In a still tightly connected world, no major economy will be an oasis during a global economic slowdown.
Trump’s battle with China illustrates his use of economics as a foil in his pitch to “Make America Great Again.”
Given America's global trade deficit, a solution focusing on either China or the U.S. will likely backfire.
For a U.S. economy that has a razor-thin cushion of saving, dependence on rising asset prices has never been more obvious.
To reach its economic goals, China will have to resolve three contradictions.
It now seems more than appropriate for central bankers to move the levers of policy off their emergency settings.
China’s economic leverage over America is largely the result of low U.S. domestic saving.
The fixation on headline GDP overlooks deeper issues shaping the China growth debate.
Japan’s experience is testament to all that can go wrong in large and wealthy economies.
China appears to be changing from an adapter to a driver of globalization.