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February 26, 2005

Emerging Markets
Has Argentina changed the rules of the sovereign debt game?

Argentina is on the verge of completing one of the largest sovereign debt restructurings in history. Argentina is seeking to restructure about $82 billion in bonds, plus $21 billion or so in past d…

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March 4, 2005

Emerging Markets
A few lessons for Mary Anastasia O Grady

I do not expect to consistently agree with the oped page of the Wall Street Journal. But I do not think it is too much to ask that the columnists on oped page of the Journal try to square their argu…

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March 9, 2005

Current account adjustment

A couple of quick thoughts on the Federal Reserve Board’s recent paper on current account adjustment.There are two broad paradigms or models for current account adjustment. One might be called the e…

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March 29, 2005

China has about a quarter of the population of the world

So why shouldn’t the People’s Bank of China finance about a quarter of the US monthly trade deficit?China reported (informally) is January-February reserve accumulation -- $32.7 billion -- yesterday,…

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March 31, 2005

Emerging Markets
What happened to Argentine banks in 2001? And why?

I suspect most people who read this blog are interested in the dollar, US interest rates, the trade balance, the "hard v. soft landing debate" (outsourced today to Kash at the Angry Bear), oil, even …

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