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Eight years after triggering a crisis that nearly brought down the global financial system, the United States remains plagued by confusion about what reforms...
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Eight years after triggering a crisis that nearly brought down the global financial system, the United States remains plagued by confusion about what reforms...
What a difference two months make. When the Republican Party scored strong gains in last November’s US congressional elections, the universally accepted explanation was...
– Oil prices have plummeted 40% since June – good news for oil-importing countries, but bad news for Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, and other oil...
– Discussions in Beijing between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping – the leaders of the world’s two largest carbon-emitting countries...
– When the United States’ current account fell into deficit in 1982, the US Council of Economic Advisers accurately predicted record deficits for years to come,...
– Argentina and its bankers have been barred from making payments to fulfill debt-restructuring agreements reached with the country’s creditors, unless the 7% of...
– Income inequality has received a lot of attention lately, particularly in two arenas where it previously received little: American public debate and the International...
– The European Central Bank needs to ease monetary policy further. Eurozone-wide inflation, at 0.8%, is below the target of “close to 2%, ” and...
– Markets can fail. But, as has been demonstrated in areas like air pollution, traffic congestion, spectrum allocation, and tobacco consumption, market mechanisms are...
– Since 1976, the US dollar’s role as an international currency has been slowly waning. International use of the dollar to hold foreign-exchange reserves,...