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April 4, 2007

United States
The income balance — the new driver of the US current accout deficit?

Many analysts believe – extrapolating from the q4 data and the stabilization of the non-oil trade deficit – that the US current account deficit has peaked.  Stephen Jen is the most prominent example,…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

November 1, 2006

Financial Markets
The club of puzzled dollar bears grows bigger

I am – and probably always will be – a big Robert Rubin fan.  In my view, 100 bills with Rubin's signature should trade at a premium, not a discount.But Rubin doens seem to be as good a currency trad…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

December 13, 2006

Economics
Image, reality and the global flow of funds …

Most participants in US financial markets -- I suspect -- tend to think of the US market as a key global hub, with US financial markets serving helping to match the world's savings with the world's m…

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Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 15, 2015

Technology and Innovation
Five Things I Learned About the Future of Solar Power and the Electricity Grid

Nestled in the foothills of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado, the Energy Department’s  National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was established in 1977 to help bring new energy technologies to mark…

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Blog Post by Varun Sivaram Energy, Security, and Climate

December 4, 2006

Monetary Policy
What have Asian central banks been doing over the past few weeks?

Buying dollars to stem their currencies rise?Selling euro to keep the dollar share of their portfolio constant as the value of their existing holdings of euro rises?Or selling dollars to try to reduc…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money