Elisabeth Harding

CFR Staff

Elisabeth Harding

Analyst, Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

Elisabeth Harding is the analyst for the Greenberg Center of Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, she was a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. She holds bachelor's degrees in economics and international studies from Pepperdine University and a master's degree in international politics from Trinity College Dublin.

Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

Aging Will Hit China’s Economy Far Harder Than Is Recognized

Aging is not only shrinking the labor force but damaging productivity—and therefore per capita GDP growth.

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding August 28, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

Big Macs Show Dollar Hugely Overvalued, But “Mini Macs” Beg to Differ.

Whereas the Economist magazine’s Big Mac currency index says the dollar is hugely overvalued, CFR’s “Mini Mac” index finds it slightly undervalued.

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding August 12, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

Immigration Has Boosted Labor Force Participation, Helping Growth and Hastening Rate Cuts

One factor boosting the case for an early Fed rate cut is the rise in the labor force participation rate—a rise driven by immigration.

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding July 22, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

The Farm Legacy of Henry Wallace: Regressive Subsidies

The era of massive government farm subsidies began in the early 1930s. It has favored the large and the rich ever since.

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding June 10, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

For the First Time, the U.S. Is Spending More on Debt Interest than Defense

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding May 23, 2024 Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Economics

Global Inflation Tracker

The CFR Global Inflation Tracker allows you to gauge trends in prices across the world over time.

Tracker by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding April 30, 2024 Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies
Economics

China Has Become a Major Source of Sovereign Default Risk

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding March 20, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

With a Soft Landing Looking Likely, the Dollar Falls on the CFR Mini Mac Index

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding February 6, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

Fed Policy is Tighter Than it Looks, and is Set to Tighten Further

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding January 30, 2024 Geo-Graphics
Economics

QT and Monetary Policy

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding December 6, 2023 Geo-Graphics
Economics

Dollar Plummets on CFR Mini Mac Index as Market Calls a Peak on U.S. Rates

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding August 15, 2023 Geo-Graphics
Economics

As China Battles Falling Home Prices, the U.S. Faces a Worsening Housing Shortage

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding October 13, 2023 Geo-Graphics
China

The Root of China’s Growing Youth Unemployment Crisis

Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding September 18, 2023 Geo-Graphics
Economics

The Fed Is Tightening More Than It Says

with Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding via Barron's November 29, 2023

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The UN Security Council

The UN Security Council is the premier global body for maintaining international peace and security, but it faces steady calls for reform to better meet twenty-first-century challenges.

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United Nations

The Role of the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors August 29, 2024

United States

Foreign Policy at the U.S. National Political Conventions

Foreign policy issues regularly come to the fore at the national political conventions, especially during periods of global instability. Sometimes the events are marked by bitter disagreements within the parties.

Backgrounder by CFR.org Editors August 21, 2024

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