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CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Currencies: The End of Exuberance

Natalia Gurushina Aug 31, 2010

CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Emerging Markets: At the Cross Roads

Natalia Gurushina Aug 31, 2010

CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Equities: Über Competitive Germany

Gina Sanchez Aug 31, 2010

CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Executive Summary: States of Flux: Stay Risk Averse

Arnab Das Aug 31, 2010

CROSS ASSET MONTHLY

Financial Institutions: Cracks in the EZ Façade

Jennifer Kapila Aug 31, 2010

RGE STRATEGY VIEW

Struggling to Break Free: Rising Correlations Part II

By David Nowakowski and Natalia Gurushina Aug 25, 2010

RGE STRATEGY VIEW

The History of Risk—Correlations, Volatilities and Z-Scores

By David Nowakowski and Natalia Gurushina Aug 25, 2010

Asia Week Ahead: Exports, Industrial Production Set to Slow

By Mikka Pineda, Adam Wolfe and Michael Manetta Aug 19, 2010

LATAM FOCUS

Week Ahead (Week of August 16, 2010)

By Bertrand Delgado and Juan Lorenzo Maldonado Aug 13, 2010

LATAM FOCUS

Tightening Cycle to Continue in Chile and Peru

By Bertrand Delgado and Juan Lorenzo Maldonado Aug 4, 2010

MENA Focus: Grasping for a New Normal for MENA Credit

By Rachel Ziemba, Ayah El Said and Maya Rusinowicz Aug 4, 2010

LatAm Focus: Brazil's Current Account Deficit Widens

By Bertrand Delgado and Juan Lorenzo Maldonado Jul 28, 2010

Europe Weekly Spotlight: Markets Worry About Ireland; Bulgaria Hedges Energy Bets

By Katharina Jungen, Mary Stokes, David Rogovic, Jelena Vukotic, Parul Walia and Mikko Forss Jul 23, 2010

LatAm Focus: Brazil Takes Its Next Monetary Step

By Bertrand Delgado, Juan Lorenzo Maldonado and Alex Giron Jul 20, 2010

China Focus: Treading Water or Drowning?

By Adam Wolfe and Rachel Ziemba Jul 7, 2010

LATAM FOCUS

Week Ahead (Week of June 28, 2010)

By Bertrand Delgado and Juan Lorenzo Maldonado Jun 25, 2010

RGE STRATEGY FLASH

Eurozone BoP: April Was Benign, Will May Be Malignant?

By David Nowakowski Jun 22, 2010

Who Will Buy the U.S. Treasurys?

By Rachel Ziemba Mar 9, 2010

The People’s Bank of China and the Road Not Taken

By Adam Wolfe and Rachel Ziemba Jan 25, 2010

China Macro: 5Qs for 2010

By Adam Wolfe and Rachel Ziemba Dec 16, 2009

Are Capital Controls in Fashion Again?

RGE Analyst Team Oct 28, 2009

EconoMonitors

Emerging Markets Monitor

Have We Underestimated Chinese Consumption?

Michael Pettis Aug 30, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Chinese Consumption and the Japanese “Sorpasso”

Michael Pettis Aug 11, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Income Inequality, International Payments Imbalances, and Crises

Mark Thoma Jul 28, 2010

Asia EconoMonitor

US-China Economic Conflict: Not Dead, But Asleep

Robert M. Cutler Jul 27, 2010

US EconoMonitor

The Great Decoupling of Corporate Profits From Jobs

Robert Reich Jul 27, 2010

Latin America Economonitor

Is Brazil Overheating?

Edward Harrison Jul 27, 2010

US EconoMonitor

A Few Takeaways from the May TIC Data

Rachel Ziemba Jul 16, 2010

Asia EconoMonitor

East Asia’s On/Off Switch

Arpitha Bykere and Adam Wolfe Jul 15, 2010

US EconoMonitor

Deficit Widens, Again

Tim Duy Jul 14, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

The Capital Tsunami Is a Bigger Threat Than the Nuclear Option

Michael Pettis Jul 14, 2010

Asia EconoMonitor

Emerging Markets Consider Capital Controls to Regulate Speculative Capital Flows

Kavaljit Singh Jul 8, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Quelle Surprise! China Decides Not to Use Nuclear Option on Itself

Yves Smith Jul 8, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

US-China Pressure May Escalate Sooner Rather Than Later

Yves Smith Jul 1, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

The G20's China Bet

Simon Johnson Jul 1, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

The RMB Has Moved, Now How About Those Other Things

Bradley Gardner Jun 29, 2010

US EconoMonitor

More on Competitive Currency Devaluations

Edward Harrison Jun 24, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Interpreting China's FX Regime Change

Nouriel Roubini Jun 23, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China, Day One

Tim Duy Jun 22, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Indonesia Moves to Tame Speculative Capital Flows

Kavaljit Singh Jun 21, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Why China’s Currency Announcement Is Hokum

Robert Reich Jun 21, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

On China and the Yuan

Daniel Alpert Jun 21, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

When Should Fiscal Tightening Begin?

Barry Ritholtz Jun 21, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China Moves. Or Not.

Tim Duy Jun 21, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China’s Renminbi Announcement: A Big Headfake

Yves Smith Jun 20, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

South Korea Imposes Currency Controls for Financial Stability

Kavaljit Singh Jun 16, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Rising Global Imbalances Likely to Precipitate New Crises

Yves Smith Jun 10, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

More on the European Impact

Tim Duy May 24, 2010

Asia EconoMonitor

Asia: The Challenge of Capital Inflows

Anoop Singh May 18, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Are you ready for the United States of Germany?

Michael Pettis May 10, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Chinese Savings and the Wealth Effect

Michael Pettis Apr 20, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China's Recent Trade Deficit: Is What You Yuan What You're Gonna Get?

Edward Hugh Apr 19, 2010

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

Unpacking China's Trade Deficit

Rachel Ziemba Apr 12, 2010

Asia EconoMonitor

Who Will Pay for China’s Bad Loans?

Michael Pettis Apr 8, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

How Will U.S. Savings Rate Rise if You Don’t Penalize Consumption?

Michael Pettis Apr 4, 2010

Asia EconoMonitor

Be Careful of Bilateral Trade Numbers

Michael Pettis Mar 29, 2010

Peterson Institute for International Economics Monitor

Correcting the Chinese Exchange Rate: An Action Plan

C. Fred Bergsten Mar 25, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Flexible Exchange Rates and the Domestic Savings Rate

Antonio Carlos Lemgruber Mar 23, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China's Got Options

Rebecca Wilder Mar 23, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Ludicrous Claims About the Renminbi

Models & Agents Mar 22, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

This Is the Problem with China’s Currency Peg

Edward Harrison Mar 19, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

RMB Politics Boiling Over

Rachel Ziemba Mar 18, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Martin Wolf: China, Germany Commiting World to Deflation

Yves Smith Mar 17, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Can External Pressure Precipitate Change in a Command Economy Like China?

Edward Harrison Mar 17, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

How Will an RMB Revaluation Affect China, the US, and the World?

Michael Pettis Mar 17, 2010

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

U.S.-China Tensions: Co-Dependency Pains

Adam Wolfe and Rachel Ziemba Mar 17, 2010

Peterson Institute for International Economics Monitor

China’s Dollar Leverage Is an Exaggerated Threat

Steve Weisman and Joseph E. Gagnon Mar 15, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China's Reserves - What Are They Good For - Not As Much As You Think

China Economist Mar 9, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Stuck in Neutral – What Japan’s Rebalancing Can Teach Us

Michael Pettis Mar 4, 2010

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

Exit Strategy Has begun in Brazil, Inflation Surprised to the Downside in Mexico

Bertrand Delgado and Juan Lorenzo Maldonado Feb 25, 2010

Europe EconoMonitor

Crisis Lessons to Remember for Europe’s Policymakers

Marek Belka Feb 24, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

What the PBoC Cannot Do with Its Reserves

Michael Pettis Feb 22, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Emerging Europe: Managing Large Capital Flows

Marek Belka Feb 19, 2010

US EconoMonitor

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Treasuries: Was It Really That Bad? No.

Rebecca Wilder Feb 17, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Unwinding Global Imbalances

Yves Smith Feb 17, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Emerging Market Bubbles are Essential for Global Stabilization

Arun Motianey Feb 16, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

I have to Side with China on this One

Rebecca Wilder Feb 8, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Redemption or Abstinence? Original Sin, Currency Mismatches and Counter-Cyclical Policies in the New Millennium

Ricardo Hausmann and Ugo Panizza Feb 4, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China's Trade Balance Points to Inflation

Rebecca Wilder Jan 11, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

Everyone Wants to Talk about Currencies

Michael Pettis Jan 11, 2010

RGE Analysts' EconoMonitor

Could Capital Inflows to EM be Slowing?

Rachel Ziemba and Christian Menegatti Jan 5, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Exchange Rate Regime of Systemically Important Countries

Ajay Shah Jan 4, 2010

Emerging Markets Monitor

China New Year, and One More Vote for GDP-Adjusted Bonds

Michael Pettis Jan 4, 2010

Global Macro EconoMonitor

The Prospects for Global Imbalances: A View from the IMF

Menzie Chinn Dec 28, 2009

Emerging Markets Monitor

The Pace of Change

Michael Pettis Dec 28, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Gravity will Drag the $U.S.

