Menzie Chinn's media page

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"US-China trade," Talking Trade (Wisbusiness), August 3, 2021.[link]
"Real Town Hall: Foreign Relations, Trade, & Policy: 2021 and Beyond" LaFollette/WFAA panel, Oct 12, 2020. [link]
"Swing State Wisconsin," La Follette/WisPolitics panel, Oct 2, 2020. [link]
"The US and China in the global order: the role of the dollar and tensions with China," OMFIF virtual panel, June 24, 2020. [link].

Op-ed, "The Demise of the Dollar?" Nihon Keizai Shinbun (June 2022). [link] Translation:
Op-ed, "Opinion: How Could Trump Really Win the Trade War?" Caixin (Sept 9, 2019). [link]
Op-ed, "Origins and Challenges of a Strong Dollar," Nihon Keizai Shinbun (November 2018). Translation: [link]
Op-ed, "Trump applying 19th-century remedies to 21st-century problems," The Hill (June 1, 2018). [link].
Contributor to "The Big Bang Theory: Is the U.S. economy really about to go boom?" Politico Magazine, January 2, 2014 (with Jeffry Frieden). [link]
Op-ed, "American Debt, Chinese Anxiety," International NY Times, 20 October 2013, [link]
"Rethinking How We Teach Economics: The Role of Reality in Prices," Room for Debate, NY Times, 1 April 2012, [link]
Op-Ed, with Jeffry Frieden, "How to Save the Global Economy: Whip Up Inflation. Now," Foreign Policy (December/January 2012). [link]
Op-Ed, with Jeffry Frieden, "The Downgrading of a Debtor Nation," New York Times (Aug. 9, 2011). [link]
Econoblog on "Dollars, Debt and the Trade Gap, Thoughts on the Dropping Dollar," Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2006. [link]
"Fare affari in Cina," UniNews, settimanale del Gruppo UniCredito Italiano, 8 June 2004.[link]
Lee Hudson Teslik, "Q&A: Two Deficits, Fed Turnover," NYTimes.online, February 1, 2006. [link] Cites Council on Foreign Relations report, Getting Serious about the Twin Deficits.

Interview, "What we know about the economy, income and inflation," WPR, February 9, 2023 [link]
Interview, "Gas prices are starting to come back down. Will inflation do the same?" Central Time, WPR, July 20, 2022. [link]
Interview, "Government data seems to show inflation's slowing. But that doesn't mean prices will fall," Marketplace, May 10, 2022. [link]
Interview, "How to bring gas prices back down," Central Time, WPR, April 4, 2022. [link]
Interview, "Wisconsin's labor market," Here and Now, Wisconsin Public TV, February 18, 2022. [link]
"What's inflation? Who's to blame? Will it get worse? We have answers," IdeasLab, Milwaukee Sentinel Journal, February 11, 2022. [link]
Interview, "Understanding the Latest Job Numbers," WPR Central Time, May 11, 2021.[link]
Interview, "President Trump Shuts Down Stimulus Talks, Suggests Narrower Relief Bills," WPR Central Time, Oct 7, 2020. [link]
Interview, "Coronavirus And The U.S. Economic Outlook," WPR Morning Show, June 22, 2020. [link]
Interview, "Census Data Show Wisconsin Exports Down More $1 Billion By End Of 2019," on Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio, February 7, 2020. [link]
Interview, "Five things to think about when Trump says he wants a weaker dollar," Marketplace, August 23, 2019. [link]
Interview, "Marketplace," July 8, 2019. [link]
Interview, "Marketplace," May 29, 2019. [link]
Interview, "Morning Edition," NPR, May 10, 2019. [link]
Interview, "Marketplace," August 15, 2018. [link]
Interview, "The World," Public Radio International, May 3, 2018. [link]
Interview, "Tensions Increasing Between the US And China Over Tariffs And Trade," Wisconsin Public Radio, April 5 2018. [link]
Interview, "US on 'Collision Course with EU," Here and Now, March 9, 2018. [link]
On the Brexit, "In Our Backyard," WORT-FM, June 22, 2016. (AUDIO) [link to archives]
"Book Talk on Lost Decades," C-SPAN, December 20, 2015. [link]
Jim Zarolli, "Wisconsin's Rebound: Less Impressive Than It Seems?" (AUDIO) NPR, July 13, 2015 [link]
"UW economist warns of uncertainty at edge of default (AUDIO)," Wisconsin Radio Network, October 15, 2013 [link]
Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg On the Economy" hosted by Michael McKee and Sara Eisen, August 23, 2011. [link]
WHYY's "Radio Times," hosted by Marty Moss Coane, August 12, 2011. [link]
Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg On the Economy" hosted by Michael McKee and Sara Eisen, April 7, 2011.
Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning with Kerri Miller," September 16, 2010. [link]
Minnesota Public Radio's "Midday with Gary Eichten," April 2, 2009. [link]
NPR/WBUR's "On Point," February 17, 2009. [link]
Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning with Kerri Miller," November 25, 2008. [link]
Wisconsin Public Radio's "Conversations with Joy Cardin," October 28, 2008. [audio link, Real Player]
Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning with Kerri Miller," September 22, 2008. [link]
Minnesota Public Radio's "Midmorning with Kerri Miller," January 8, 2007. [link]
Wisconsin Radio Network, March 27, 2006. [link]

Quote, in J. Ho,"Layoffs are not necessarily cause for broader economic alarm," Marketplace, January 2, 2023. [link]
Quote, in E. Heidemann, "Wisconsin businesses rush to keep up with demand, worker pay amid inflation price spikes," Wisconsin State Journal, June 3, 2022. [link]
Quote, in T. Kertscher, "Sen. Ron Johnson has been 'rewarding companies that outsource to China.'," PolitiFact, March 1, 2022. [link]
Quote, in A. Shur, "'They were given a one-sided story': The Republican battle for Wisconsin's urban vote," Wisconsin State Journal, Feb 27, 2022. [link]
Quote, in N. Yahr, "What does record-low unemployment mean for Wisconsin? Experts weigh in," CapTimes February 15, 2022. [link]
Quote, in P. Fanlund, "Opinion | Inflation is bad; the alternative would have been worse," CapTimes, February 11, 2022. [link]
Quote, in E. Gunn, "Clipping the governor's control of federal funds," Wisconsin Examiner, February 3, 2022. [link]
Quote, N. Brophy, "U.S. inflation hit a 39-year high in November, but what does that mean for Wisconsinites? Your inflation questions answered," Milwaukee Sentinel Journal, December 24, 2021. [link]
Quote, E. Gunn, "Economists: Supply-chain woes, pandemic drive recent price hikes," Wisconsin Examiner, December 20, 2021. [link]
Quote, D. Bezucha, "The 'perfect storm': High inflation rates hit Wisconsin businesses and consumers hard," WPR, December 14, 2021. [link].
Quote, C. Leahy, "A look at the latest employment numbers," Central Time, WPR, October 13, 2021 [link].
