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February 28, 2006

Financial Markets
Things that keep the President of the New York Fed up at night

The current account deficit, obviously.    NY Fed President Geithner isn't quite in the same place as Bernanke, at least in Bernanke's White House incarnation.And credit derivatives.   Particularly i…

July 1, 1998

Russia
The New Russian Foreign Policy

Read an excerpt of The New Russian Foreign Policy. Nothing is more important for the security of Europe and the peace of the world than the foreign policy of the new Russia, which remains the worl…

October 16, 2014

Europe
When meetings matter—The World Bank and IMF Convene

There are many reasons cited for this week’s market turndown and risk pullback, including concerns about global growth, Ebola, turmoil in the Middle East, and excessive investor comfort from easy mon…

April 14, 2005

Monetary Policy
Reserves to protect against everything short of the Apocalypse

That quote comes from the IMF’s chief economist in today’s Financial Times:A number of emerging markets, especially in Emerging Asia, have built up reserves to protect against everything short of the…

November 15, 2007

Pakistan
Pakistan: State of Emergency

Jayshree Bajoria, "Pakistan's Institutions and Civil Society," Backgrounder, CFR.org, November 7, 2007; Vali Nasr, "Musharraf Fears Democracy, Not Extremism," Christian Science Monitor, November 6…

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