,” Economist, November 23, 2013. “It’s too easy to use force,” says Admiral Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “It’s almost the first choice.” “Securit…
