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Bond Talk on May 23
If you’re in Denver on May 23 and you’re interested in the bond market, join us for a QWAFAFEW* talk: Predicting the Supply of Long-Term Bonds. The talk will be based on a new paper by Mattia Landoni, Chris Cameron, … Continue reading
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Tagged Debt Management, Economics, Federal Reserve, QWAFAFEW, US Treasury
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My Letter to the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal just published a letter of mine, Debt Bomb has Shorter Fuse Than Many Citizens Think (credit to them for the snappy title, and to my wife Corrina for invaluable editing). I respond to the Journal’s recent editorial Obama’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, Wall Street Journal
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My FT Alphaville Commentary on Managing U.S. Treasury Debt
My commentary Go Long, Mr Mnuchin has just been posted at FT Alphaville of the Financial Times. I address whether the U.S. Treasury debt should be lengthened and whether it should sell 50-year or 100-year bonds. I think that “ultra-long” bonds are … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Reserve, Financial Times, FT Alphaville, Treasury Debt
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The Money We Live With
My friend Matt Hergott has just published The Money We Live With: Understanding the World Through the Prism of Modern Money, an Amazon eBook. From the Introduction: This book is about contemporary money, how it is used by policymakers to … Continue reading
Fourth Annual Municipal Finance Conference
I hope you can join us in Boston this summer at the Fourth Annual Municipal Finance Conference. The conference will be hosted on August 7 by Brandeis International Business School and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The conference has evolved … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandeis University, Conferences, Federal Reserve, Muncipal Finance Conference, Talks
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Article in Pensions & Investments
An article of mine appeared in the online edition of Pensions & Investments the other day. In Did the Treasury undermine the Fed?, I respond to a highly-publicized paper by four Harvard scholars that claimed that the U.S. Treasury sold too much … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Reserve, Harvard, Pensions & Investments, U.S. Treasury Debt
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“After the Taper” Slides Now Available
On November 3, I gave a talk titled “After the Taper: Risks for the Fed and the Treasury” to the Denver Chapter of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (“GARP”). We had an interesting mix of attendees from around the … Continue reading
Adventures with the Treasury and the Fed
Last year, my wife and I put on an event to recognize the success of a fast-growing division of the Hunt Companies. The event was held at the Boettcher Mansion on Lookout Mountain outside Denver. Corrina, a sommelier and chef, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brookings Institution, Federal Reserve, GARP, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Treasury Debt
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Getting it Wrong on the Treasury and the Fed
On September 30, four Harvard scholars presented a new paper[1] about the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve, at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution. The authors contend that the Treasury severely undermined the Fed, which has tried to … Continue reading
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Tagged Brookings Institution, Federal Reserve, Lawrence Summers, Robin Greenwood, U.S. Treasury
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Agenda Set for 2013 Municipal Finance Conference
The agenda is now set for the 2013 Municipal Finance Conference, sponsored by The Bond Buyer and Brandeis International Business School. The conference will be held August 1-2, 2013 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. As a member of the organizing … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandeis University, Conferences, Federal Reserve, James Bullard, James Lebenthal, Municipal Bonds, Talks, The Bond Buyer
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The Well-Tempered Spreadsheet 