Fiscal Deficit

Recent Content

RealTime Economic Issues Watch

How to defuse the debt ceiling for generations to come

David Wilcox (PIIE)

November 9, 2021

Past Event

Strengthening the credibility of public finances

Paolo Mauro (International Monetary Fund), Raphael Espinoza (International Monetary Fund), Karen Dynan (PIIE)

October 20, 2021

Past Event

In defense of public debt

Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley), Anna Gelpern (PIIE), Maya MacGuineas (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget) and Peter Orszag (CEO of Financial Advisory, Lazard; Board Member, PIIE)

September 17, 2021

RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Inflation fears and the Biden stimulus: Look to the Korean War, not Vietnam

Joseph E. Gagnon (PIIE)

February 25, 2021

RealTime Economic Issues Watch

What to do about the European Union's fiscal rules

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE), Álvaro Leandro (CaixaBank Research) and Jeromin Zettelmeyer (PIIE; International Monetary Fund)

February 22, 2021

Working Paper

Redesigning EU fiscal rules: From rules to standards

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE), Álvaro Leandro (CaixaBank Research) and Jeromin Zettelmeyer (PIIE; International Monetary Fund)

February 2021

RealTime Economic Issues Watch

In defense of concerns over the $1.9 trillion relief plan

Olivier Blanchard (PIIE)

February 18, 2021

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

A Conversation with Martín Guzmán, Argentina's Economy Minister

Martín Guzmán (Minister of Economy, Argentina)

December 9, 2020