Most of the expansion of global trade during the last three decades has been of the North-South kind – between capital-abundant developed and labour-abundant developing countries. Based on this observation, I argue that the recent growth of world trade is best understood from a...

Most of the expansion of global trade during the last three decades has been of the North-South kind - between capital-abundant developed and labour-abundant developing countries. Based on this observation, I argue that the recent growth of world trade is best understood from a...

1. Introduction: Capital Wars -- 2. Global Money -- 3. Synopsis: A Bigger, More Volatile World -- 4. The Liquidity Model -- 5. Real Exchange Adjustment -- 6. Private Sector (Funding) Liquidity -- 7. The Central Banks: Don't Fight the Fed, Don't Upset the ECB and Don't Mess with the PBoC -- 8....

Economic cycles are driven by financial flows, namely quantities of savings and credits, and not by high street inflation or interest rates. Their sweeping destructive powers are expressed through Global liquidity, a $ 130 trillion pool of footloose cash. Global Liquidity describes the gross...

During the 1997/98 Asian crisis and the 2007-2010 world financial and economic crisis, China has proved to be a stabilizer for East Asia and the world. The paper stresses the crucial role of the dollar peg for macroeconomic stability in China. The paper explores the current role of China's...

By the end of 2007, China’s current account surplus represented 11.1 percent of thecountry’s gross domestic product. Many have argued that an appreciation of the RMBwould help to reduce this surplus and restore order to global accounts. Using a panel dataset including China’s exports to 33...

This paper examines the impact of sectorial reforms on current account imbalances, with a special focus on the People's Republic of China (PRC). In particular, we investigate to what extent reforms pertaining to the financial sector, social protection, and healthcare may contribute to a...