156 posts on "International Economics"
May 19, 2014
The Trade Finance Business of U.S. Banks
Banks facilitate international trade by providing financing and guarantees to importers and exporters.
May 16, 2014
Will the United States Benefit from the Trans‑Pacific Partnership?
U.S. involvement in what could be one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), has garnered a lot of attention, especially since the entry of Japan into negotiations last year.
March 31, 2014
Measuring Global Bank Complexity
Paraphrasing a famous Supreme Court opinion: “I know bank complexity when I see it.”
Posted at 7:00 am in Banks, Euro Area, Financial Markets, International Economics, Regulation | Permalink
March 5, 2014
Risk Aversion, Global Asset Prices, and Fed Tightening Signals
The global sell-off last May of emerging market equities and currencies of countries with high interest rates (“carry-trade” currencies) has been attributed to changes in the outlook for U.S. monetary policy, since the sell-off took place immediately following Chairman Bernanke’s May 22 comments concerning the future of the Fed’s asset purchase programs.
Posted at 7:00 am in Euro Area, Exchange Rates, Fed Funds, Financial Markets, International Economics, Monetary Policy | Permalink | Comments (2)
February 20, 2014
Just Released: The Inflation Outlook in the Euro Zone . . . Survey Says
The European Central Bank (ECB) released its 2014:Q1 Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) on February 13.
Posted at 7:00 am in Euro Area, Forecasting, Inflation, International Economics, Macroeconomics | Permalink
February 5, 2014
Comparing U.S. and Euro Area Unemployment Rates
Euro area growth has been stalled since 2010, mired in the sovereign debt crisis, while the United States has managed a slow but steady recovery following the Great Recession.
November 18, 2013
Yen and Yang: The Response of the Nikkei to the Yen
To what extent are Japanese equities driven by changes in the value of the yen?
Posted at 7:00 am in Exchange Rates, Exports, International Economics, Macroeconomics | Permalink | Comments (2)
November 4, 2013
Japan’s Missing Wall of Money
The Bank of Japan announced an open-ended asset purchase program in January 2013 and an unexpectedly ramped-up version of the program was implemented in early April.
Posted at 7:00 am in Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, Exports, International Economics | Permalink | Comments (1)
October 2, 2013
Capital Flight inside the Euro Area: Cooling Off a Fire Sale
Matthew Higgins and Thomas Klitgaard Countries in the euro area periphery such as Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain saw large-scale capital flight in 2011 and the first half of 2012. While events unfolded much like a balance of payments crisis, the contraction in domestic credit was less severe than would ordinarily be caused by capital […]
May 22, 2013
Foreign Borrowing in the Euro Area Periphery: The End Is Near
Current account deficits in euro area periphery countries have now largely disappeared.
Posted at 7:00 am in Balance of Payments, Euro Area, Exchange Rates, Exports, International Economics | Permalink | Comments (1)
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