Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen warns that opacity prevails in the private debt markets that are funding the AI boom. Investors need to watch out because regulators are not making information easy to obtain

Barry Eichengreen warns that opacity prevails in the private debt markets that are funding the AI boom. Investors need to watch out because regulators are not making information easy to obtain

Barry Eichengreen compares SpaceX and other coming mega-IPOs to what followed that of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in 1987

Barry Eichengreen compares SpaceX and other coming mega-IPOs to what followed that of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone in 1987

Barry Eichengreen explains why the longtime Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan was one of the US Fed's most consequential leaders - for good and bad

Barry Eichengreen explains why the longtime Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan was one of the US Fed's most consequential leaders - for good and bad

Barry Eichengreen examines what's behind the rising volume - and, increasingly, the domestic vaulting - of official reserves

Barry Eichengreen examines what's behind the rising volume - and, increasingly, the domestic vaulting - of official reserves

Barry Eichengreen compares the US currency's global trajectory to that of the Roman denarius under Emperor Nero

Barry Eichengreen compares the US currency's global trajectory to that of the Roman denarius under Emperor Nero

Barry Eichengreen explains why a book published in 1945, and all but ignored at the time, is redefining how we understand trade

Barry Eichengreen explains why a book published in 1945, and all but ignored at the time, is redefining how we understand trade

Barry Eichengreen explains why, after 20 years, major economies' external deficits and surpluses are again a focus of attention

Barry Eichengreen explains why, after 20 years, major economies' external deficits and surpluses are again a focus of attention

Barry Eichengreen weighs the implications of the Bank of Japan's announcement that it will soon consider raising interest rates

Barry Eichengreen weighs the implications of the Bank of Japan's announcement that it will soon consider raising interest rates

Barry Eichengreen thinks the argument that stablecoins will preserve the US dollar dominance rests on a slew of shaky assumptions and leaves key questions unanswered

Barry Eichengreen thinks the argument that stablecoins will preserve the US dollar dominance rests on a slew of shaky assumptions and leaves key questions unanswered

Barry Eichengreen chronicles the latest vain attempt to create an alternative to the US dollar-based international monetary system

Barry Eichengreen chronicles the latest vain attempt to create an alternative to the US dollar-based international monetary system

US dollar continues to cede ground in global foreign exchange reserves, but it remains the preeminent reserve currency

US dollar continues to cede ground in global foreign exchange reserves, but it remains the preeminent reserve currency

Barry Eichengreen asks whether anything can or should be done about the US greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies

Barry Eichengreen asks whether anything can or should be done about the US greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies

Barry Eichengreen thinks that investors who are piling back into US Treasuries could be in for a rude awakening

Barry Eichengreen thinks that investors who are piling back into US Treasuries could be in for a rude awakening

Barry Eichengreen asks why the widely predicted shift toward renminbi-dominated foreign reserves and payments has stalled

Barry Eichengreen asks why the widely predicted shift toward renminbi-dominated foreign reserves and payments has stalled

Those who imagine an imminent debt crisis in the United States are making much ado about nothing. It would be better if US policymakers saved their energy – and political capital – for fighting real rather than imaginary battles

Those who imagine an imminent debt crisis in the United States are making much ado about nothing. It would be better if US policymakers saved their energy – and political capital – for fighting real rather than imaginary battles