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s long term Topic in The Credit Debacle Catalog

America's long-term deficits (1); China's long-term strategy (1).

Fri 2010-05-14 17:49 EDT

Ezra Klein - Galbraith: The danger posed by the deficit `is zero'

James Galbraith is an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a skeptic of the prevailing concern over America's long-term deficit. With many people now comparing America's fiscal condition to Greece, I spoke with Galbraith to get the other side of the argument...

dangers posed; Deficit; Ezra Klein; Galbraith; zero.

Credit Writedowns Thu 2009-09-17 09:49 EDT

China issues bonds to ``promote the RMB in neighbouring countries''

In the latest move toward China's long-term strategy of internationalising its currency, the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced today it will issue government bonds valued at 6 billion yuan in Hong Kong. [dollar losing reserve status]

China issues bonds; credit writedowns; Neighbouring Countries; promote; RMB.