Category: International Economics
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The reallocation of trade and investment flows
A reallocation of trade and investment flows among countries is taking place. How does the current fragmentation compare to the one during the Cold War? What are the implications for the dollar as a reserve currency?
Geoeconomics and the dollar
Are sanctions eroding the dollar’s dominance? The empirical evidence and a theoretical model.
Dollarization in Argentina
Inflation in Argentina is currently 100 percent. Is dollarization is good solution for a country with limited dollar reserves?
Dollar appreciation in periods of high global risk
What is the impact of dollar appreciation on the transmission of global risk? Does it help the world economy in coping with global risk shocks or does it amplify their adverse impact?
The coming dollar weakness?
The confiscation of Russian assets and the threat of a failure to raise the U.S. debt ceiling are probably reasons to increase the pace of currency diversification in central bank reserves. How complicated will that be?
A debt crisis in the Global South?
Over half of all developing countries are either in default or awaiting loan restructuring but the world’s largest creditors disagree on how to provide them with help.
The importance of offshore markets
Capital allocation in the Euro Area and China in tax havens.
A new vision for the MBD system
US-based think tanks issue a “call to action” for multilateral development bank (MDB) system reform.
The new global financial cycle
The strong dollar appreciation augurs a new contractionary phase of the global financial cycle. What does that mean for both emerging market and developing economies and dollar’s hegemony.
Global value chains: An update
Supply chain disruptions seem to have worsened in April. Is it time to rethink the model?