Quote, D. Miettinen,"The debt ceiling explained," Marketplace, September 24, 2021 [link]
Quote, C. Smith and C. Zhang "Economists predict US interest rate rise in 2022," FT, September 9, 2021. [link]
Quote, "Here's how to tell if this spurt of inflation is here to stay," MarketWatch, May 19, 2021. [link]
Quote, "Why some inflation measurements don't include food and energy prices," Marketplace, March 18, 2021. [link]
Quote, "Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Falls To 3.8 Percent In January, Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels," WPR, March 11, 2021. [link]
Quote, N. Scheiber, "How Can Biden Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs? Weaken the Dollar," NY Times, March 1, 2021. [link]
Quote, C. Thorbecke, "A look at Trump's economic legacy," ABC News, January 19, 2021. [link]
Quote, "Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Ticks Up Slightly To 5.7 Percent In October," WPR, November 19, 2020 [link]
Quote, "Unemployment rate falls to 7% in July," WPR, August 20, 2020. [link]
Quote, "The impact of coronavirus is being felt across the global economy," Marketplace," February 12, 2020. [link]
Quote, "Debt, deficits, interest rates" Marketplace, February 8, 2018. [link]
Quote, in Rachael Vasquez, "Wisconsin's Economy Shrinks By Nearly 33 Percent Between April And June," WPR, Oct 1, 2020. [link]
Quote in Shamane Mills, "State unemployment rate declined slightly in August," WPR, September 17, 2020. [link]
Quote in Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, "What Economists Fear Will Happen Without More Unemployment Aid," Fivethirtyeight, August 11, 2020 [link]
Quote in Erik Gunn, "COVID-19 continues to sap economic recovery," Wisconsin Examiner, August 9, 2020. [link]
Quote in Neil Paine and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, "The Economists In Our Survey Are Slightly More Hopeful Than They Were Two Weeks Ago," Fivethirtyeight, June 9, 2020 [link]
Quote in Noah Manderfeld "Managing money during difficult economic times," WSAW TV, July 3, 2020. [link]
Quote in Erik Gunn, "Outlook on manufacturing jobs murky but losses appear stemmed," Wisconsin Examiner, February 21, 2020. [link]
Quote in Mitchell Schmidt, "Uncertainty growing in Wisconsin's manufacturing sector as survey finds job cuts," Wisconsin State Journal, Oct 10, 2019 [link]
Quote in Peter Coy, "Trump's China Problem Is That a Weak Yuan Is a Strong Weapon," Bloomberg Businessweek, August 6, 2019 [link]
Quote in Ben White, "Make America 19th Century Again," Politico, June 20, 2019. [link]
Quote in Gina Heeb, "Trump's potential Federal Reserve nominee wants a 0% inflation target," Business Insider, June 8, 2019 [link]
Quote in Gina Heeb, "Trump Fed Nominee Judy Shelton Is a Potential Pick," Business Insider, May 1, 2019 [link]
Quote in Gina Heeb, "The White House probably won't be happy with the Fed's interest-rate decision," Business Insider, May 1, 2019. [link]
Quote in Michael Hiltzik, "Stephen Moore's ranking of states' economies has been wrong for 12 straight years," LA Times, April 24, 2019. [link]
Quote in Matt O'Brien, "Trump's latest Fed picks have supported the gold standard. It's one of the worst economic ideas in the world," Washington Post, April 12, 2019. [link]
Quote in Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, "Trump's Fed pick worries economists, rallies conservatives," AP, March 29, 2019. [link]
Quote in Eric Litke, "Walker misses mark on marginal tax rates," PolitiFact Wisconsin, January 16, 2019. [link]
Quote in Peter Coy, "The Real Pain From Trump's Tariffs Trickles Down to Consumers," Bloomberg Businessweek, September 28, 2018. [link]
Quote in Gwyinn Guilford, "A Reagan-era economic trend is making a worrisome comeback," Quartz, April 15, 2018. [link]
Quote in Jim Tankersley and Max Ehrenfreund, "Wonkblog: The interesting thing that happened when Kansas cut taxes and California hiked them," Washington Post, June 17, 2016. [link]
Quote in Jason Stein, "Scott Walker calls on Obama to cancel Chinese president's visit," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 24, 2015.[link]
Quote in Steven Elbow, "How big a factor is the unemployment rate in determining the health of Wisconsin's economy?" Capital Times May 7, 2015. [link]
Quote in John Schmid and Kevin Crowe, "Wisconsin job creation rank falls to 38th in U.S.," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel March 19, 2015. [link]
Quote in W. Gardner Selby, "Rick Perry, in Iowa, says unemployment rate has 'been massaged, it's been doctored'," PolitiFact Texas/Austin American Statesman, January 26, 2015. [link]
Quote in Michael Hiltzik, "Surprise! 'Pro-business' policies hurt state economic growth," LA Times, May 6, 2014. [link]
Quote in Michael Hiltzik, "Once again: Yes, the stimulus worked," LA Times, February 28, 2014. [link]
Quote in Dunstan Prial, "Inflation Replacing Unemployment as Fed Barometer," FoxBusiness (January 17, 2014) [link]
Quote in Jacob Aron, "US government shutdown: Doing away with the dollar," New Scientist (October 15, 2013). [link].
Quote in Binyamin Appelbaum, "Divining the Regulatory Goals of Fed Rivals," New York Times (August 14, 2013). [link]
Quote in Jason Lange, "Analysis: Economy would dodge bullet for now under fiscal deal," Reuters (January 1, 2013). [link]
Quote in Wang Xiaotian, "Inflation is likely to remain high," ChinaDaily.com.cn (Oct. 22, 2011). [link]
Quote in Associated Press, "Economists show support for Obama's $447 billion jobs plan," (Sep. 9, 2011). [link]
Quote in David Berman, "Economists score Obama's jobs bill," Globe and Mail (Sep. 9, 2011). [link]
Quote in Judy Newman, "Madison economists say market plunge not a sign of double-dip recession," Madison.com (Aug. 8, 2011). [link]
Citation in Catherine Rampell, "Second Recession in U.S. Could Be Worse Than First," New York Times (Aug. 7, 2011). [link]
Quote in Peter Coy, "The US Economy Feels the Pull of Gravity," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek (Aug. 3, 2011). [link]
Quote in Michael Crittenden, "Gold Gains Luster As Issue For Politicians Amid Economic Unrest," Dow Jones Newswires (July 1, 2011). [link]
Quote in Nick Carey and James B. Kelleher, "Special report: Does corporate America kowtow to China?" Reuters, April 27, 2011. [link]
Quote in "Republican economics: The rise of the anti-Keynesians -- Paul Ryan's intellectual hinterland," The Economist , April 14, 2011. [link]
Quote in Michael Crittenden, "The Case for the Dollar's Continued Dominance," Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2011. [link]
Quote in Joe Taschler, "Companies try to find right inflation balance," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 19, 2011. [link]
Quote in Don Walker, "Federal stimulus: Feingold, Johnson disagree about bill's effects," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 3, 2010. [link]
Quote in Emily Kaiser, "For U.S., yuan talk is good, action is better," Reuters, June 19, 2010. [link]
Quote in Diana Marrero, "Senate job bill gives employers tax credits for new workers," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 21, 2010. [link]
Quote in Colin Barr, "The euro's Greek tragedy," Fortune, February 19, 2010. [link]
Quote in Mark Gongloff, "Facing Facts on the 'Jobless'," Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2009. [link]
Quote in Diana Marrero, "U.S. economy grows, with help from consumer spending," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 29, 2009. [link]
Quote in David J. Lynch, "G-20 takes first steps to change," USA Today, September 27, 2009. [link]
Quote in Annys Shin, "Perkier Economy Pushes Dollar Back Down the Slide," Washington Post, Sept. 10, 2009. [link]
Quote in "Bernanke warns about financial stability; opens debate on inflation and rates," MercoPress: South Atlantic News Agency, June 4, 2009. [link]
Quote in Barrie McKenna, "Bernanke raises alarm on spending," Globe and Mail, June 24, 2009. [link]
Quote in David J. Lynch, "U.S. may face years of sluggish economic growth," USA Today, May 7, 2009. [link]
Quote in Dennis Cauchon, "Ingenuity saves city, state jobs as budgets shrink," USA Today, April 14, 2009. [link]
Quote in Peter Grier, "10 ways the new economy will look different," Christian Science Monitor, April 10, 2009. [link]
Quote in Robert Mentzer, "No crystal ball: What if there were no bailouts, big spending?," Wasau Daily Herald, March 15, 2009. [link]
Quote in Renee Schoof, "Stimulus expected to add jobs to update energy system," McClatchy Newspapers, February 16, 2009. [link]
Quote in Diego Ayala y Roberto Jimenez, "Estados Unidos aplica su propio Fobaproa," Excelsior online 11 February 2009 [link]
Quote in Thomas Edsall,"The $800 Billion Gamble: Economists Say Stimulus Cuts Could Be "Disastrous"," Huffington Post, February 9, 2009. [link]
Quote in Jason Stein,"Economic uncertainty plagued Wisconsin in 2008," Wisconsin State Journal, December 21, 2008. [link]
Quote in Alister Bull,"Obama's "New Deal" will give growth crucial boost," Reuters, December 11, 2008. [link]
Quote in Colin Barr,"Why it's stimulus time again," Fortune, October 14, 2008. [link]
Quote in Steve Hamm, "The New Age of Frugality," Business week, October 9, 2008. [link]
Quote in Rich Miller, "Bernanke's Inflation Cure Wanes as Import Costs Rise," Bloomberg (June 23, 2008). [link]
Quote in Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa "High commodity prices keep world afloat in US recession," Earth Times, April 9, 2008. [link].
