Brookings: Topics - Exchange Rates

Currency Conversion during Korean Unification

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As rumors about Kim Jong-il’s health focus attention on the future of the Korean peninsula, CNAPS Nonresident Fellow Yeongseop Rhee examines issues in South-North monetary integration, a vital aspect of unification. The success – or failure – of monetary integration will have major effects on the peninsular economy, the standard of living in the North, and the South’s appetite for unification.

Lame Duck Meets Hobbled Panda: The China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As the U.S. and China gather in Beijing for their twice yearly Strategic Economic Dialogue meetings, Eswar Prasad examines the U.S.-China economic relationship, key issues and the potential future of the economic dialogue that was created by Secretary Paulson.

Top 10 Global Economic Challenges Facing America's 44th President

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

As President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges.

Is There a 'Correct' Exchange Rate?

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Geng Xiao cautions against viewing China’s exchange rate as the primary cause of its trade imbalance, and argues that finding a “correct” nominal exchange rate is in theory and in practice a very difficult task.

Global Views: Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Lael Brainard says the biggest takeaway from the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007 introduced by Sens. Baucus, Graham, Grassley and Schumer is that Congress has run out of patience with China.

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1:2006

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

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Credit Markets, Creditors' Rights and Economic Development

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Credit markets are just as important as equity markets to financial development. And in most countries far more finance is generated in credit markets than in public equity markets. Even in the United States, which is usually thought the country with the most pronounced equity culture, far more money is raised in credit markets than in equity markets.

Global Imbalances: The Blind Men and the Elephant

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This paper reviews competing explanations for the pattern of global imbalances and the magnitude of the U.S. external deficit. It argues that, far from being incompatible, existing explanations are all parts of the larger story.

Getting Real about Gas Prices

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Federal and state policies make highways easy to build and relegate transit and other alternatives to second-class status.

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1:2005

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

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Chinese Currency Revaluation?

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Andrew Stoeckel, Economic Scenarios (June 2005)

The Dollar, the Deficit, and American Competitiveness

Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Speech by Lael Brainard, Progressive Policy Institute (5/19/05)

The United States Current Account Deficit and World Markets

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Stoeckel, Economic Scenarios (February 2005)

What If China Revalues Its Currency?

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Stoeckel (12/2004)

Changes in Equity Risk Perceptions: Global Consequences and Policy Responses

Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Warwick J. McKibbin and David Vines (2/04)

Which Exchange Rate Regime for Asia?

Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Warwick J. McKibbin and Hong-Giang Lee (2/04)

The Monetary Geography of Africa

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Chapters from the upcoming book by Paul R. Masson and Catherine Pattillo, April 10, 2003

Exploding Fiscal Deficits in The United States

Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Warwick J. McKibbin and Andrew Stoeckel (October 2003)

Africa's Economic Morass--Will a Common Currency Help?

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Policy Brief #121 by Paul Masson and Heather Milkiewicz. (July 2003)

Fiscal Policy Coordination in EMU

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

paper by Paul R. Masson (6/09/03)

Monetary Union in West Africa: An Agency of Restraint for Fiscal Policies?

Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Masson and Catherine Pattillo discuss the ways, both positive and negative, that monetary union could affect fiscal discipline and the arguments for explicit fiscal restraints considered in the literature about the European Monetary Union, and c

Explaining the Border Effect: The Role of Exchange Rate Variability, Shipping costs, and Geography

Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Shang-Jin Wei, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and David C. Parsley, Associate Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University, in the Journal of International Economics, October 2001

Sayonara Dollar Peg: Asia in Search of a New Exchange Rate Regime

Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Sayonara Dollar Peg: Asia in Search of a New Exchange Rate Regime, paper by C. H. Kwan, Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, February 2000, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution

The Birth of the Euro: How Will It Affect the World Economy?

Thu, 07 Jan 1999 09:30:00 GMT

Event Information:

January 07, 1999 at 9:30 AM

International Effects of the Euro

Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Brief #42, by Robert Solomon

The Global Economic Crisis: What Next?

Fri, 02 Oct 1998 11:15:00 GMT

Event Information:

October 02, 1998 at 11:15 AM

Out of the Ashes? Southeast Asia's Struggle through Crisis

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Stephen Parker (Summer 1998)

End of the Miracle: Exploring the Asian Financial Crisis

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Edward J. Lincoln (Summer 1998)

Dodging the Bullet ... This Time: The Asian Crisis and U.S. Economic Growth during 1998

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by David D. Hale (Summer 1998)

Sputter, Cough, Choke: Japan Misfires as the Engine of Asia

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Robert Alan Feldman (Summer 1998)

Foreign Direct Investment: The Key to Asia's Future Economic Growth?

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Dennis J. Encarnation (Summer 1998)

The Asian Financial Crisis: What Happened and What We Can Learn from It

Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Barry P. Bosworth (Summer 1998)

The Asian Crisis in Context

Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT

Barry P. Bosworth examines the Asian crisis within the context of past research on the causes of exchange rate crises, addresses some issues of the post-crisis response and examines the systemic issue of the appropriate international response to these crises, and the actions that individual countries can take to protect themselves.

On Becoming More Flexible: Exchange Rate Regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean

Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00:00 GMT

Article by Susan M. Collins, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Journal of Development Economics, October 1996

The Exchange Risk Premium, Uncovered Interest Parity, and the Treatment of Exchange Rates in Multicountry Macroeconomic Models

Wed, 01 Mar 1995 00:00:00 GMT

Discussion paper #111 by Ralph C. Bryant, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution