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Jeffrey Frankel
By Jeffrey Frankel - Oct 24,2019
CAMBRIDGE — The language of international monetary policy has turned militaristic. The phrase “currency war” has now been popular for a decade, and the United States government’s more recent “weaponisation” of the dollar is generating controversy.
By Jeffrey Frankel - Jul 28,2019
CAMBRIDGE — The United States Federal Reserve has some reasons to cut interest rates at its July 31 meeting, or subsequently if the US economy weakens. There is also a case for holding rates steady, if growth remains as strong as it has been over the past year.
By Jeffrey Frankel - Jun 16,2019
CAMBRIDGE — This month marks the tenth full year of the US economic recovery that began in June 2009. Back then, a “trough” in business activity signified the end of the Great Recession that followed the 2007-08 global financial crisis.