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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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Haircuts and Instability

Aug 2, 2011

Updating Hawtrey for the Shadow Banking System

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Wanted to buy: $2T in safe assets

Jul 16, 2011

Two FT pieces by Tracy Alloway caught my eye this week: this article from Tuesday’s print edition, and this post on Alphaville today.

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When the US last defaulted...

Jul 14, 2011

Two things seem to be taken for granted in the current debt-ceiling debate: 1. The parties will come to an agreement on the debt ceiling because 2. These United States have never defaulted and will not start now.