Xu Mingqi, Deputy Director, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2011
The Italian sovereign debt market has been severely shocked by sell-offs in recent weeks as the yield for 10-year government bonds rose to 7%, a figure consider
Daniel McDowell, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Oct 17, 2011
Last month news emerged that China was seriously considering buying sovereign bonds from distressed European economies—a move that could have buoyed financial
Sun Lijian, Associate Professor, Fudan University
Aug 24, 2011
In the evening of August 5, 2011, the Standard & Poor’s downgraded the US credit rating from AAA to AA+, and set its outlook as negative. This seemed to be a b
Han Dongping, Professor, Warren Wilson College
Aug 01, 2011
The Obama administration and Republican Congress have been engaged in a very difficult negotiation regarding raising the US debt limit. US debt will reach the $
Daniel McDowell, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Jul 28, 2011
China is America’s leading foreign creditor. It came as no surprise, then, that while traveling through Asia last week U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave strong assurances to Beijing that policymakers in Washington would soon reach an agreement raising the country’s debt ceiling.
Jul 22, 2011
The International Monetary Fund recently appointed French Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde as its new head. Lagarde's success continues the tradition o
Yao Yang, Professor, China Center for Economic Research
Jun 14, 2011
Is China poised to surpass the United States to become the world’s largest economy? The International Monetary Fund recently predicted that the size of China’
Xue Lei, Research Fellow, Shanghai Institutes for Int'l Studies
Jun 10, 2011
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) governance reform is now at another decisive moment. However, it seems that the arrest of former managing director Domi
Martin Edwards, Associate Professor, Seton Hall University
Jun 02, 2011
US publics and policymakers pose a consistent question about American involvement in international organizations: What do we get from them? The answer to this q
May 23, 2011
The international financial community is fretting over who will replace disgraced French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn, as head of the IMF. The retirement o