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March 8, 2006

Emerging Markets
The market concludes (many) risks do not exist. And then it reevaluates.

I was going to write about how the markets have concluded that risk does not exist.After all, early last week, the market thought that dollar bonds issued by emerging economies were not that much mor…

April 10, 2007

China
You know, the weak RMB just might have something to do with the emergence of China’s big trade surplus …

The conventional wisdom among financial journalists seems to be that exchange rates don’t matter.   At least when it comes to China.     Lex – in an otherwise good column on China’s March trade data …

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August 24, 2011

Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: The British Sack Washington

  August can be a tough month in Washington, D.C. The temperature can run as high at 107 degrees Fahrenheit, and the mugginess can make it feel even hotter. On occasion, a hurricane batters th…

Sack of Washington

July 15, 2021

Economics
Centennial Speaker Series Session 4: Balancing the Role of Government and Markets

Minouche Shafik discusses right-sizing the role of government in modern economies and societies.  This meeting is the fourth session in CFR’s speaker series, The 21st Century World: Big Challenges…

Play Wall Street

October 25, 2023

South Korea
Trilateral Security Cooperation: Implementing the Spirit of Camp David

On August 18, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio met at Camp David for the first stand-alone trilateral U.S.-South Korea-J…

Play Workshop panelists sit at a table in front of CFR screens