Rebecca Wilder Dec 23, 2009

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Exit Strategy? Eastbound

Roberto Tamborini Dec 17, 2009

US EconoMonitor

U.S. FDI, Growth, and the Capital Stock Abroad

Rebecca Wilder Dec 13, 2009

Peterson Institute for International Economics Monitor

The Dollar and the Deficits: How Washington Can Prevent the Next Crisis

C. Fred Bergsten Dec 9, 2009

Emerging Markets Monitor

India: FDI and Saving are Key....

Rebecca Wilder Dec 8, 2009

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Savings Gluts and Bubbles

Mark Thoma Dec 4, 2009

US EconoMonitor

If the Fed is Looking to Inflate Away Problems, What Should Asia Do?

Edward Harrison Nov 11, 2009

US EconoMonitor

Sustainable Growth?

Tim Duy Nov 3, 2009

Europe EconoMonitor

Beyond the Consensus on European Bank Credit

Edward Hugh Oct 28, 2009

Global Macro EconoMonitor

Are Capital Controls in Fashion Again?

RGE Analyst Team Oct 28, 2009

Emerging Markets Monitor

US Angling to get Chinese to Revalue Renminbi

Edward Harrison Oct 16, 2009

US EconoMonitor

On the G20 Agenda

Tim Duy Sep 22, 2009

US EconoMonitor

You Cannot Be Serious: US Strategy for the G20

Simon Johnson Sep 21, 2009

Daily Digest

Analysis

Place of Work of Overseas Filipino Workers (Results from the 2007 SOF)

National Statistics Office, Republic of the Philippines  Sep 02, 2010

News

Russia Unlikely to Raise Rates, Ending ‘Easy Money’

Bloomberg  Maria Levitov and Anton Doroshev Sep 02, 2010

News

FDI in retail to help unorganised sector, create jobs: Sharma

The Economic Times  Sep 02, 2010

News

GM to expand its investment in Thailand

National News Bureau of Thailand  Panita Norasing Sep 01, 2010

News

UPDATE 1-Mexico inflation outlook falls, growth up in poll

Reuters  Patrick Rucker Sep 01, 2010

News

New plans to bolster struggling FEZs

Korea Herald  Young-aah Koh Sep 01, 2010

News

BoI, PEZA report strong investments

Manila Bulletin  Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat Aug 31, 2010

News

HCM City foresees 12pct annual growth

Intellasia  Aug 31, 2010

Opinions

Winds of Optimism Blowing

iafrica  Aug 30, 2010

News

Vietnam attracts $9.128b FDI capital in first seven months

Intellasia  Dau Tu Nuoc Ngoai Aug 31, 2010

Analysis

Turkey’s Current Account Deficit: Mind the Gap

Roubini Global Economics  Mary Stokes and David Rogovic Aug 24, 2010

News

UAE prepares laws to boost investment

Gulf News  Zaher Bitar Aug 30, 2010

News

Gov’t sets right climate for power investors

Manila Bulletin  Myrna M. Velasco Aug 31, 2010

Analysis

Canadian Current Account for Q2 2010: A Picture of What Lies Ahead

CIBC  Krishen Rangasamy Aug 30, 2010

Analysis

Current Account Widens On Growing Trade Deficit

TD Bank Economics  Francis Fong Aug 30, 2010

News

Uganda Repossesses Kingfisher Oil Field

Wall Street Journal  Aug 30, 2010

News

Chevron to explore for oil off Liberia

Reuters  Aug 30, 2010

Blogs

China’s Overseas Shopping List

Managing the Dragon  Jack Perkowski Aug 27, 2010

Blogs

Chinn-Ito Capital Account Index up to 2008

Econbrowser  Menzie Chinn Aug 13, 2010

Analysis

In defence of foreign investment

NZIER  Jean-Pierre de Raad Aug 10, 2010

News

Approved FDI declines in Q2 2010 after posting two consecutive quarters of increase

