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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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December 13, 2007
United States
Richard Iley on the US current account deficit
Richard IleyBrad Setser: Richard Iley of BNP Paribas – the author, with Mervyn Lewis, of a new book on the US current account deficit --- doesn’t see the world quite the way I do. I put a l…
April 17, 2006
Monetary Policy
Treading water (the February TIC data and ongoing central bank financing of the US)
The world bought $87b more of US long-term debt and equity than the US bought of foreign debt and equity. The net inflow exceeded expectations - there were some concerns that TIC inflow wouldn't b…
September 23, 2011
International Organizations
Taking Conflict Prevention Seriously
A member of the Spanish E.U. troops patrols in the capital Kinshasa November 7, 2006. International peacekeepers have bolstered their presence on the streets of the edgy Democratic Republic of Cong…
August 17, 2008
Financial Markets
Nouriel Roubini gets a medal ...
A well-deserved one too. Nouriel stuck to his core views -- housing was massively over-valued, the financial system was heavily exposed to a fall in home prices and the fall out from a fall in US…
June 24, 2016
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016 Friday Foreign Policy Roundup: Trump Gives Brexit a Thumbs Up
Global markets aren’t happy with the British vote to exit the European Union. But Donald Trump sure is. At a press conference for the opening of his new luxury golf resort, Trump Turnberry in western…
