Interesting Picks

Krugman on why he thinks Rogoff is wrong (about not overdoing fiscal policy)

The negative fiscal multiplier in Brazil.

The IMF argues for a central EU fiscal agency, but I am not sure if that would be possible without political union. And Euro Zone officials say IMF is being unfair.

Turkish stocks excelled yesterday. Well, in fact, they break a record.

Tim Duy's post-Bernanke Fed watch.

A statistics that fits with my tourism moonlighting.

More intellectual shift from the Fund, this time on Central Banking.

The Solow Congressional testimony is getting a lot of attention in the blogosphere.

Explaining the Baltic Dry sell-off.

Buiter revisits the game of chicken between ECB and national governments.