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Brad Setser wonders about the question that is on many China watcher's mind recently. This is an informative piece with a lot of useful links in the debate and a good read especially on the same day when China just announced its huge stimulus plan.
Alan Meltzer, economist and historian on the Federal Reserve thinks it's a mistake for the Fed to expand regulatory power to include investment banks. A clear rule on capitalization would suffice.
China is riding a tiger: the prospect of future currency rise and fast economic growth will certainly attract huge inflow of international short-term capital, or the so-called "hot money". This will happen even when Chinese government imposes capital...
Gold just passed $1,200 per ounce.
Gold's rise has support from fundamentals, but every time you see parabolic move, the bubble is forming. One of the key lessons for investors is "bubble has legs", it will eventually burst, but nobody knows when....
I don't believe this is widespread. But relying on China's relatively poor consumers to "save the word" is ludicrous.
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Copenhagen climate conference is near. Here are some facts one should bear in mind.
source: Jørgen Delman
Key variables
China
USA
Japan
Population (million)
1,320
302
128
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