RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Find out what our senior staff and colleagues have to say about current economic news, financial developments, regional and country issues, and public policy.

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RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Brexit Goes to the Brink

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

February 13, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Paul A. Volcker's "Keeping at It:" Messages for Country and World

Edwin M. Truman (PIIE)

February 8, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Will Jeremy Corbyn Rescue Britain from its Brexit Disaster?

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

January 17, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Adjusted for Aging, the US Employment Rate Continued to Rise Above Its Pre-Recession Level in 2018

Harris Eppsteiner (Harvard University), Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

January 11, 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

The Fed Continues Its Tightening Campaign

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

December 20, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

France's Deficit Tests the Flexibility of the EU's Fiscal Rules

Jérémie Cohen-Setton (PIIE) and Álvaro Leandro (PIIE)
December 18, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Macron's Fiscal Easing May Enhance His Stature in Europe

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

December 13, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Abenomics Is Working, Don't Stop Now

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE) and Takeshi Tashiro (PIIE)

December 5, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

The Fed's Policy Implementation Framework

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

December 3, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

The French "Yellow Vest" Movement and the (Current) Failure of Representative Democracy

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE)

December 3, 2018