John H. Makin is Visiting Scholar at The American Enterprise Institute. A former consultant to the U.S. Treasury, the Congressional Budget Office, and the International Monetary Fund, John Makin specializes in international finance and financial markets (stocks, bonds, and currencies including the Euro and the U.S. dollar). He also researches the U.S. economy (including monetary policy, tax and budget issues), the Japanese economy and European economies. He is the author of AEI's monthly Economic Outlook. (http://www.aei.org/publications/contentID.2003013109411113/default.asp)