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Greenspan on the Interest Rate Mystery

…moved lower virtually everywhere. Except in Japan, rates among the other foreign Group of Seven countries have declined notably more than have rates in the United States. So exactly why…

Shifting out of Dollars?

The BIS today issued the March edition of The BIS Quarterly Review. One of the interesting statistics contained in it is the fraction of foreign currency assets owned by international…

The Downside of Devaluation

…Treasury official now at the University of Oxford, a dearer yuan would have a more significant effect on capital flows. At the moment, foreign capital is finding its way into…

"Freedom"

…why anyone in the world would dislike the US, Bush typically answers that it’s because they “hate freedom”. When asked what his foreign policy plans are for the next four…

That’s Nice

…on a more permanent approach for those it was unwilling to set free or turn over to U.S. or foreign courts, the Washington Post said in a report that cited…

Lou Dobbs on Outsourcing Production of Pharmaceuticals

…2002. SCHIAVONE: In search of a well-educated but cheaper workforce, plus foreign government enticements, the U.S. pharmaceutical industry has been shipping production jobs overseas only to reimport their goods back…