From the FT:
Obama seeks change Beijing can believe in – David Pilling
How to reinvent China’s growth – John Gapper
Modesty would become Europe’s new duo – Jacques Delors
From elsewhere:
The effectiveness of fiscal and monetary stimulus in depressions – VoxEU
A Yuan-sided argument – Economist
Balancing fiscal support with fiscal solvency – IMFDirect Read more
From the FT:
America must start treating China as a friend – Bill Owens
How the market proved no panacea for BT – John kay
From elsewhere:
Uncertainty and the tale of two depressions – VoxEU
Lecturing each other on trade – Michael Pettis
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Barack Obama, president of the US, met Hu Jintao, president of the People’s Republic of China, for a private meeting on Tuesday. The agenda was long, covering the world economy, climate change and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. The last two are the most important, over the long run. But the first is the most urgent. If we do not achieve a healthy global economic recovery, hope of a co-operative relationship is likely to prove vain. Yet such a recovery is far from ensured. Worse, some of what is now happening – particularly China’s decision to depreciate the renminbi along with the dollar – makes healthy recovery less likely. Read more
From the FT:
China’s on-off American romance – Simon Schama
Muddling through with money and morals – Michael Skapinker
From elsewhere:
China and the American job machine – Economist’s View
America’s Preeminence by Default – Free Exchange
What should be the goal of a fiscal exit strategy – IMFdirect
Euro-area sovereign risk during the crisis – VoxEU Read more
From the FT:
A Franco-German marriage of convenience – Wolfgang Munchau
The American dream needs repair – Clive Crook
How Europe can be heard in Washington – Jeremy Shapiro and Nick Witney
From elsewhere:
World out of balance – Paul Krugman, New York Times
China lambastes Dollar Carry trade – Naked Capitalism
Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses - Nouriel Roubini
Treasury wants to hold on to TARP money – Naked Capitalism Read more
From the FT:
Simple truths about the economy – Samuel Brittan
Ethics alone will not prevent financial crises – Philip Booth
From Elsewhere:
Politico does Economic Analysis – Econbrowser
Paul Krugman: Free lo Lose – Economist’s View
Tim Geithner, double talker – Free exchange
Asia and the IMF: Toward a deeper engagement - IMFDirect
Krugman on the Need for Jobs Policies – Naked Capitalism Read more
By Paul De Grauwe
The recent decline of the dollar against major currencies such as the euro and the Japanese yen has been spectacular. Even more spectacular, but often forgotten, is the long run decline of the dollar against the major currencies in the world. Since 1960 the dollar lost two thirds of its value against the Japanese yen, the Swiss franc and the German mark (since 1999 the euro).
The long-term decline of the dollar appears to be quite surprising especially considering that at least since the early 1990s the US has been seen to produce superior economic results, ie a higher productivity growth than most of Europe and Japan with more or less the same rates of inflation. Yet despite the appearance of superior economic performance the dollar has gone on losing value against currencies of countries deemed to have an inferior economic system. Where does this paradox come from? Read more
From the FT:
America risks being left behind in Asia – Evan Feigenbaum
Beijing seeks a head start in the race to go green – Gordon Conway
From Elsewhere:
The Road ahead for Asia’s Economies – Economist’s View
What rebalancing of Chinese and American consumption – Michael Pettis
Global Monetary Policy Outlook – Nouriel Roubini
The Liquidity Trap Does Not Make Monetary Policy Ineffective – Peterson Institue Real Time Economic Issues
Liquidity default and market regulation – VoxEU Read more
From the FT:
Powerful interests are trying to control the market – John Kay
Obama has lost his way on jobs – Jeffrey Sachs Read more
“A crisis is a strange way to celebrate an anniversary.” This is the wry judgment of Erik Berglöf, chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.* Yet a crisis is what we see in countries that began the march from communism two decades ago. So, has capitalism failed, as communism did? In a word, “no”. Some transition countries are in crisis; transition is not. The same judgment applies elsewhere: capitalist countries are in crisis; capitalism itself is not. But reform is necessary. The great virtue of liberal democracies and market economies is their ability to reform and adapt. They have shown these qualities before. They must do so once again. Read more
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