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A New SDR Allocation
On March 23, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, reported that: “I am very encouraged by initial discussions on a possible SDR allocation of US$650 billion. By addressing the long-term global need for reserve assets, a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Money
Tagged IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, SDR allocation, SDRs, Special Drawing Rights, U.S. Treasury
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The New Covid-19 Support Bill
The New Covid-19 assistance bill could add an additional 1.9 trillion dollars to support the fight against Covid-19. In discussing the 2 trillion dollar CARES Act last April I wrote that: “The idea is that as the government has requested/mandated … Continue reading
Posted in Debt, Money
Tagged CARES Act, covid-19, Larry Summers, Minimum wage, UBI, Universal Basic Income
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My Travels to Jerusalem
Palestine: The Oslo Accords before and after, My travels to Jerusalem By Warren L Coats (2021) Kindle and paperback versions available at: Oslo Accords: Before and After An intimate account of the establishment of the Palestine Monetary Authority and related … Continue reading
Judy Shelton’s monetary policy
I share Judy Shelton’s support for monetary policy with a hard anchor. Following currency board rules, the public should determine the money supply they want to hold at its fixed price. Historically, gold was the most common hard anchor. It … Continue reading
Posted in Money
Tagged Federal Reserve, gold, Judy Shelton, Monetary anchor, monetary policy, Monetary standards
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My Travels in the Former Soviet Union
FSU: Building Market Economy Monetary Systems–My Travels in the Former Soviet Union By Warren L Coats (2020) Kindle and paperback versions available at: https://www.amazon.com/FSU-Building-Economy-Monetary-Systems-ebook/dp/B08K3WNQK2/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=warren+Coats&qid=1601491694&s=books&sr=1-2 By the end of 1991 the pressures for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Kazakhstan, Money, Travel
Tagged FSU, Kazakhstan, Kyrygzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tashkent, USSR
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My travels to Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Rebuilding the Central Bank after 9/11 — My Travels to Kabul By Warren Coats Kindle and paperback versions available at: “Afghanistan-Rebuilding the Central Bank after 9/11” Watching the collapse of the twin Trade Towers in New York on September … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Economics, Money
Tagged Afghanistan, Da Afghanistan Bank, IMF, Kabul, Kabulbank
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The order to reopen–who gives it?
Like all of us, President Trump is eager to reopen the economy. Does he have the authority to do so or do state governors? Fortunately, neither can force us to start eating out again, or return to our offices. We … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Money, regulation, taxes
Tagged covid-19, Federal Reserve, Germany, lock down, public health, quarantine, shelter in place, testing
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Econ 201: CARES Act–Who pays for it?
April 11, 2010 Congress has authorized over 2 trillion dollars (so far) to help those harmed by the partial shutdown of the economy undertaken to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and to facilitate its rapid recovery when it … Continue reading
Posted in Debt, Economics, Healthcare, Money
Tagged CARES Act, covid-19, debt, deficit, inflation, lockdown, quarentine, shelter in place
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Covid-19: What should Uncle Sam do?
On February 29 the first person in the United States died from Covid-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the so-called novel coronavirus first observed in Wuhan, China. On March 12, three more people succumbed from this disease bringing the total … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Money, regulation, taxes, trade
Tagged bail out, China, coronavirus, covid-19, Fiscal Policy, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, monetary policy, moral hazard, Peggy Noonan, SARS-CoV-2, shut down, Singapore, Taiwan, test kits
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Paul Volcker, RIP
Paul Volcker was a man of strong convictions, including a commitment to sound money https://wcoats.blog/2017/10/14/sound-money/. It surprises me that in 1971 he urged President Nixon to end the United States’ commitment to maintaining the price of gold to which most … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Money
Tagged David Lindsey, Federal Reserve, G. William Miller, inflation, monetary policy, Nancy Teeters, Paul Volcker, Tom Simpson
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