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.

Recent Content

RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Memo to the OECD on building consensus on global goals and policy action

Caroline Atkinson (RockCreek; PIIE Executive Committee)
December 15, 2020
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Memo to the Financial Stability Board on supporting the transition to net zero carbon emissions

Mark Carney (UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance)

December 15, 2020
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Memo to the Financial Stability Board on guarding against rising nonbank risks

Patrick Honohan (PIIE)

December 15, 2020
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COVID-19 widens gender gap in labor force participation in some but not other advanced economies

Simeon Djankov (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)

December 15, 2020
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Memo to the European Commission on reforming Europe's economic policy to handle pandemic shock

Ángel Ubide (PIIE)

December 9, 2020
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The Washington Consensus stands test of time better than populist policies

Douglas A. Irwin (PIIE)

December 4, 2020
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US unemployment situation worsens in November

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

December 4, 2020
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Memo to the European Commission on concrete initiatives for a more outward-looking, geopolitical Europe

Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)

December 2, 2020
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Memo on strengthening the role of the International Monetary Fund to enhance global resilience to crises

José De Gregorio (PIIE)

December 1, 2020
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Memo to the European Central Bank on achieving the right fiscal-monetary policy mix

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE)

November 24, 2020