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RockCreek Daily Market Update
GLOBAL MARKET SNAPSHOT Equity Markets: Risk sentiment seesawed back on Wednesday as markets rose across Asia, Europe and the Americas. In the U.S., like Monday’s price action, it was small cap value leading while energy (+3.8%) and health care (+0.1%) served

Finance Forward Ep. 7: Alan Greenspan Weighs Reopening Risks
Legendary former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan says it’s imperative to follow the advice of medical experts as the path of the economy will depend on what happens to the coronavirus. Join the conversation with hosts Afsaneh Beschloss and Caroline

RockCreek COVID-19 Update – Unfreezing
RockCreek COVID-19 Update May 18 – Unfreezing When the snow melts after a huge storm, who knows what may be uncovered? The US economy is now reopening – unevenly but unmistakably. April may have marked the low point for the

RockCreek Daily Market Update
GLOBAL MARKET SNAPSHOT Equity Markets: Markets came out of the gate hot this week as risk was on across the board. Investor sentiment was given a boost by positive early results from Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine trial, promising data on new infections

RockCreek COVID-19 Update – The Big Divide
RockCreek COVID-19 Update May 11 – The Big Divide Markets – now up over 30% since the March trough – are looking through the worst economic data since the Great Depression, to the other side of the health crisis. Getting

US States Need Federal Funding to Combat the Pandemic
By: Laura Tyson, RockCreek Senior Advisor This article was originally published in Project Syndicate on May 7, 2020. BERKELEY – The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted federalism to the top of the political agenda in America. Confronted with the glaring lack of leadership from the Trump
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Economics in America: The Founding of the NBER

A Greener Future for Finance

Quantitative Greening by Laura Tyson and Afsaneh Beschloss


The Spirit of Bretton Woods
