Articles from The International Economy (March 22, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
2008 presidential winter book: Washington's most trusted independent political analyst sets the scene.	Cook, Charlie		5233
Bank of Japan insiders and their Japanese housewives.	Smick, David M.		460
Chinese bank report card: the reform road is still bumpy, so forget full RMB convertibility anytime soon.	Lo, Chi		2679
Europe's new protectionism: a former policy insider outlines the disturbing trend.	Schonberg, Stefan		1863
Introducing "Grassley--Baucus": forget Schumer-Graham. This new U.S. legislation has already spawned a strange new renaissance of IMF reform proposals. Can protectionism be cured?	Zoakos, Criton M.		1894
Issing's swan song: TIE asked this distinguished policymaker for his final defense of the European Central Bank's two-pillar strategy.	Issing, Otmar		1341
My advice for John McCain: a long-time Washington political and policy strategist, in an open letter to the likely Republican presidential candidate, offers this advice: Create a New Reagan Majority.	Whalen, Richard J.		775
Sky-high oil: in an article in our last issue, global strategist Philip Verleger predicted a coming scenario of $100 oil, 5 percent inflation, and a coming recession. Question: How disruptive would $80-$100 oil be to the U.S. and global economies? TIE asked three important experts.	Verleger, Philip		798
The Congress problem.			991
The mystery of Chinese data.	Smick, David		387
Three ideas for the Fed: seeking new ways to measure inflation.	Sumerlin, Marc		1654
Today's golden age of poverty reduction: the story the world bank and other agencies don't want you to know.	Bhalla, Surjit S.		2009
Washington's potential Mexico problem: the consequences of a left-wing win in July's elections could be greater than financial markets think.	Whalen, Christopher		2216
Will India steal China's thunder?			7957