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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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March 31, 2008
Monetary Policy
Record reserve growth, record dollar reserve growth and no evidence of diversification among the countries that matter
That would be my summary of the IMF’s latest data on the currency composition of the world’s reserves. My headline -- "record dollar reserve growth and little real evidence of diversification" -- is…
June 23, 2017
U.S. Foreign Policy
You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals VI
This is the sixth blog post in this series. The previous five were published in February, July, and October 2015, and January and May 2016, and highlight earlier academic findings. This post was coau…
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…
March 22, 2013
Trade
Environmental Security Goes Mainstream: Natural Resources and National Interests
Not long ago, concerns about environmental degradation were marginal in U.S. national security deliberations. What a difference climate change has made. Foreign policy officials and experts are start…
September 12, 2005
China
Show me the money (really, show me China’s reserves)
China's Alan Greenspan (Zhou Xiaochuan) has indicated China won't roil financial markets with "active composition adjustments of the foreign reserves." fine. But any central bank adding about $20 …