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Kim and Yang and Lankov on the Rise of the Informal Economy
We are currently in a holding pattern, waiting to find out whether the closure of Kaesong, multilateral and bilateral sa...
No location · Jun 17, 2016 · WedgetailLaunch of the OECD’s 2016 Economic Survey of the United States
Ángel Gurría, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), presented the OECD’...
No location · Jun 16, 2016 · WedgetailThe Global Value Chain Revolution and Trade Policy
Richard Baldwin, professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, discussed the the global value ...
No location · Jun 14, 2016 · WedgetailThe Republican Foreign Policy Statement
Last week, Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled a 25-page foreign policy strategy document at the Council on Foreign Relations, wh...
No location · Jun 13, 2016 · WedgetailRegional Convergence in China
Six years ago, all of China’s regions were still growing at a real rate of 10 percent or more. Taking into account popul...
No location · Jun 10, 2016 · WedgetailHazel Smith’s North Korea: Markets and Military Rule
Hazel Smith has written a sweeping book on North Korea that summarizes her long engagement with the country entitled—qui...
No location · Jun 10, 2016 · WedgetailBrazil's Fiscal High Dive into Olympics 2016
The Olympic Games may offer Brazilians a temporary reprieve from the bad economic news plaguing the country, but Monica ...
No location · Jun 09, 2016 · WedgetailNorth Korean Forced Labor in the EU
A few weeks ago VICE released a remarkable documentary on North Korean forced labor in Poland, which provides a unique g...
No location · Jun 09, 2016 · WedgetailChina Policy Communications Under Scrutiny as Economy Gains Global Prominence
Uncertainty about China’s economic future has underpinned a substantial portion of global market volatility of the past ...
No location · Jun 08, 2016 · WedgetailChina's Market Economy Status and Antidumping: A $100 Billion, $10 Billion, or $1 Billion Dispute? Part 1
Despite its success as an export powerhouse, China has long protested that it has been relegated to the status of a “non...
No location · Jun 08, 2016 · WedgetailThe Screw Turns II: The Expansion of European Sanctions
On Monday, I talked about the new US Treasury designation. Last week, another shoe also dropped in the form of new Europ...
No location · Jun 08, 2016 · WedgetailHow Dependent Are US Consumers on Imports From China?
If you are in the market for a new cell phone or a laptop, you better hope that the United States does not impose puniti...
No location · Jun 07, 2016 · WedgetailModi's US Visit Offers Window for Economic Opening
C. Fred Bergsten says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last official visit to the United States under President Bar...
Washington, United States · Jun 06, 2016 · WedgetailThe Screw Turns I: New US Financial Sanctions
This week, we lead with two developments on the sanctions front; today, the Treasury ruling that places new constraints ...
No location · Jun 06, 2016 · WedgetailBlack Market Contest Winner Announced!
We finally have a winner for the black market exchange rate contest! The contest, announced on March 16, was motivated b...
No location · Jun 04, 2016 · WedgetailRecent Economic Developments, the Productive Potential of the Economy, and Monetary Policy
The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, delivered the speech “Re...
No location · May 26, 2016 · WedgetailBuilding on Asia's Strengths During Turbulent Times
Changyong Rhee, director of the Asia and Pacific department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered the spee...
No location · May 26, 2016 · WedgetailAcademic Sources: Gartzke and Kroenig on “Nukes with Numbers”
In the last ten years, there has been an explosion of quantitative research on nuclear weapons. The basic structure of t...
No location · May 26, 2016 · WedgetailCan Globalization Still Deliver?
Dr. David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered the Institute’s six...
No location · May 24, 2016 · WedgetailTrump to KORUS: Drop dead
The last time I checked in on Donald Trump, he was threatening to inflict on China “a depression the likes of which you ...
No location · May 24, 2016 · WedgetailGravity and the Weight of the Fed’s Zero Lower Bound on Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve implemented its first rate hike last December. At that time, the Fed anticipated another four hikes ...
No location · May 23, 2016 · WedgetailNorth Korea: Back on the Terrorism List?
North Korea was placed on the US government’s list of state sponsors of terrorism in 1987. Its inclusion on the list was...
No location · May 23, 2016 · WedgetailBrad Glosserman and Scott Snyder on Japan-Korea Relations
Last month, I had the pleasure of hosting both Scott Snyder (Council on Foreign Relations) and David Straub (Stanford’s ...
No location · May 20, 2016 · WedgetailThe G-7 and the Global Economy
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, deputy assistant to President Obama and deputy national security advisor for international econ...
No location · May 19, 2016 · WedgetailAcademic Sources: Victor Shih at the Journal of East Asian Studies on Chinese Elites
With the 7th Party Congress coming to a close, some of the most significant outcomes are likely to relate to promotions ...
No location · May 12, 2016 · WedgetailNorth Korean Threats and Asset Markets. Again.
It has long been alleged that North Korea has the capacity to impose asymmetric damage on the financial markets of its n...
No location · May 11, 2016 · WedgetailThe European Union Continues to Lag on Banking Supervisory Transparency
Bank supervisors in the European Union have shown no improvement in publishing data on the institutions they supervise. ...
No location · May 10, 2016 · WedgetailUS Treasury Creates More Hurdles for Business Investment
US business investment—including research and development (R&D) outlays to create intellectual property—hasn't exactly s...
No location · May 10, 2016 · WedgetailUnited Nations DPRK Needs and Priorities
Last week, Marc Noland walked through WFP/FAO food security report, and reports that North Korea might be entering a new...
No location · May 10, 2016 · WedgetailGlobal Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization
Branko Milanovic, City University of New York, discussed his new noteworthy book, Global Inequality: A New Approach for ...
No location · May 09, 2016 · WedgetailKim Jong Un Doubles Down I: The Opening Speech and the Central Committee Report
The two documents we have from the 7th Party Congress so far—Kim Jong Un’s opening speech and his report on the work of ...
No location · May 09, 2016 · WedgetailSaudi Arabia’s Flawed National Economic Vision
Since 2014 Saudi Arabia has pursued a strategy to maintain market share in an oversupplied oil market, refusing to cut p...
No location · May 06, 2016 · WedgetailThe Bank of Japan Turns Hesitant Once Again
After a strong effort to boost chronically low growth and inflation through aggressive monetary easing, Tamim Bayoumi an...
No location · May 06, 2016 · WedgetailBrexit Scenarios for June 24
Scenario 1: The UK Votes to Stay in the EU If UK voters decide to remain in the EU, the deal forged by Prime Minister Da...
No location · May 02, 2016 · WedgetailThinking About the Day after Brexit
Will they or won’t they? The question facing voters in the United Kingdom (UK) on June 23—whether or not to leave the Eu...
No location · May 02, 2016 · WedgetailFed Still Uneasy About Steady Rate Hikes
Nobody minds a little attention now and again, but with all the drama and speculation hovering over Federal Reserve poli...
No location · Apr 26, 2016 · WedgetailNorth Korean human rights activity in Australia
Yesterday I discussed new modeling of Korean unification by Warwick McKibben, Jong Wha Lee, and Larry Weifeng Liu. Anoth...
No location · Apr 26, 2016 · WedgetailA new model of Korean unification
This past Friday I had the pleasure of participating in a conference on Korean unification held at the Australian Nation...
No location · Apr 25, 2016 · WedgetailTPP and the Environment
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is an ambitious trade deal involving the United States and 11 other countries. Th...
No location · Apr 22, 2016 · WedgetailHow Offshoring and Global Supply Chains Enhance the US Economy
The 2016 US presidential election campaign has rekindled the debate over offshoring—locating business operations and job...
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