Monetary Policy

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Central banks came close to financing the entire US current account deficit over the past four quarters
October 2, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
September 24, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Falling central bank Treasury holdings at the New York Fed
August 24, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Hank Paulson and W (heart) foreign central banks
August 15, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Did Greenspan suggest that the Fed no longer completely controls US monetary policy?
August 8, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
The housing market shouldn’t bank on a PBoC put …
August 6, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
The shift toward sovereign wealth funds: the policy debate
July 30, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Voldemort’s invisibility cloak
July 24, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Another baffling TIC data release
July 17, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
BRIC reserve growth … $200b, $400b, $800b, even bigger?
July 10, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Felix Salmon, matchmaker …
July 1, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Where is China? The puzzling q1 COFER data on global reserve growth
June 29, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Reserve diversification — what does the IMF data tell us?
June 27, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Do foreign holdings of US debt put the US economy at risk?
June 26, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Putting the BRICs cash to work ….
June 23, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
The T-Bill conundrum
June 19, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Sovereign Wealth Funds are sexy, but the real story right now comes from plain old central bank reserves …
June 19, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Paulson Says China’s Currency ‘Doesn’t Reflect Reality’
June 14, 2007
By Henry M. Paulson and Lee Hudson Teslik
Adjusting for valuation changes sometimes can make a big difference
June 12, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
“Asia’s importance in the bond market cannot be overstated”
June 11, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
When the right hand doesn’t talk to the left hand … (and some musing on this week’s move in the Treasury market)
June 8, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Emerging Asia: generally still intervening
June 6, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
Can a fall in central bank demand explain the recent rise in Treasury rates?
June 4, 2007
By Brad W. Setser
$45b for China in April, at least $33b for Russia in May — global reserve growth remains exceptionally strong
June 1, 2007
By Brad W. Setser