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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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