Global Corporate Earnings Putting Overvalued Dollar in Spotlight
A look at what some senior executives are saying this earnings season about the dollar’s misalignment with the major currencies of the world.
A look at what some senior executives are saying this earnings season about the dollar’s misalignment with the major currencies of the world.
CPA economists Jeff Ferry and Amanda Mayoral explain the continued deterioration of market share for domestic producers versus imports.
At a hearing by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, the Market Access Charge is brought up as a way to balance trade.
Ex-World Banker John Hansen explains why a strong dollar might not be as good as the Washington-Wall Street consensus would have us think.
Capital flow management is coming back into vogue among economists, government officials in other countries and in international institutions. As international capital flows continue to grow to tens or even hundreds of trillions of dollars per year, washing around unpredictably between countries and financial institutions, officials are increasingly looking at ways to put some sort…
A new CPA study, using widely accepted methodology and IMF data, shows that for the world’s major economies to achieve fair currency values and eliminate global imbalances, large adjustments in major currencies would be required. The dollar would need to fall by 16.6%, while the Chinese yuan would need to rise against the dollar by…
CPA sent the following letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell regarding implementing a new monetary policy tool called a Market Access Charge (MAC) to complement the Fed Funds Rate (FFR). The MAC would make it possible to moderate excessive flows of money into the U.S.…
Background When inflation threatens America’s stability and economic growth, the Fed raises the Federal Funds Rate (FFR). This reduces domestic demand for borrowed funds, and that reduces the growth of domestic money in circulation and thus the rate of inflation. This approach worked reasonably well from the 1930s when the FFR became an official policy…
Chinese “Uber for trucking” company, Full Truck Alliance (FTA), raised $1.6 billion in an initial public offering in the United States with help from Wall Street banks. While the initial haul is impressive, it is a mere fraction of the $20 billion FTA hopes to raise in the near future. To gain some appreciation for…
Yellen takes a pass on calling Vietnam, others, currency manipulators. That puts the onus on Commerce and the USTR to do something about it. Will they?