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, Germany, and Italy press ahead to spur their economies

Simeon Djankov (PIIE)
September 21, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Push for British sovereignty risks worst possible Brexit outcome

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)
September 14, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Japan's economic challenges mirror those of other advanced economies

Takeshi Tashiro (PIIE)
September 14, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

US unemployment rate falls in August as many workers on temporary layoffs return to work

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

September 4, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

What Fed Chair Jerome Powell did and did not say

Adam S. Posen (PIIE)

August 27, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Why has COVID-19 lockdown compliance varied between high- and low-income countries?

Julien Maire (PIIE)

August 20, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

US failure to renew COVID-19 stimulus threatens further economic decline and unemployment

Sherman Robinson (PIIE) and Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda (UCLA North American Integration and Development Center)

August 12, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Trump's ban on WeChat and TikTok lacks clarity and will not solve our data security problems

Martin Chorzempa (PIIE)

August 7, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

US unemployment rate falls again but still little progress for people who have not been temporarily furloughed from their jobs

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

August 7, 2020
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

The United States should finally support an allocation of the IMF's special drawing rights

Edwin M. Truman (PIIE)
August 5, 2020