Quote in Paul Gores and Joel Dresang, "Rebate dreams taking shape: Taxpayers eagerly making plans for stimulus checks," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 10, 2008. [link]
Quote in Michael R. Sesit, "Even a weakened dollar still rules," International Herald Tribune, Nov. 12, 1007. [link]
Quote in Greg Burns, "Dollar bounces back, but economists say slide will resume," Chicago Tribune, August 26, 2007. [link]
Quote in Krissah Williams, "Another Shot in Currency Fight: Chinese Threaten Divestment," Washington Post, August 9, 2007. [link]
Quote in David McMahon, "Productivity slowdown at heart of weak dollar," Reuters, May 29, 2007. [link]
Quote in Peter Coy, "Some Gain from the Dollar's Pain," Business Week, May 7, 2007. [link]
Quote in Deborah Solomon, "Guns and Butter: How War's Expense Didn't Strain Economy," Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2007. [pdf]

Cited in L. Wang, "There's an Upbeat Signal Buried Beneath the Stock Market's Surface," Bloomberg, January 18, 2023. [link]
Cited in C. Anstey, "Inflation Watch," Bloomberg, December 13, 2022 [link]
Cited in Chuck Jones, "Don't Be Fooled By The Very Strong GDP Report," Forbes, October 30, 2020. [link]
Cited in Chris Dillow, "Emerging Market's Dollar Boost," Investor's Chronicle, Sep. 10, 2020. [link]
Cited in Colby Smith in New York and Eva Szalay and Katie Martin, "Dollar blues: why the pandemic is testing confidence in the US currency," FT, July 31, 2020 [link].
Cited in Lawrence Andrea, "Fact check: Can't blame China for all Wisconsin job losses in manufacturing," USA Today, July 3, 2020. [link]
Cited in Erik Gunn, "coronavirus-could-give-state-economy-a-wallop," Wisconsin Examiner, March 9, 2020. [link]
Cited in Stephen Kirschner, "Don't bank on US dollar demise," Financial Review (Australia) (January 9, 2020). [link]
Cited in Adam Creighton, "Moving into black swan territory," The Australian, September 14, 2019. [link]
Cited in William Pesek, "Why Fed Policy Is Made in Beijing," Nikkei Asian Review, February 7, 2019.[link]
Cited in Heather Boushey, "Failed tax-cut experiment in Kansas should guide national leaders," The Hill (Nov 29, 2018). link
Cited in Michael Hiltzik, "What became of the 'uncertainty' meme? As Trumponomics get more unpredictable, U.S. Chamber stops complaining," LA Times, June 25, 2018. [link]
Cited in Alison Schrager, "The bond market is sending an ominous signal about economic growth," Quartz (April 20, 2018).[link]
Cited in Kevin Drum, "Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Wants to Wreck the US Economy Too," Mother Jones (December 23, 2016) [link]
Cited in Kevin Drum, "Q: What's the Matter With Kansas? A: Sam Brownback," Mother Jones (June 20, 2016). [link]
Cited in Noah Smith, "Growth Fantasy of Tax Cuts and Small Government," Bloomberg View (July 17, 2015). [link]
Cited in Justin Wolfers, "The Upshot: An Index of Uncertainty Surges After 'Brexit'," NY Times (June 29, 2016) [link]
Cited in Simon Kennedy, "Fed History Shows Punch Bowl Goes as Jobs Rise: Cutting Research," Bloomberg, May 23, 2013. [link]
Cited in Gene Marks, "This Week in Small Business: For the Win!" You're the Boss blog NY Times, (January 9, 2012). [link]
Cited in Stephen Gandel, "Why Economists are Rooting for Inflation," Time (January 10, 2012). [link]
Cited in Matthew Yglesias, "Conditional Inflation Now," Slate (January 3, 2012). [link]
Cited in Ben Casselman, "Export Boom Threatened By International Turmoil," Wall Street Journal (Nov. 11, 2011). [link]
'In the Finance: "Financial stability in emerging economies: the management of global liquidity," International Symposium,' China Economic Net (Oct 31, 2011). [link], in English.