National Statistical Coordination Board  Aug 23, 2010

Analysis

South Africa Investment Climate Assessment: Full Report

The World Bank Group  July 2010

Opinions

Long march to renminbi convertibility

Financial Times  David Pilling Aug 25, 2010

Analysis

Romania’s External Debt Sustainability Under Crisis Circumstances

Romanian Journal of Economics  Gheorghe Zaman and George Georgescu Aug 25, 2010

News

India: Capital inflows may rise, pose a challenge

Business Standard  Aug 25, 2010

News

FDI in Poland on the up again

Warsaw Business Journal  Aug 25, 2010

News

Vietnam: Trade deficit passes $8 billion

Vietnam News  Aug 25, 2010

News

Siemens eyes RP wind energy projects

Manila Bulletin  Myrna M. Velasco Aug 25, 2010

Analysis

Demographics are upsetting the balance of capital flows

Financial Times  John Plender Aug 24, 2010

News

Bangladesh: FDI makes a comeback

The Daily Star  Rejaul Karim Byron Aug 25, 2010

News

India: Low interest rates dent RBI's overseas income

Business Standard  Aug 25, 2010

News

South Africa looks to China for infrastructure lift

Reuters  Chris Buckley and Ben Blanchard Aug 24, 2010

Opinions

Niger Delta: Making IOCs Sit Up

This Day Online  Sotonye Frank Aug 24, 2010

News

Rwanda investments double to $1.6 bln in 2009

Reuters  Aug 24, 2010

Opinions

The Yen’s Lesson for the Yuan

New York Times  Lee M. Sands and Joseph A. Massey Aug 24, 2010

News

AmCham urges major revisions in IPP

Philippines Star  Elisa P. Osorio Aug 24, 2010

News

China Development May Invest $1 Bln in Philippines, Star Reports

Bloomberg  Sean Collins Aug 23, 2010

News

Sri Lanka: Budget deficit contracts

The Island   Aug 22, 2010

Opinions

Indonesia: Huge opportunity from Japanese investment

The Jakarta Post  Ade Elimin and Shunsuke Wariishi Aug 23, 2010

News

BoI: FDI increases by 46% y-o-y, Japan in lead

National News Bureau of Thailand  Dolsinee Kritayapimonporn Aug 23, 2010

News

Russia: FDI Falls 11%

The Moscow Times  Ed Bentley Aug 23, 2010

Analysis

Russia: 1H10 Foreign Investments Down 5.5% y/y

URALSIB Capital  Aug 20, 2010

News

US firm re-affirms CNG investments here

Manila Bulletin  Myrna M. Velasco Aug 20, 2010

News

Turkey moves towards investment grade status

Financial Times  Delphine Strauss Aug 19, 2010

News

H1 FDI Inflows Drop despite Rising Recovery Prospects

Today’s Zaman  Aug 19, 2010

Blogs

Foreign Investment fears unfounded

Interest.co.nz  Tony Chaston Aug 19, 2010

News

Sudan says committed to transparency in oil revenues

Sudan Tribune  Aug 19, 2010

News

Uganda: China to Send Delegation on Oil

allAfrica  Emmanuel Gyezaho Aug 19, 2010

News

Blackstone plans to double India investments

Channel News Asia  Aug 19, 2010

News

McDonald's raises $29.5 million in yuan bonds

MarketWatch  Aug 19, 2010

Analysis

Lebanon Banking Sector August 2010

Banque Audi  August 2010

Analysis

Malaysia: Strong 2Q10 GDP And Liberalisation Measures Boost MYR

UOB Economic-Treasury Research  Ho Woei Chen Aug 19, 2010

News

RP gains stature as major non-voice BPO player

Philippine Star  Pia Lee-Brago Aug 18, 2010

News

FDIs into S. Korea Hit 7-Year Low

Maeil Business Newspaper  Hyun-gyu Shin Aug 18, 2010

News

Protracted strike will make investors think twice

BusinessDay  Nickolaus Bauer Aug 18, 2010

Analysis

Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Enterprises in the European Union

CEPII, The French Centre for Research and Studies on the World Economy  Lionel Fontagné and Loriane Py July 2010

News

Zambia FDI hits record $2.4 bln in H1 2010

Reuters  Aug 18, 2010

News

Philippine remittances rise, at a cost

Asia Times  Al Labita Aug 18, 2010

News

Australians keen to invest in alternative energy industry in Thailand

National Bank of New Zealand  Rungkarn Rujiwarangkul Aug 17, 2010

Analysis

Will China relocate its labor-intensive factories to Africa, flying-geese style?

Columbia FDI Perspectives  Christian Bellak and Terutomo Ozawa Aug 17, 2010

Analysis

Monthly Net TIC Flows Contract in June as Bank Debt Shrinks

Wells Fargo Securities  Jay H. Bryson and Ed Kashmarek Aug 16, 2010

Analysis

Into the Dragon’s den: Australian foreign direct investment into China

Lowy Institute for International Policy  John Larum August 2010

News

China Opens Bond Mkt To Stimulate Global Yuan Flow

iMarket News  Aug 17, 2010

News

China Dangles Rare-Earth Resources to Lure Investment

Wall Street Journal  Aug 16, 2010

News

Ecozone exports grow 39.5% to $20 billion in first half; job generation recovers

Manila Bulletin  Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat Aug 15, 2010

Analysis

Treasury International Capital Data for June 2010

U.S. Department of the Treasury  Aug 16, 2010

News

Foreign capitals inflow growing steadily because of economic recovery

Thailand Business News  Panita Norasing Aug 13, 2010

News

Investors get bad case of the jitters

New Zealand Herald  Owen Hembry Aug 13, 2010