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August 21, 2015

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016: John Kasich, GOP Presidential Candidate

Ohio holds the title of “Mother of Presidents.” Eight of them were born, raised, or lived in Ohio at the time of their election. But the last president to hail from Ohio was Warren G. Harding, who wa…

hio Governor John Kasich formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination during a kickoff rally in Columbus, Ohio July 21, 2015.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 11, 2008

Financial Markets
Give me yield, give me leverage, give me return

“Give me yield, give me leverage, give me return” perfectly sums up how Wall Street bought itself close to financial ruin. JP Morgan’s William Winters didn’t just create help to create CDOs. H…

Give me yield, give me leverage, give me return
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 21, 2005

China shifts to a basket peg

But the change against the dollar is small.  Very small. Too small in my view to have much of an economic impact, in any way.  On trade flows.  Or on capital flows.  I would still bet on a furth…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

February 27, 2006

Financial Markets
A butterfly flapped its wings in Iceland …

If you read the financial press closely, it was hard not to learn a bit about the Icelandic krona over the past week.   The krona pays a high interest rate, you see - enabling Iceland to attract the …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 2, 2016

Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2017

As 2016 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2017.

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Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge