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R* and the Global Economy

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  • Reuven Glick

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This paper is a revised version of keynote remarks presented at the conference on “Global Safe Assets, International Reserves, and Capital Flow,” sponsored by the Global Research Unit, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong and the Journal of International Money and Finance, held on May 20-21, 2019. The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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  • Reuven Glick, 2019. "R* and the Global Economy," GRU Working Paper Series GRU_2019_013, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit.
    • Handle: RePEc:cth:wpaper:gru_2019_013
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    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • F65 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Finance

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