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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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May 25, 2016
You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals V
This is the fifth blog post in this series. The previous four were published in February, July, and October 2015, and January 2016, and highlight earlier academic findings. David B. Carter, “Provoc…
January 18, 2009
Monetary Policy
Worry about a fall in China’s demand for the world’s goods, not a fall in China’s demand for Treasuries
Last week, Sam Jones of FT’s Alphaville wrote: If the Chinese economy collapses, or even slows dramatically, then the raison d’etre for the country’s huge FX reserves - as a sterilisation measure to…
July 29, 2011
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Friday File: The Debt Debate Won’t End on Tuesday
Traders work on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 29, 2011. U.S. stocks dropped for a fifth straight day after weak economic data and another setback on a debt deal. (Mike…
November 12, 2004
Capital Flows
Geopolitics of a new G-7
There is a growing sense that the G-7 no longer is the right grouping for discussing today’s major international macroeconomic issues. It is hard to see, for example, how you can discuss "global reb…
August 12, 2011
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Friday File: The GOP Debate Meets Budget Math
Winthrop, Iowa. (Jessica Rinaldi/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Foreign policy took a back seat to Obama bashing and internal GOP sniping in last night’s Republican presidential debate. Rick Sant…
