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Brazil’s Economic Malaise Rekindled as Olympic Flame Goes Out
Monica de Bolle outlines the tough economic challenges facing Brazilian acting President Michel Temer now that the Olymp...
No location · Aug 31, 2016 · WedgetailUneasy Calm at Fed’s Jackson Hole Conference
Adam S. Posen says the mood at the annual Economic Policy Symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City...
No location · Aug 31, 2016 · WedgetailThe sky fell on the US poultry industry last year. But NAFTA and the TPP helped protect US exports.
Migrating birds don’t pay much attention to border regulations, it turns out. But last year’s “bird flu” outbreak, a hug...
No location · Aug 30, 2016 · WedgetailEvaluating the IMF’s Performance on Financial-Sector Aspects of the Euro Area Crisis
The Peterson Institute has posted The IMF’s Role in the Euro Area Crisis: Financial Sector Aspects on its website, and a...
No location · Aug 29, 2016 · WedgetailThe Republican Bankruptcy Illusion
There is now near-unanimity that the United States' Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, enacted in 2010, did not en...
No location · Jul 31, 2016 · WedgetailChina’s SOE Reform—The Wrong Path
A key component of China’s SOE reform strategy—mergers of the largest firms in the same industry—seems very unlikely to ...
No location · Jul 28, 2016 · WedgetailThe Divergent Postcommunist Paths to Democracy and Economic Freedom
This paper presents evidence from 29 postcommunist countries that the economic transition has been more successful than ...
No location · Jul 28, 2016 · WedgetailUS Exit From WTO Would Unravel Global Trade
In his latest attack on US trade policy, Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has threatened to exit the 16...
No location · Jul 26, 2016 · WedgetailThe US Filed a WTO Dispute to Save Jobs—by Increasing Imports from China: Here’s Why
In the latest salvo against free trade, Donald Trump argued that the World Trade Organization is a disaster and fails to...
No location · Jul 26, 2016 · WedgetailThe Next European Financial Capital: London
The race to succeed London as the next European financial capital is on. “We know that groups based in the City are plan...
No location · Jul 25, 2016 · WedgetailChina Chart: Tracking China’s Debt
Chinese banks were at it again in June with another steep increase in the amount of lending. New renminbi loans increase...
No location · Jul 22, 2016 · WedgetailLocal Content Requirements: Backdoor Protectionism Spreading Under the Radar
Local content requirements (LCRs), or more broadly “localization rules,” have become a popular protectionist tool to fav...
No location · Jul 22, 2016 · WedgetailTrans-Pacific Partnership: An Assessment
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between 12 Pacific Rim countries has generated the most intensive political debate a...
No location · Jul 21, 2016 · WedgetailRelease of Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership for the World Trading System
The Peterson Institute for International Economics released the Policy Brief Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnersh...
No location · Jul 14, 2016 · WedgetailA Slow Negotiation Might Help Achieve a Better Brexit Solution
What happens now to the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, after the Brexit referendum? It ...
No location · Jul 05, 2016 · WedgetailState of Play in the Chinese Steel Industry
Steel overcapacity is a global problem and China, the world’s largest steel-producing country, is at the center of the d...
No location · Jul 05, 2016 · WedgetailOnce Again, Sanctions Enforcement
In an earlier post, I talked about the qualitative evidence that North Korea is starting to experience distress, and not...
No location · Jul 05, 2016 · WedgetailBrexit: What a Difference a Week Makes
Britain’s decision to part ways with the European Union in a referendum last week was a classic example of what former U...
No location · Jul 01, 2016 · WedgetailUS and Global Trade: Economic Fact and Political Fiction
Proponents of more open trade may have oversold its benefits during the 1990s heyday of commercial liberalization. Now t...
No location · Jul 01, 2016 · WedgetailBrexit Is a Disastrous Experiment in Deglobalization
Brexit is an experiment in deglobalization. As the pound tanks and British politics implode, investment will dry up and ...
No location · Jul 01, 2016 · WedgetailBrexit: Is the Financial System Ready?
“Some market and economic volatility can be expected as this process unfolds. But we are well prepared for this.” Those ...
No location · Jun 30, 2016 · WedgetailDangers of Following the Path to an Offshore Britain
Infamously 20 years ago, in assessing whether Britain should join the euro, one of the five tests was whether it would b...
No location · Jun 22, 2016 · WedgetailDiplomatic Update June 2016
Recent months have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity among the Six Parties, but as always with substantial uncertaint...
No location · Jun 22, 2016 · WedgetailKim and Yang and Lankov on the Rise of the Informal Economy
We are currently in a holding pattern, waiting to find out whether the closure of Kaesong, multilateral and bilateral sa...
No location · Jun 17, 2016 · WedgetailLaunch of the OECD’s 2016 Economic Survey of the United States
Ángel Gurría, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), presented the OECD’...
No location · Jun 16, 2016 · WedgetailThe Global Value Chain Revolution and Trade Policy
Richard Baldwin, professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, discussed the the global value ...
No location · Jun 14, 2016 · WedgetailRegional Convergence in China
Six years ago, all of China’s regions were still growing at a real rate of 10 percent or more. Taking into account popul...
No location · Jun 10, 2016 · WedgetailBrazil's Fiscal High Dive into Olympics 2016
The Olympic Games may offer Brazilians a temporary reprieve from the bad economic news plaguing the country, but Monica ...
No location · Jun 09, 2016 · WedgetailChina Policy Communications Under Scrutiny as Economy Gains Global Prominence
Uncertainty about China’s economic future has underpinned a substantial portion of global market volatility of the past ...
No location · Jun 08, 2016 · WedgetailChina's Market Economy Status and Antidumping: A $100 Billion, $10 Billion, or $1 Billion Dispute? Part 1
Despite its success as an export powerhouse, China has long protested that it has been relegated to the status of a “non...
No location · Jun 08, 2016 · WedgetailThe Screw Turns II: The Expansion of European Sanctions
On Monday, I talked about the new US Treasury designation. Last week, another shoe also dropped in the form of new Europ...
No location · Jun 08, 2016 · WedgetailHow Dependent Are US Consumers on Imports From China?
If you are in the market for a new cell phone or a laptop, you better hope that the United States does not impose puniti...
No location · Jun 07, 2016 · WedgetailModi's US Visit Offers Window for Economic Opening
C. Fred Bergsten says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last official visit to the United States under President Bar...
Washington, United States · Jun 06, 2016 · WedgetailThe Screw Turns I: New US Financial Sanctions
This week, we lead with two developments on the sanctions front; today, the Treasury ruling that places new constraints ...
No location · Jun 06, 2016 · WedgetailBlack Market Contest Winner Announced!
We finally have a winner for the black market exchange rate contest! The contest, announced on March 16, was motivated b...
No location · Jun 04, 2016 · WedgetailRecent Economic Developments, the Productive Potential of the Economy, and Monetary Policy
The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, delivered the speech “Re...
No location · May 26, 2016 · WedgetailBuilding on Asia's Strengths During Turbulent Times
Changyong Rhee, director of the Asia and Pacific department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered the spee...
No location · May 26, 2016 · WedgetailCan Globalization Still Deliver?
Dr. David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered the Institute’s six...
No location · May 24, 2016 · WedgetailGravity and the Weight of the Fed’s Zero Lower Bound on Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve implemented its first rate hike last December. At that time, the Fed anticipated another four hikes ...
No location · May 23, 2016 · WedgetailThe G-7 and the Global Economy
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, deputy assistant to President Obama and deputy national security advisor for international econ...
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