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October 16, 2007

United States
The US trade deficit is falling, but not as fast as the world’s demand for US debt.

The August TIC data was really bad.  Even Fox Business News would have trouble putting a happy face on it.     The net outflow in August – from a combination of foreign investors reducing their claim…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 19, 2016

Technology and Innovation
Securitization: The Next Big Thing in Solar Energy Financing

This post was co-written by Sagatom Saha, research associate for energy and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Recent headlines from the solar energy industry have been bleak. Sun…

Vivint Solar technicians install solar panels on the roof of a house in California (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni).
Blog Post by Varun Sivaram Energy, Security, and Climate

April 19, 2018

Puerto Rico
The Oversight Board’s Latest Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico is Still Too Optimistic

The power is off in Puerto Rico, again. It may not be restored for a day or two. Puerto Rico obviously has yet to fully recover from Maria’s devastation. Tax revenues this fiscal year are off by o…

The Oversight Board’s Latest Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico is Still Too Optimistic
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

August 15, 2007

Monetary Policy
Hank Paulson and W (heart) foreign central banks

Three numbers from today’s TIC data release: Net recorded inflows to the US in June:  $58.8bNet official inflows: $58.2bNet private inflows: $0.7b Kind of destroys the illusion that t…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money