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March 13, 2007

China
Forget multilateral coordination; let China do it

Fred Bergsten has long advocated in favor of a bit more exchange rate coordination – both to limit volatility and to try to avoid large misalignments among the major currencies.   Right now, the most…

May 18, 2017

Singapore
Singapore's "Shadow" Intervention

Singapore looks to have resumed intervention in the foreign exchange market

Singapore: Official Asset Growth

July 24, 2023

United States
Why Washington Should Give Up the World Bank Presidency

To boost the Bretton Woods institutions, and parry challenges from Beijing, Washington should give up the World Bank presidency.

World Bank

October 6, 2015

India
Where’s India on the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

The United States and eleven other countries have concluded negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact that will cover 40 percent of global trade spanning Asia and the Pacific …

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April 20, 2017

Monetary Policy
The Combined Surplus of Asia and Europe Stayed Big in 2016

A long time ago I confessed that I like to read the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) from back to front. OK, I sometimes skip a few chapters. But I take particular interest in the IMF’s data tables…

The Combined Surplus of Asia and Europe Stayed Big in 2016