China Center Publications

1. China Center Chart Dive: RMB Internationalization—No Pain, No Gain
   

   January 2017 | China Center Publications

   China had hoped that its efforts to liberalize the RMB would help boost confidence in its currency. The exact opposite has occurred.

2. China CEO Council Session Report -- Facing Change: Sustaining and driving growth during uncertain times in China
   

   August 2014 | China Center Publications

   A summary of discussion points, learnings, business issues, poll results, and member insights from the June 12, 2014, China CEO Council, hosted by The Conference Board in Beijing.

3. China Center Chart of the Week: China’s credit-to-GDP gap in the “danger zone”
   

   August 2013 | China Center Publications

   International experience shows that once the credit-to-GDP gap crosses a certain threshold, the likelihood of a financial crisis occurring within three years rises dramatically.

4. China Center Chart of the Week: Formal bank loans - no longer the stalwart of Chinese finance
   

   March 2013 | China Center Publications

   This chart shows newly issued net Total Social Finance in China on a quarterly basis, broken down into its constituent parts. The share of non-bank finance has grown markedly.

5. China Center LEI Commentary: Real economic activity remains weak – credit alone drives the LEI in June
   

   August 2012 | China Center Publications

   Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, July 2012 (June 2012 data)

Committee for Economic Development

1. Landscape of Campaign Contributions: Campaign Finance after Citizens United
   

   July 2017 | Committee for Economic Development

   This report examines the changes taking place in campaign finance and presents an analysis of the financial activity in the 2014 and 2016 elections in the post-Citizens United regulatory environment. 

2. Landscape of Campaign Contributions: Interim Report
   

   November 2016 | Committee for Economic Development

   Campaign spending is increasingly conducted through third parties rather than direct expenditures. That approach should end in favor of one that promotes accountability and provides voters with information on the sources of funding behind campaign communications.

Conference KeyNotes

1. What Is the 'New Paradigm' Framework? Highlights of The Conference Board Governance Center Fall 2017 Meeting
   

   January 2018 | Conference KeyNotes

   A central premise of Martin Lipton’s "New Paradigm" is that corporations and institutional investors can together forge a meaningful and successful private-sector solution.

2. 20 Truths about Corporate Development: Insights from the 2017 Corporate Development Conference
   

   November 2017 | Conference KeyNotes

   Corporate development has the potential to entirely restructure and revolutionize industries. This can be done by combining things that that already exist in creative ways or by divesting. 

3. Short-Termism and Public Trust: Report from the Millstein Center General Counsel Summit
   

   May 2017 | Conference KeyNotes

   This is a summary of the General Counsel Corporate Governance Summit hosted by the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School in collaboration with The Conference Board Governance Center.