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

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
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Russia's Challenge: Reassuring Markets that Inflation Is at Bay

Madi Sarsenbayev (PIIE)

December 3, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Theresa May Plays Brexit Chicken

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

November 21, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

When the Next Recession Hits: A User’s Guide for Future QE

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)
November 14, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Are Sound Democratic and Legal Institutions Necessary for Growth?

Cullen S. Hendrix (PIIE)

November 9, 2018
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Has Norway Been Saving Too Much or Too Little? What Intertemporal Accounting Can Tell Us

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)
November 5, 2018