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September 13, 2006

China
Will the good cop (Hank Paulson) get results …

Hank Paulson delivered his big speech on “the international economic system” today.    It was mostly about China.   That is not a surprise.  He is going to China next week. It makes sense too.   The …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 21, 2016

Turkey
Shameless in Turkey: Aydinlik, Sabah, and Henri

After this weekend's horrific terrorist attack in Istanbul, many pro-government Turkish newspapers shamefully levied false accusations against an American scholar for the incident.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

August 15, 2007

Monetary Policy
Hank Paulson and W (heart) foreign central banks

Three numbers from today’s TIC data release: Net recorded inflows to the US in June:  $58.8bNet official inflows: $58.2bNet private inflows: $0.7b Kind of destroys the illusion that t…

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March 12, 2024

Haiti
Haiti Mission Lacks Interlocutor Plus Peruvian Congress Purges Top Judges

No interlocutor for Haiti mission’s international troops and Peru’s “pact of the corrupt” is succeeding where Guatemala’s failed without international pressure.

A protestor holds up a Haitian flag during a demonstration against Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government and insecurity in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

May 31, 2006

Economics
Paulson, not Evans … but don’t look here for an explanation of what it means

The Goldman takeover of W's second term (Bolton, Paulson) continues ... I'll leave it to you all to figure out.My timing isn't great, but I am taking a few days off -- and won't have sustained intern…

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September 27, 2006

Financial Markets
Paulson may (or may not) have a strong dollar policy …. New Zealand, though, clearly doesn’t have a strong kiwi policy

It is perhaps a sign of the times that the US is encouraging China to provide the US with a bit less financing (the US of course, has a strong RMB policy, not a weak dollar policy) and New Zealand’s …

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