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February 3, 2016

Monetary Policy
Rate Hikes or Balance Sheet Reductions? How Should the Fed Tighten?

   

Rate Hikes or Balance Sheet Reductions? How Should the Fed Tighten?
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Emma Smith Geo-Graphics

January 22, 2024

Economics
An SDR-Linked Bond Can Strengthen the Finances of the World Bank Group

SDR-denominated bonds have the potential to significantly strengthen the balance sheet of both the IBRD (The World Bank) and IDA, freeing up cash and helping both institutions deliver on their mandat…

An SDR-Linked Bond Can Strengthen the Finances of the World Bank Group
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser and Stephen Paduano Follow the Money

February 19, 2013

Rebalancing the State’s Balance Sheet

Until recently, relatively little attention was paid to states’ balance sheets. Measurement and reporting were neglected. Even today, states’ liabilities receive considerable attention, while their a…

The management of Chinese state-owned insurer the People's Insurance Company of China (PICC) poses before an investor meeting (Bobby Yip/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by A. Michael Spence Renewing America

April 12, 2024

China
China’s New Currency Peg

The peg that shall not be named, and all the trouble that creates.

China’s New Currency Peg
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

November 13, 2019

United States
A Big Borrower and a Giant Corporate Tax Dodge? How Best to Describe the U.S. External Balance Sheet

Most grandiose explanations for the United States' persistent surplus in the income balance of the U.S. current account miss the mark. The U.S. debt position tracks the sum of past current account de…

A Big Borrower and a Giant Corporate Tax Dodge? How Best to Describe the U.S. External Balance Sheet
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

October 27, 2014

Europe
European Banks: Balance Sheet Clarity But A Cloudy Future

The European banking assessment results, released yesterday, were generally well received by markets. The test looked like earlier U.S. and Spanish stress tests in terms of structure, the results wer…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets