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Barry Eichengreen | The Legacy of the Great Moderation: Currency, Populism, and Credit

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What Are the Material Impacts of Trade Protectionism?

The danger is that it could spiral out of control and that if you begin to tax imports of everything and your trading partners do likewise, you've disrupted global supply chains. But I think a lot of companies are holding fire because they don't know whether to invest or not. And then until we know more about that, investors are going to wait and that waiting behavior will show up in the strength of the economy given time.

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