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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Monetary

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Fortune | Banks win another reprieve from post-crisis regs
Regulators have, once again, backed down on a piece of financial regulation put in place in the wake of the financial crisis. And that's too bad.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Economist | Different rates and different fates
In a new paper, Kevin O’Rourke and Alan Taylor compare the American and euro-area currency zones. Optimists argue that if a big, diverse economy like America manages to have a single currency, Europe should too. Optimists, if not already disillusioned, will find more to dislike in this new analysis.