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July 1, 2008

IMF to Investigate the U.S. Financial System?



A reader forwarded me this story. Officials with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have informed Bernanke about a plan that......MORE

June 18, 2008

Blaming the Fed



Bryan writes, the effect of the exchange rate on the price of gas turns out to be enormous. Our present......MORE

May 23, 2008

A Reason to Teach Macro



David T. King writes, In Europe, the price of oil has risen by 50 euros in the past five-and-a-half years.......MORE

November 20, 2007

If You'd Listened to Me, You'd Be Happy About the Falling Dollar



Two years ago I denounced home country bias, people's propensity to invest solely in their own country's assets. International diversification......MORE

November 18, 2007

Open Economy Macro



Tyler Cowen writes, I know full well that in most sensible intertemporal models the U.S. dollar is overvalued and must......MORE

November 1, 2007

Leave a Comment, Larry



In an interview, Larry Summers says, The classic concern with respect to imbalances is that a situation develops where people......MORE

February 12, 2007

The CEA on Exchange Rates



From the 2007 Economic Report: the Chinese intervention does not systematically change the relative real prices between the United States......MORE

January 22, 2007

Euro Bet



I made a wager this weekend while I was at a Liberty Fund conference in Chicago. Fellow participant Jeremy Rabkin......MORE

September 28, 2006

Global Competitiveness?



The World Economic Forum writes (in its executive summary), Switzerland takes the leading position as the world’s most competitive economy......MORE

September 15, 2006

Why the IMF and World Bank?



Mary Anastasia O'Grady writes, In a world of floating exchange rates and open capital markets, the IMF's raison d'ętre no......MORE

February 24, 2006

Economic Nationalism, once more



Don Boudreaux writes, Now consider a slightly different example in which I live, not in Virginia, but in Maine on......MORE

February 10, 2006

The Trade Deficit



Don Boudreaux writes A trade deficit isn't debt. My young son, for example, received for Christmas several Chinese-made toys. These......MORE

December 28, 2004

Phelps on the Dollar



Edmund Phelps, who I once said might have won the Noble Prize had he been Scandinavian, ventures a perspective on......MORE

December 20, 2004

Dollars and Deficits



About the falling dollar, I literally say "So what?" Taking as given government policy for spending, taxes, and money creation,......MORE

December 3, 2004

Whose Debt is it, Anyway?



Don Boudreaux is puzzled as to why I should care about my country's net savings position, as opposed to just......MORE

November 9, 2004

Debating Outsourcing



The link may only work for a day, but Tyler Cowen and John Irons go at it on the online......MORE

October 18, 2004

Dollar Bubble



Brad DeLong continues to predict a crash for the dollar. Japan, China, and other export-oriented East Asian economies are indeed......MORE

June 21, 2004

The Balance of Saving



Should we worry about what I call the Balance of Saving (our trade deficit)? Don Boudreaux says no. Why should......MORE

June 7, 2004

What Determines Exchange Rates?



Tyler Cowen meditates on the topic of exchange rates. I am headed back from Poland to France, for one more......MORE

April 30, 2004

Uncovered Interest Parity



Brad DeLong wonders, U.S. interest rates are low relative to those of other major countries (save Japan). Where is my......MORE


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