Fiscal Policy

Recent Content

Policy Brief

Fiscal resiliency in a deeply uncertain world: The role of semiautonomous discretion

Peter R. Orszag (Lazard), Robert E. Rubin (Council on Foreign Relations) and Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University)

January 2021
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US debt has increased, but burden of servicing it has fallen

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University)
December 16, 2020
Past Event

The next macroeconomic policy revolution

Caroline Atkinson (RockCreek; PIIE Executive Committee), Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University) and Laurence Boone (Chief Economist, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)

December 8, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Memo to the European Central Bank on achieving the right fiscal-monetary policy mix

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE)

November 24, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Governments take steps to save tourism from COVID-19

Simeon Djankov (PIIE)

October 30, 2020
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US fiscal stimulus helped boost spending in low-income areas early in the pandemic

Jason Furman (PIIE)

October 22, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Memo to the Biden administration on supporting recovery through automatic fiscal stabilizers, corporate taxes, infrastructure, and the social safety net

Karen Dynan (PIIE)

October 20, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Memo to the Biden administration on jump-starting pandemic recovery and restoring US leadership

Jason Furman (PIIE)

October 20, 2020
Press Release

PIIE Global Economic Prospects: Fiscal stimulus worked around the world, but US recovery slows and remains vulnerable

October 8, 2020
Op-Eds

Europe's Recovery Gamble

Jean Pisani-Ferry (PIIE)

September 25, 2020
via Project Syndicate