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Capital controls by any other name
Fawley, Brett W.; Juvenal, Luciana (2011)
The embrace of ad hoc capital controls to address temporary market inefficiencies on a case-by-case basis, while pragmatic, perpetuates the view that each capital crisis is an isolated example of failed financial institutions.
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Commodity price gains: speculation vs. fundamentals
Juvenal, Luciana; Fawley, Brett W. (2011-07)
Commodities of all sorts have risen in price over the past few years. Some say that the prices reflect a bubble, driven by low interest rates and excessive speculation. Others say the price gains can be fully explained by supply and demand.
The Regional Economist , Issue July , Pages 4-9

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Speculation in the oil market
Juvenal, Luciana; Petrella, Ivan (2012)
Disentangling the true drivers of oil prices is a critical first step for allocating resources and designing good policy.
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Mexico's oportunidades program fails to make the grade in NYC
Juvenal, Luciana; Fawley, Brett W. (2010-07)
A program that pays poor, rural Mexican families to keep their children in school didn't translate well to New York City. The latter's version will end this summer.
The Regional Economist , Issue Jul , Pages 10-11

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Coming to America: covered bonds?
Fawley, Brett W.; Juvenal, Luciana (2012)
Ultimately, covered bonds and ABS are complements, not substitutes.
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Unemployment and the role of monetary policy
Fawley, Brett W.; Juvenal, Luciana (2010)
On balance, the figure suggests that structural unemployment during economic downturns has increased since 1991.
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Why health care matters and the current debt does not
Juvenal, Luciana; Fawley, Brett W. (2011-10)
All of the attention given to raising the debt ceiling this past summer might lead some to believe that spending by the federal government only recently became unsustainable. Hardly. We've been on this path a long time.
The Regional Economist , Issue Oct , Pages 4-5

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Food prices and inflation in emerging markets
Fawley, Brett W.; Juvenal, Luciana (2011)
The experience of the past decade illustrates the sensitivity of inflation in emerging markets to rapidly rising food prices.
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Quantitative easing: lessons we've learned
Juvenal, Luciana; Fawley, Brett W. (2012-07)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jul

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Asset prices and their effect on the U.S. trade balance
Juvenal, Luciana (2009)
Pronounced cycles and booms in asset prices have usually accompanied widening trade deficits.
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