Cited in "Bond yields reliably predict recessions. Why?" Economist, July 26, 2018. [link]
Cited in "Emerging market currencies: Reserve judgment," Economist, August 29, 2013. [link]
Cited in "Economics Focus: Learning to like inflation -- Higher inflation could help to rebalance China's economy," Economist, February 17, 2011. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Wei, "A 'Faith-based' initiative."
"Economics Focus: Burger-thy-neighbour policies - Attacks on China's Cheap Currencies Are Overdone," Economist, February 5, 2009. [link] Discussion of Cheung, Chinn and Fujii, "China's Current Account and Exchange Rate."
Cited in Daniel Kruger, "Euro Reserves May Top Dollar by 2015, Economists Say," Bloomberg, April 8, 2008. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "The Euro May Over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency?
Cited in Richard Wachman, "Dollar Chilled by Rise of Euro," The Guardian/The Observer, March 30, 2008. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "The Euro May Over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency?
Cited in Wolfgang Muenchau, "This crisis could bring the euro centre-stage," Financial Times, March 24, 2008. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "The Euro May Over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Currency?
Cited in Daniel Dombey, "The dwindling dollar may be America's next security threat," FT, Dec 28, 2007. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "Will the euro surpass the dollar?"
Cited in Peter Grier, "Dollar slips, euro gains credibility as viable rival," Christian Science Monitor, December 4, 2007. [link] Cites Chinn and Frankel, "Will the euro surpass the dollar?"
Cited in "World's premier currency is battered, but not yet out," Economic Times (India), Nov. 10, 2007. [link] Cites Chinn and Frankel, "Will the euro surpass the dollar?"

"Special Report: China and US Trade: Lost in Translation," Economist, May 17, 2007. [link] Discussion of Cheung, Chinn and Fujii, "The overvaluation of RMB undervaluation."
"Economics Focus: Marking the dealer's cards," Economist, November 24, 2005. [link] Discussion of Cheung, Chinn and Garcia Pascual, "Empirical exchange rate models of the Nineties."
"Economics Focus: Currency competition," Economist, September 29, 2005. [link] Discussion of Chinn and Frankel, "Will the euro surpass the dollar?"
Alan Beattie, "Inside Track: Spreading the Risk," Financial Times, February 4, 2003. [link] Discussion of Forbes and Chinn, "A Decomposition of Global Linkages in Financial Markets over Time."

Katy Vaughn, "Economics blogger shows the relevance of research in real time," UW College of Letters and Science News, Sep. 2, 2016. [link]
Lisa Foderero, "Colleges Turn the Economic Crisis Into a Lesson Plan," New York Times, Dec. 11, 2009. [link]
Mike Ivey, "Kudos for UW-Madison blogger," Capital Times, December 5, 2009. [link]
Stacy Forster, "Economist takes on global debt crisis in classroom, book, blog," Wisconsin Week, Oct. 29, 2009 [link]

UW Madison Menzie David Chinn - 19 February 2023