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May 22, 2009

Monetary Policy
Central banks still (heart) dollar reserves

Though perhaps not long-term Treasuries. There has been a lot of talk about the dollar. And about the shift in China’s rhetoric; China no longer seems all that happy to continue to add to its alre…

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July 15, 2009

Chinese Reserves: Boiling Over Again?

This Rachel Ziemba, filling in for Brad Setser. I’m having technical upload issues so will add charts later but for now some thoughts on reserves Chinese reserves data released today seem to b…

April 5, 2017

China
China's 2016 Reserve Loss Is More Manageable Than It Seems on First Glance

Martin Wolf’s important column does a wonderful job of illustrating the basic risk China poses to the world: at some point China’s savers could lose confidence in China’s increasingly wild financial …

China's 2016 Reserve Loss Is More Manageable Than It Seems on First Glance

October 25, 2024

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Women This Week: Rate of Women Killed in Conflict Doubles in 2023

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 19 to October 25.

Women carry belongings on their heads while government soldiers loot homes and shops after a day of fighting in the village of Kayna in eastern Congo, November 18, 2008.

January 17, 2017

China
China’s Reserves Fell by Around $45 Billion in December (Using the PBOC Data)

The pace of decline in China’s foreign reserves matters. Not because China is about to run out. But rather because China will at some point decide that it doesn’t want to continue to prioritize…

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December 5, 2008

Monetary Policy
Reserves are meant to be used in bad times

Tracy Alloway of the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog -- echoing Robert Sinche of the Bank of America -- thinks that spending reserves to defend your own currency and support your own banks is a form…