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House of cards V | The falling dollar, Social Security and foreign debt
ASK THIS | December 30, 2004
The last of five questions reporters should be asking about who's lending us all this money, why, and for how long?

House of cards III | What's the tipping point?
ASK THIS | December 17, 2004
At some point, won't foreign central banks stop financing us? The third of five questions reporters should be asking about who's lending us all this money, why, and for how long?

House of cards II: | Why are foreign central banks being so generous?
ASK THIS | December 09, 2004
Here is the second of five questions reporters should be asking about who's lending us all this money, why, and for how long?

House of cards | Who's financing our deficit?
ASK THIS | December 06, 2004
The American press is starting to get wise to the risks presented by towering deficits. Here is the first of five questions reporters should be asking about who's lending us all this money, why, and for how long? (See the entire series.)

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Brad Setser is a research associate at the Global Economic Governance Programme at University College, Oxford and a blogger.