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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, 2015
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016: Governor Scott Walker, GOP Presidential Candidate
Twelve Americans have become president without having earned a college degree. (Two of them are on Mount Rushmore.) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who studied at Marquette University but left befor…
January 8, 2006
Monetary Policy
Sit back and watch Asia’s reserves grow.
Not because Taiwan is reportedly intervening once again last week. But because Asia holds lots of euros and yen. The euro rose 2.4% against the dollar last week, the yen by 2.8%. And Asia holds…
May 14, 2005
Economics
It seems like both the People’s Bank of China and W
hold lots of worthless IOUs in their portfolios (link via Dan Gross/ Moneyblog).There seems to be a lot to talk about this weekend, whether the Fed’s various views on the risks associated with the US…
July 18, 2005
China
If your reserves are growing by $300 billion a year
China indicated its reserves have increased to $711 billion at the end of June -- up $101 billion from the end of December 2004. Actually, they are up more than that. China transferred $15 billion …
June 19, 2007
Monetary Policy
Sovereign Wealth Funds are sexy, but the real story right now comes from plain old central bank reserves …
Everyone now wants to talk about sovereign wealth funds, both how big they will become and how they will (or will not) impact a range of markets. I tend to agree with Tony Tassel and Joanna Chung of…