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Save to My PortfolioCurrency Conversion during Korean Unification

Yeongseop Rhee, January 06, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Currency Conversion during Korean UnificationAs rumors about Kim Jong-il’s health focus attention on the future of the Korean peninsula, CNAPS Nonresident Fellow Yeongseop Rhee examines issues in South-North monetary integration, a vital aspect of unification. The success – or failure – of monetary integration will have major effects on the peninsular economy, the standard of living in the North, and the South’s appetite for unification. Read More

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Exchange Rates, Financial Markets, Financial Institutions

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Save to My PortfolioLame Duck Meets Hobbled Panda: The China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue

Eswar Prasad, December 04, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Lame Duck Meets Hobbled Panda: The China-U.S. Strategic Economic DialogueAs the U.S. and China gather in Beijing for their twice yearly Strategic Economic Dialogue meetings, Eswar Prasad examines the U.S.-China economic relationship, key issues and the potential future of the economic dialogue that was created by Secretary Paulson. Read More

Global Economics, China's Economy, China, U.S. Economy, U.S. Economic Growth

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Save to My PortfolioTop 10 Global Economic Challenges Facing America's 44th President

October 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Top 10 Global Economic Challenges Facing America's 44th PresidentAs President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges. Read More

Global Economics, Development, Global Poverty, Globalization, Emerging Markets

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Save to My PortfolioIs There a 'Correct' Exchange Rate?

Geng Xiao, June 20, 2007, Caijing Magazine

Geng Xiao cautions against viewing China’s exchange rate as the primary cause of its trade imbalance, and argues that finding a “correct” nominal exchange rate is in theory and in practice a very difficult task. Read More

China, Emerging Markets, Exchange Rates, China's Economy

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Save to My PortfolioGlobal Views: Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007

Lael Brainard, June 14, 2007, The Brookings Institution

Lael Brainard says the biggest takeaway from the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007 introduced by Sens. Baucus, Graham, Grassley and Schumer is that Congress has run out of patience with China. Read More

China, Competitiveness, Exchange Rates, Global Economics, Asia

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Save to My PortfolioBrookings Papers on Economic Activity 1:2006

George L. Perry and William C. Brainard, September 01, 2006

BPEA provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Read More

Macroeconomics, Global Economics, U.S. Economy, Budget Deficit, Federal Budget

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Save to My PortfolioCredit Markets, Creditors' Rights and Economic Development

Kenneth Dam, February 01, 2006, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 281

Credit markets are just as important as equity markets to financial development. And in most countries far more finance is generated in credit markets than in public equity markets. Even in the United States, which is usually thought the country with the most pronounced equity culture, far more money is raised in credit markets than in equity markets. Read More

Banking, Financial Institutions, Development, Global Economics, U.S. Economy

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Save to My PortfolioGlobal Imbalances: The Blind Men and the Elephant

Barry Eichengreen, January 01, 2006, The Brookings Institution

This paper reviews competing explanations for the pattern of global imbalances and the magnitude of the U.S. external deficit. It argues that, far from being incompatible, existing explanations are all parts of the larger story. Read More

Macroeconomics, Retirement, Competitiveness, Trade, Global Economics

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Save to My PortfolioGetting Real about Gas Prices

Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, October 10, 2005, The Brookings Institution

Federal and state policies make highways easy to build and relegate transit and other alternatives to second-class status. Read More

Cities, Transportation, Sprawl, Energy Security, Exchange Rates

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Save to My PortfolioBrookings Papers on Economic Activity 1:2005

George L. Perry and William C. Brainard, August 01, 2005

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Macroeconomics, Global Economics, Budget Deficit, U.S. Economy, Federal Budget

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Save to My PortfolioChinese Currency Revaluation?

Andrew Stoeckel and Warwick J. McKibbin, June 01, 2005, Economic Scenarios

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Andrew Stoeckel, Economic Scenarios (June 2005) Read More

China, Macroeconomics, Exchange Rates, Global Economics, China's Economy

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Save to My PortfolioThe Dollar, the Deficit, and American Competitiveness

Lael Brainard, May 19, 2005, Progressive Policy Institute

Speech by Lael Brainard, Progressive Policy Institute (5/19/05) Read More

Competitiveness, U.S. Economy, Globalization, Exchange Rates

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Save to My PortfolioThe United States Current Account Deficit and World Markets

Andrew Stoeckel and Warwick J. McKibbin, February 01, 2005, Economic Scenarios

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Stoeckel, Economic Scenarios (February 2005) Read More

Macroeconomics, Competitiveness, Trade, Global Economics, International Finance

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Save to My PortfolioWhat If China Revalues Its Currency?

Andrew Stoeckel and Warwick J. McKibbin, December 01, 2004, Economic Scenarios

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Stoeckel (12/2004) Read More

China, Macroeconomics, Exchange Rates, Global Economics, Asia

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Save to My PortfolioWhich Exchange Rate Regime for Asia?

Hong-Giang Le and Warwick J. McKibbin, February 01, 2004, The Brookings Institution

Paper by Warwick J. McKibbin and Hong-Giang Lee (2/04) Read More

China, Macroeconomics, Exchange Rates, Global Economics, Asia

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An international economics expert based in Australia, Warwick McKibbin focuses his research on global climate change; the emergence of China and India into the world economy; and global economic modeling.
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