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December 22, 2004

One more point on Martin Wolf

It is a simple point, but an important one. Wolf says the United States would be fine if it reduced its current account deficit from 6% of GDP to 3% of GDP. External debt to GDP then stabilizes at …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 12, 2024

United States
Election 2024: The United States Is Facing a Second China Shock

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: China’s effort to solve its economic woes by doubling down on exports is creating a policy challeng…

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

November 6, 2013

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Looking Past the Inbox: Report of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations

Every year, it seems, a new group of eminences grises issues a report deploring the state of the world and purporting to offer a roadmap out of our predicament. These documents tend to be short on im…

WTO Director-General Lamy looks on during his Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur award ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

April 1, 2006

Emerging Markets
Martin Wolf must have an amazing research assistant …

Either that or he has a lot of time on his hands.The powerpoint slides that accompany his John Hopkins lecture series on the Global Economy are amazing.  And not just because they are all shaded FT p…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 19, 2005

Emerging Markets
Martin Wolf, Korea’s Central Bank, and Collateralized Debt Obligations

Somehow, all three are linked together today in my mind. And at some level, they do all connect. As Martin Wolf notes, Asia’s current account surplus (savings surplus) shows up in the phenomenal gr…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money