Subject: EconVue Spotlight December 3, 2016
From: "Lyric Hughes Hale" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:41:18 -0800 (PST)

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EconVue Spotlight

Dear R. Hunter,

It has been an eventful year with no let-up post-Brexit & Trump. In 2016 
the longest-ruling monarch, King Bmibol Adulyadejhu of Thailand, and the 
longest-ruling national leader, Fidel Castro, both passed from the 
scene. A surprise demonetization in India made economic history, as 
Zimbabwe prepares to sweep US dollars from circulation . Change is 
everywhere and the pace seems to be quickening. Today, 2 million people 
gathered to demand the ouster of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. 
Yesterday, President-elect Trump spoke with Taiwanese President Tsai 
Ing-wen breaking diplomatic tradition, and tomorrow we await the results 
of the Italian constitutional referendum.

If 2016 has taught us one lesson, it must be humility in the face of 
history. We have gathered some of the best analysis we can find to begin 
to piece together the puzzle of 2017.

We include a deep dive by the esteemed young economist Esther Duflo that 
relates to easing the friction of fiscal expansion. Carmen Reinhart 
discusses the increase in Italian debt as a result of capital flight, 
and we take a look at a surprising map of public debt per capita. 
Infrastructure, energy, China, Malaysia, India, Iran, Japan, the UK, and 
Harvard Law Prof. Hal Scott's address to the IMF on the dangers of 
Dodd-Frank round out our Spotlight this week.

STORIES IN OUR SPOTLIGHT Fleeing from Italy

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/capital-flight-from-italy-by-carmen-reinhart-2016-11

Carmen Reinhart 11/23/2016 Project Syndicate As a member of the EU, 
Italy no longer has the option of raising interest rates, devaluing its 
currency, or controlling capital outflows, which have soared. The 
country is holding a constitutional referendum on December 4th which 
could presage an exit from the EU if a No vote forces out PM Mario 
Renzi. The more interesting result in this contrarian year would be a 
Yes vote, which would be stabilizing for the EU and the euro. Reports 
are that younger voters are supporting Renzi-could the polls be wrong 
again? US House Passes Taiwan-US Military Exchanges Draft

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/12/04/2003660548

Taipei Times 12/4/2016 While the focus on Friday was on Trump's phone 
call with Taiwan, the same day the US House of Representatives passed a 
draft agreement for senior military exchanges between Taiwan and the US, 
which in previous years had been vetoed by the White House. Last year, 
the US sold $1.7B of military equipment to Taipei. IMF U-turns on Brexit 
warning as UK poised to be fastest growing G7 economy this year

http://www.cityam.com/250721/imf-u-turns-brexit-warning-uk-poised-fastest-growing-g7

Jessica Morris 1/4/2016 City A.M. Markets didn't crash, and the UK 
economy grew; Cassandra was wrong before & after the UK-US votes. But is 
the current run sustainable?

These countries are saddled with the most debt per person, in one chart

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Rachel Koning Beals 11/23/2016 MarketWatch

A lot of discussion about the state of the world economy centers around 
mounting public debt. Try to find China on the terrific graphic in this 
article. Its public per capita debt is minuscule, $1,300 compared to the 
US $42,500 and the winner, Japan at $85,700.

How Does Education in China Compare With Other Countries?

http://chinapower.csis.org/education-in-china/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=5bb16f8c4c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-5bb16f8c4c-150295485

CSIS China Power 2016

467,308 primary schools closed in China since 1995. How does education 
in China compare with other countries?

Hal S. Scott Delivers Speech to International Monetary Fund on 
Connectedness and Contagion

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Harvard Law Professor Hal S. Scott 11/7/2016

T he U.S. crisis was successfully stemmed with three weapons: 1) lender 
of last resort; 2) liability guarantees and 3) capital injections. Post 
crisis, all of these weapons have been limited or eliminated, primarily 
by the Dodd-Frank Act, as undesirable "bailouts."

The Economist as Plumber: Laying the Pipes, Fixing the Leaks

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Esther Duflo 11/8/2016 IMF Richard Goode Lecture

The wunderkind French MIT economist says that fiscal expansion without 
efficient means of transmission to receptive nodes of the real economy 
will be wasteful and ineffective. She calls upon economists to assist 
with smart policy.

What We Learn From a Sovereign Debt Restructuring in France in 1721

https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economic-perspectives/index

François R. Velde 2016 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago How the ‘Trump 
Bump' to the U.S. Economy Could Fall Flat

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-trump-bump-to-the-us-economy-could-fall-flat-2016-11-28

David Levy 11/28/2016 Jerome Levy Forecasting Center, MarketWatch We 
still maintain that the ultimate Treasury yield lows are to come…In any 
event, the next global downturn likely will drive overnight rates back 
to zero and Treasury yields to new lows under the weight of deflating 
balance sheets.

The Trump Trade Is Getting Out of Hand: Buy Bonds

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James McKintosh 11/14/2016 Wall Street Journal

Infrastructure money takes time to spend. Did markets overshoot? Once 
more is known, the Trump Bump could come to an end.

China's Bond Market Can't Handle a Global RMB

http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/2016/12/01/chinas-bond-market-cant-handle-a-global-rmb/

Benn Steil and Emma Smith 12/1/2016 CFR

Great Expectations: Geo-Graphics, China's Bond Market Can't Handle a 
Global RMB.

How Republicans Plan to Spend Like Crazy Without Running Up Debt

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Brendan Greeley 11/17/2016 Bloomberg Will new goverment debt crowd out 
private investment? Maybe not. Trump is focused on public-private 
partnerships.

USGS Estimates 20 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas' Wolfcamp Shale 
Formation

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U.S. Geological Survey 11/15/2016

Geopolitically, why should the US care about OPEC? OPEC does not have a 
history of keeping to its promises to curb production. Saudi Arabia is 
also preparing for an IPO of Aramco which could have impacted its 
decision.

Maximizing the Opening with Iran: How President Trump Can Secure 
American Interests in the Middle East

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Video conference to discuss report

https://www.niacouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Report_Improving-US_Iran_Relations_TRUMP_fnl2email.pdf

to the PEOTUS by the National Iranian American Council 11/16/2016

Steve Clemons of the Atlantic moderates an impressive panel. John 
Mersheimer, Trita Parsi, Reza Murashi, Andrew Bacevich, Sanam 
Naraghi-Anderlini.

Malaysia Caught in Currency Ripples

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Christopher Langner 11/20/2016 Bloomberg

Malaysia's butterfly flaps its wings. Will a storm result?

Zimbabwe: 'They Want to Sweep All the Usd From the Streets' - What 
Zimbabweans Are Saying About #bond Notes

http://allafrica.com/stories/201611280973.html

AllAfrica, News24Wire 11/28/2016

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on the recent politically bold, but risky demonetization by Prime 
Minister Modi aimed at corruption, tax evasion and terrorist financing. 
An economic experiment on a grand scale.

Trump Dilemma on NAFTA - Part 1

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https://econvue.com/reports/richard-katz/trumps-dillemma-nafta-china-part-2

Richard Katz

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The "Rust Belt" states, as well as Texas and California, are far more 
dependent on trade than the US as a whole. And this dependence includes 
not just the items that they export, but it also includes all the 
imports that provide indispensable inputs to their own production. Data 
Round-Up: Solid November Jobs Report Sends All-Clear for FOMC Rate Hike

https://econvue.com/reports/michael-lewis/data-round-solid-november-jobs-report-sends-all-clear-fomc-rate-hike

Michael Lewis

https://econvue.com/experts/michael-lewis

A tale of two surveys: it was the best of times, it was pretty good 
times. Payrolls turned in another fine (consensus-like) performance. 
Data Round-Up: Solid Income Gains Fueling Near +2.5% Consumption for 
16Q4

http://econvue.com/reports/michael-lewis/data-round-solid-income-gains-fueling-near-25-consumption-16q4

Michael Lewis

https://econvue.com/experts/michael-lewis

Based on these early results, real consumption is on track to grow near 
a respectable +2.5% this quarter. Healthcare's Gettysburg Moment

http://econvue.com/pulse/healthcare's-gettysburg-moment

David W. Johnson

https://econvue.com/experts/david-w-johnson

As the new Trump administration takes shape, healthcare represents a 
unique opportunity to pursue bi-partisan reform based on the 
market-based mechanisms embedded within Obamacare (even after its 
repeal). FinTech Notes

https://econvue.com/pulse/random-fintech-notes

Collin Canright

https://econvue.com/experts/collin-canright

Top 2016 fintech influencers and brands, regulatory effects in faster 
payments, fintech grief cycle for bankers, lessons from a long-forgotten 
fintech bank, and blockchain watch. A new panel

https://econvue.com/panels/japans-corporate-governance-revolution

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https://econvue.com/experts/nicholas-benes

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