Budget, Debt, and Deficits

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Maybe China is a typical creditor after all
July 9, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Good news for the fourth of July
July 4, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Central banks still buy dollars when no one else wants to ...
July 1, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Central banks -- not sovereign funds -- are doing the heavy lifting these days; they financed much of the US deficit in the first quarter
June 17, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Why is the US taking the currency issue off the table in talks with China?
June 17, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
The April TIC data lends itself to a host of different headlines …
June 16, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Can the debate over trade – or globalization – be separated from the debate over exchange rates?
June 12, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Shhh.. don’t tell any one. The US trade deficit is getting worse, not better
June 10, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Really?
June 5, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
A bit of good news ...
June 1, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Be careful — real export growth looks to have slowed
May 9, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Disappearing into London … The latest TIC data
April 15, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Case closed: A savings glut, not an investment drought
April 13, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Europe, engine of global demand growth …
April 10, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
The poor are financing the profligate
April 4, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
What happened to financial globalization?
March 31, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
The 2007 US current account data
March 27, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
More oil, less stuff: The US January trade data
March 11, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
Hormats: Iraq War Historic for Lack of Cost Transparency
March 11, 2008
By Robert D. Hormats and Lee Hudson Teslik
Backgrounder
Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S. Economy
March 11, 2008
Rebalancing from the US to Europe — evidence from shipping containers
February 25, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
The Boston Globe: Perils of a weak dollar
February 17, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
The December TIC data lifts the curtain that has hidden how the US has financed its deficit
February 15, 2008
By Brad W. Setser
The 2007 US trade data
February 14, 2008
By Brad W. Setser