In Economist's View - Posted 3 days ago

One explanation for the persistence of the current account deficit is that US assets are unusually attractive. Are they?:Are US assets special in th...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 days ago

The Euro got a huge punch from the US dollar Tuesday, falling to a six-month low following economic data which showed that Germany, Eurozone s large...

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In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Will the rising price of oil reduce international trade as some have suggested? According to this research, which uses a gravity model of internation...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Enrique Martinez-Garcia and Janet Koech of the Dallas Fed give the outlook for the international economy:Challenging Times..., International Economic ...

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In Economist's View - Posted 2 weeks ago

Now that ten years have passed since the Asian financial crisis, what have we learned about capital account liberalization? Eswar Prasad and Raghuram ...

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In Economist's View - Posted 5 weeks ago

From the Latin America EconoMonitor, a colleague, Nicolas Magud, on plans for fiscal stimulus in his native home of Argentina:Macroeconomic Dynamics a...

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In Economist's View - Posted 6 weeks ago

This Economic Letter from the Dallas Fed discusses the relationship between exchange rates and economic fundamentals. Can fundamentals predict exchang...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 9 weeks ago

Inflation is soaring in Vietnam. The cure is simple. All Vietnam has to do is stop the expansion of money and credit. Vietnam is instead looking at tr...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 10 weeks ago

On Thursday, China dropped a bombshell with the news that it was raising prices on refined products, gasoline and diesel. Detailed reports are confusi...

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In Calculated Risk - Posted 10 weeks ago

From Bloomberg: Yuan Extends Gains to 20% Since End of Peg Before Paulson Talks The yuan extended gains to 20 percent since China ended a fixed exchan...

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