Dan Steinbock
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Dr. Steinbock is Guest Fellow of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He also has affiliations with think-tanks focusing on the United States, Europe and India. For more see: http://www.differencegroup.net |
January 18, 2017
- How to read Trump: Three possible scenarios
- Donald Trump has pledged to reset the White House policies on "America First" basis. But will he deliver?
January 11, 2017
- How debt differs in China, the US and Japan
- Unlike advanced economies, China remains better positioned to overcome its debt challenges.
December 28, 2016
- Trump tariffs threaten to undermine world trade
- As world trade and investment have plateaued, globalization is barely alive. America's new protectionism could destabilize the world economy.
December 24, 2016
- Trump protectionism, Trade Chief Peter Navarro – and the quest to demonize China
- While most Americans view China as friendly though not as an ally, those who favor demonizing China seek to change both perceptions and realities.
December 20, 2016
- Why foreign nations dump US treasuries
- Recently, foreign holders of US treasuries have been dumping their holdings more and at record pace. Optimists see it as a temporary fluctuation. Realists warn about structural change.
December 14, 2016
- African currencies, Nigerian naira and the new US dollar volatility
- While OPEC production cuts could slow the plunge of Nigerian naira, the real headwinds are ahead, thanks to the impending Fed rate hike, the incoming Trump administration and U.S. dollar as the new fear index.
December 10, 2016
- China is facing growth deceleration, not hard landing
- As China's growth is decelerating, U.S. observers see the country as the "biggest threat to the global economy." They mistake China's secular challenges with its cyclical slowdown.
December 8, 2016
- The rise of anti-establishment Italy
- The rise of anti-establishment Italy, hardly a surprise, is the effect of failed austerity doctrines in Europe and failed political consolidation in Italy.
November 26, 2016
- The new trade future in Asia Pacific
- Right after the Asian-Pacific nations embraced the dream of free trade in the regional Peru Summit, President-elect Trump buried it.
November 23, 2016
- Chinese renminbi amid US dollar's global risk
- It is not the renminbi but the US dollar that today poses the greatest risk to the global economy and serves as its fear gauge.
