A weekly column written by Duncan Weldon and produced by the Clark Center for Global Markets. Each week, Weldon explores timely topics of macroeconomic importance.
The Carry Trade Gets Carried Out
It’s been a long week for global financial markets. It at least has certainly felt that way. Monday saw the largest daily fall in the value of Japanese equities since 1987, with the Topix index plunging by 12% followed by a rough day for European and North American exchanges and, for much of the day, […]