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April 15, 2007

United States
Unimpressive (the results of the IMF’s experiment with multilateral consultation)

Macro Man asked the IMF to sort out a world where the US current account deficit is increasingly financed by the growth in emerging market reserves (and the expansion of a few investment funds).     …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 8, 2014

Global
Ten Elections to Watch in 2015

Numerous countries will hold elections in 2015. Here are ten to watch. 

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

December 29, 2014

Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2014

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

World-Figures-Obituaries
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 1, 2008

Monetary Policy
Bretton Woods 2 and the current crisis: any link?

Last week, I attended a conference on international financial reform. These kinds of conferences don’t really produce consensus; there is no need to agree on anything. But there was a sense -- a…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 17, 2016

Cuba
Senator Menendez Speaks About the Obama Visit to Cuba

On Thursday, Sen. Robert Menendez (D, NJ) delivered a long and heartfelt statement on the floor of the United States Senate about Pres. Obama’s  forthcoming visit to Cuba. The entire text is copied b…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 8, 2019

Taiwan
Could Taiwan’s Commercial Banks Cover the Lifers' Hedging Need? (Part 4)

Who is on the other side of the massive ($250 billion) hedging need of Taiwan's life insurance industry? The local banking system covers at most a quarter of the life insurers hedging need, and forei…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser and Guest Blogger for Brad Setser Follow the Money