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BREACHING THE DEBT CEILING IS NOT THE SAME AS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. ITS CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DIRE

On January 19, 2023, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress that the United States had reached its current debt ceiling of...

A EUROPEAN APPROACH TO ECONOMIC STATECRAFT

The Peterson Institute for International Economics will hold a discussion with Laurence Boone, Minister of State for Europe, French...

THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM NEEDS A MORE ASSERTIVE EUROPEAN UNION

A team of experts in the European Union is engaged in a fresh effort at “strategic foresight.” The idea is to identify the challenges...

THE QUEST FOR GLOBAL INSURANCE STANDARDS

For years, national authorities in charge of insurance supervision have been discussing international standards for capital, comparable...

EPISODE 180: THE WTO IS IN TROUBLE. ECON 101 TO THE RESCUE?

WHY ELIMINATING "JUNK FEES" AND IMPOSING "BUY AMERICAN" ON SPENDING ARE NOT THE SOLUTIONS THEY SEEM TO BE

President Joseph R. Biden Jr., in his State of the Union address in February, sounded an old theme-promoting “Buy American” provisions...

HOW DIGITALIZATION DURING COVID-19 TRANSFORMED PRODUCTIVITY AND LABOR MARKETS

The Peterson Institute for International Economics and the International Monetary Fund will hold a discussion on digitalization during...

MUCH OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH IS ON UKRAINE'S SIDE

Efforts by the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and other developed economies to rally the world against Russia over its...

MACRO WEEK 2023

In the lead-up to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring 2023 meetings in Washington, the Peterson Institute for International...

FED VICE CHAIR MICHAEL S. BARR ON CRYPTO ACTIVITIES

Michael S. Barr, vice chair for supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will provide remarks on crypto activities...

WHICH COUNTRIES ARE IN THE CPTPP AND RCEP TRADE AGREEMENTS AND WHICH WANT IN?

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is a free trade agreement, signed by 11 Asia-Pacific countries...

IS BREXIT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UK'S ECONOMIC WOES?

Nearly seven years have passed since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, and the UK economy is struggling. Three...

EPISODE 179: WHY TAIWAN RESTRICTS HIGH-TECH INVESTMENT INTO CHINA

TAIWAN'S OUTBOUND FOREIGN INVESTMENT, PARTICULARLY IN TECH, CONTINUES TO GO TO MAINLAND CHINA DESPITE STRICT CONTROLS

Despite efforts to diversify, the majority of Taiwanese foreign investments remain in mainland China. Taiwan's investments in the Chinese...

TRUMP'S TRADE WAR TIMELINE: AN UP-TO-DATE GUIDE

In 2018, former President Donald Trump started a trade war with the world involving multiple battles with China as well as American...

FED VICE CHAIR MICHAEL S. BARR ON CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Michael S. Barr, vice chair for supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will provide remarks on cryptocurrencies...

A POST-MORTEM OF THE DANSKE BANK FRAUD

In 2018, reports emerged that Denmark's Danske Bank-one of the largest banks in Northern Europe-had processed transactions of nonresident...

THE EU SHOULD FAST-TRACK NEGOTIATIONS FOR UKRAINE'S MEMBERSHIP

As the brutal war in Ukraine enters its second year, European and US military assistance has clearly made a difference in helping the...

INDIA'S LITHIUM DISCOVERY COULD BOOST GREEN ENERGY BUT CREATES PROBLEMS IN THE REGION

In a potential game changer for green energy, the Indian government has announced the discovery of a massive amount of lithium, a critical...

THE PARTY VS. SHAREHOLDERS: WHAT DRIVES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN CHINA?

The Chinese Communist Party influences, in one way or another, the governance of every organization in the country and is without equivalent...