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March 5, 2014

Europe and Eurasia
Lew Does Not Need IMF Reform to Aid Ukraine

The new provisional government in Ukraine is seeking $15 billion in assistance from the International Monetary Fund.  This would represent 700% of the country’s quota with the Fund, added on top o…

Lew Does Not Need IMF Reform to Aid Ukraine

August 6, 2014

China
Is the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement a Substitute for the IMF?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the new BRICS contingent reserve arrangement (CRA) as a substitute for the IMF, saying that it “creates the foundation for an effective protection of ou…

Is the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement a Substitute for the IMF?

June 3, 2014

Europe and Eurasia
Mr. Draghi, Tear Down These Rates!

ECB President Mario Draghi was able to stabilize Eurozone nominal lending rates, which had been climbing dangerously in the periphery countries, with his famous do “whatever it takes” speech in Ju…

Mr. Draghi, Tear Down These Rates!

January 24, 2014

Europe and Eurasia
“The Euro Crisis Is Dead! Long Live the Euro Crisis!”

You’ve got to hand it to Mario Draghi.  Never in the history of central banking has one man accomplished so much with so few words and even less action. Since having announced the creation of the…

“The Euro Crisis Is Dead! Long Live the Euro Crisis!”