Archive - Discursive Etc.

Swap Lines, the Global Financial Safety Net, and Global Imbalances

a new publication highlights policy pushing against itself

May 15 •

Vincient Arnold

April 2025

The Lender of Last Resort, 21st Century Edition

a series of new publications examines lending to troubled institutions

Apr 21 •

Vincient Arnold

March 2025

Geopolitical Fragmentation, Trade, and Financial Flows

The Fed has found (another) cool gravity model

Mar 31 •

Vincient Arnold

Gold, Geopolitics, and Central Banking

taking (physical) stock

Mar 24 •

Vincient Arnold

January 2025

October 2024

Iranian Oil, the Petrodollar, and the Hong Kong Exception

a nice reminder that payment rails matter

Oct 24, 2024 •

Vincient Arnold

Mis(under?)diagnosing Financial Crises

on missing the forest for the trees and taking the long, long view

Oct 18, 2024 •

Vincient Arnold

August 2024

SDRs, the ECB, and the Nuance of Monetary Financing

an esoteric debate comes to the dev fin fore

Aug 5, 2024 •

Vincient Arnold

July 2024

Primer: The SDR and Its Discontents

a brief primer on Special Drawing Rights and the debates surrounding them

Jul 11, 2024 •

Vincient Arnold

May 2024

Vignettes of a Currency

Saleha Mohsin’s account of the people and politics of the US dollar

May 31, 2024 •

Vincient Arnold

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