The Many Definitions of Reserve Currency and the Ceaseless Resulting Confusion
By Ken Austin[1] When I was in grad school, the dollar’s reserve currency status meant something very specific – foreign central banks bought and sold
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Economist Ian Fletcher is one of America’s foremost experts on the problems of free trade. He is the author of the 2011 book Free Trade Doesn’t Work and has a column on trade issues in the Huffington Post.
From 2010 to 2012, he was Senior Economist of the Coalition for a Prosperous America. Before that, he was Research Fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council. Before that, he was an economist in private practice serving mainly hedge funds and private equity firms.
Educated at Columbia and the University of Chicago, he lives in San Francisco.
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By Ken Austin[1] When I was in grad school, the dollar’s reserve currency status meant something very specific – foreign central banks bought and sold
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KEY POINTS U.S. pharmaceutical imports have risen sharply in the last decade, with imports from China and India skyrocketing. India and China are increasingly the
The legislative package will end tax breaks for Chinese stocks, restrict sanctioned Chinese companies’ access to U.S. capital markets, increase transparency on risks to American corporations, and reduce exposure to these risks for retail investors and other Americans saving for retirement.