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              Barry Eichengreen

              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                Markets InsightUS dollar
                A turning point for the dollar is coming

                The short- and long-term prospects of the currency are at odds

                Illustration showing US dollar banknotes
              • Friday, 9 August, 2024
                Unhedged
                Barry Eichengreen: ‘The Fed is operating in a fog of uncertainty’ Premium content

                And why weakening the dollar is a bad idea

                Barry Eichengreen
              • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
                Federal Reserve
                The Federal Reserve will not let markets dictate a rate cut

                Stock moves are not a reliable signal of looming economic downturn

                Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell
              • Monday, 1 July, 2024
                Markets InsightUS dollar
                The fate of dollar rests on the US election

                How a Biden or Trump second term as president could affect the currency

                Hundred-dollar bills
              • Friday, 19 April, 2024
                Currencies
                Developing country DMOs driving blind

                All borrowers are equal, but some . . . 

              • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
                Markets InsightDigital currencies
                CBDCs still have not found their raison d'être

                Any problem on payments is better solved through more practical alternatives

                A Unified Payment Interface (UPI) barcode, or QR code, is kept at a vegetable stall for customers to make digital payments in Mumbai.
              • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
                Unhedged Podcast18 min listen
                The central bankers’ rodeo

                We look at new papers published at the central bankers’ summit in Jackson Hole

              • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
                Markets InsightUS dollar
                Is the dollar about to take a turn?

                If the economy and inflation weaken, the Fed is likely to pause and the US currency will reverse direction

              • Monday, 28 March, 2022
                Markets InsightCurrencies
                Ukraine war accelerates the stealth erosion of dollar dominance

                Central banks are diversifying reserves beyond the US currency, euro and renminbi

              • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
                Markets InsightUS dollar
                Why it is foolish to bet on a dollar crash

                Reasons why the gloom and doom on the currency is overdone

              • Sunday, 19 August, 2018
                Central bank intervention
                Investors have the power to tame Erdogan and Trump

                Politicians should think carefully before seeking to influence central banks

                U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Erdogan said he's looking forward to a "decisive meeting" with his U.S. counterpart Trump, whose decision to arm Kurdish groups against Islamic State in Syria has stoked tensions between the two NATO members. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
              • Friday, 29 June, 2018
                FT SeriesSummer books 2018
                Summer books of 2018: Economics

                Martin Wolf selects his mid-year reads

              • Thursday, 21 June, 2018
                US trade
                US business fears choppy waters ahead due to Trump trade tariffs

                While the economy is robust, there are fears of an extended drag on corporate earnings

              • Wednesday, 25 January, 2017
                Currencies
                Powerful forces will lead to a strong dollar under Trump

                The US president fails to see that his policy plans will drive the exchange rate up

                Composite image of US President Donald Trump and US dollar bills
              • Tuesday, 15 November, 2016
                Currencies
                Three ways to make sense of the dollar in uncertain times

                Haven status and policies will determine prospects for the economy and currency

                A woman walks past an advertisement featuring a cartoon of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a currency exchange store in the central business district in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Stocks in Asia rebounded from their steepest slide since Brexit, industrial metals surged and regional bonds tumbled after Trump's election victory and spending pledges spurred gains in U.S. shares. Photographer: David Moir/Bloomberg
              • Sunday, 8 May, 2016
                Gavyn Davies
                When secular stagnation meets protection
              • Friday, 8 January, 2016
                FT AlphavilleGlobal trade
                Guest post: Peter Doyle on China
              • Wednesday, 12 August, 2015
                FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
                Business Book Award longlist: must-read titles of 2015

                Theme of technology edges ahead of workplace and capitalism to dominate this year’s must-read titles

                Business book of the year 2015
              • Wednesday, 11 March, 2015
                Oil
                Saudi’s oil market strategy makes sense

                It is a rational strategy for the kingdom to refuse to cut production

                epa03505671 The oil minister of Saudi Arabia, Ali Naimi , before the 162nd Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, 12 December 2012. EPA/HERBERT PFARRHOFER
              • Tuesday, 10 February, 2015
                FT AlphavilleCentral banks
                Eichengreen: Cassandras and currency wars
              • Friday, 9 January, 2015
                Life & Arts
                ‘Hall of Mirrors’, by Barry Eichengreen

                How we avoided Depression-era errors — and then relaxed too soon

                Unemployed people on a protest march in Times Square in November 19
              • Sunday, 26 January, 2014
                ReviewCurrencies
                ‘The Power of Currencies and Currencies of Power’, edited by Alan Wheatley
              • Monday, 6 January, 2014
                News in-depthThe Big Read
                Capital flows: Powered down

                Cross-border funding is far below its 2007 peak, but with uncertain effects

              • Thursday, 29 December, 2011
                beyondbricsDavid Keohane
                The external impact of China’s renminbi policy – not so simple
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