Desmond Lachman, Brad Setser and Antonio Weiss have written a strong analysis of the Puerto Rico situation. If ever there was a disconnect between underlying reality and what is happening in financial markets, it is the boom in Puerto Rican debt which has nearly doubled the value of some of its debt securities over the last few months. READ MORE
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Speech to the Economic Club of New York
Summers spoke to the Economic Club of New York on May 16, 2018. Watch the video here: