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59 posts on "Exports"
March 4, 2015

No Guarantees, No Trade!

World trade fell 20 percent relative to world GDP in 2008 and 2009.

February 6, 2015

Highlights from the Global Research Forum on International Macroeconomics and Finance

International financial flows are a key feature of the global landscape and are relevant in many ways for central banks.

December 5, 2014

Crisis Chronicles: The Panic of 1819—America’s First Great Economic Crisis

As we noted in our last post on the British crisis of 1816, while Britain emerged from nearly a quarter century of war with France ready to supply the world with manufactured goods, it needed cotton to supply the mills, and all of Europe needed wheat to supplement a series of poor harvests.

Posted at 7:00 am in Crisis, Exports, Panic | Permalink | Comments (6)
October 3, 2014

Crisis Chronicles: The Crisis of 1816, the Year without a Summer, and Sunspot Equilibria

In 1815, England emerged victorious after what had been nearly a quarter century of war with France.

Posted at 7:00 am in Crisis, Exports, Unemployment | Permalink
September 5, 2014

Crisis Chronicles: The British Export Bubble of 1810 and Pegged versus Floating Exchange Rates

In the early 1800s, Napoleon’s plan to defeat Britain was to destroy its ability to trade.

Posted at 7:00 am in Crisis, Exchange Rates, Exports | Permalink
August 8, 2014

Crisis Chronicles: The Hamburg Crisis of 1799 and How Extreme Winter Weather Still Disrupts the Economy

With intermittent war raging across much of Western Europe near the end of the eighteenth century, by about 1795, Hamburg had replaced Amsterdam as an important hub for commodities trade.

Posted at 7:00 am in Crisis, Exports | Permalink
July 11, 2014

Crisis Chronicles: The Collapse of the French Assignat and Its Link to Virtual Currencies Today

In the late 1700s, France ran a persistent deficit and by the late 1780s struggled with how to balance the budget and pay down the debt.

Posted at 7:00 am in Crisis, Exchange Rates, Exports | Permalink | Comments (2)
July 10, 2014

At the N.Y. Fed: Conference Highlights Financing Tools for New York’s Food and Beverage Firms

With more than 35,000 farms and $5.5 billion in annual sales, the agriculture industry is an important part of the New York State economy.

Posted at 7:00 am in Exports, New York, Regional Analysis | Permalink
July 7, 2014

Why Hasn’t the Yen Depreciation Spurred Japanese Exports?

The Japanese yen depreciated 30 percent from its peak in the fourth quarter of 2011 against its trading partners.

May 21, 2014

Why U.S. Exporters Use Letters of Credit

Banks play a critical role in international trade by offering letters of credit (LCs) that substantially reduce the risk faced by exporters.

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