ExorbitantPrivilege

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Disrupting the world’s money
China’s ambitions for global finance
Aug 2 • 
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June 2025

Sharks or Dolphins? Part 2
The basis trade is here to stay, because the authorities created it
Jun 22 • 
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Sharks or Dolphins? Part I
The basis trade proliferates. Is it benign or dangerous?
Jun 19 • 
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Beige Book
No strong signal for change, concern remains over growth outlook and tariffs
Jun 9 • 
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May 2025

BM Talks
A chat with Helen Thomas (Blonde Money)
May 22 • 
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Two Sided Dollar Deficit
Trade is Technology; a deficit supports a surplus
May 9 • 
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Déjà Vu or Glitch?
Did they change something in the dollar?
May 1 • 
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April 2025

Beige Book Blue
Shift lower in economic assessment overwhelms concerns about inflation
Apr 26 • 
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No One Else Wants It
US can't shake off 'exorbitant privilege' even if led by donkeys
Apr 24 • 
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The Rest Isn't Noise
Public better attuned to radical change than financial professionals?
Apr 16 • 
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Advice to a Prince
Don't be rapacious, irresolute and fickle
Apr 10 • 
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Interesting Times
A proverb wrongly attributed to China, proves appropriate
Apr 1 • 
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