Budget, Debt, and Deficits

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Japan’s Heavy Metal PM + Political Threats to Markets + China’s Sad Horse
February 11, 2026
Podcast Type
Backgrounder
The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games
February 5, 2026
Debt Drives a Wedge in Senegal
December 18, 2025
By Michelle Gavin
Backgrounder
What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve?
September 16, 2025
Congress’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Will Shrink Renewable Energy Investments—Yet Some Technologies Are Preserved
August 4, 2025
By Mia Beams and Akkshath Subrahmanian
CFR Sovereign Risk Tracker
May 21, 2025
By Benn Steil
Mitch McConnell's Foreign Policy Wisdom
December 16, 2024
By Elliott Abrams
Who’s Afraid of the National Debt?
October 1, 2024
Podcast Type
For the First Time, the U.S. Is Spending More on Debt Interest than Defense
May 23, 2024
By Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding
Backgrounder
The U.S. National Debt Dilemma
December 4, 2023
Defunding Climate Action: What’s at Stake in GOP Cuts to International Aid
November 23, 2023
By Latanya Mapp Frett
The Future of Dollar Hegemony
August 22, 2023
By Upamanyu Lahiri
Kenya’s Governance Dilemma
August 22, 2023
By Michelle Gavin
Two Takes on U.S. Debt and the Debt Ceiling
July 12, 2023
By Benn Steil
Backgrounder
What Happens When the U.S. Hits Its Debt Ceiling?
June 27, 2023
The U.S. Has Every Reason It Needs to Drop the Debt Ceiling—Both at Home and Abroad
June 8, 2023
By Brad W. Setser
Symposium
Robert B. Menschel Economics Symposium: Economic Decision-Making During Times of Uncertainty
June 6, 2023
Out of the Debt Ceiling Fire, But Still in the Frying Pan
June 2, 2023
By Christopher M. Tuttle
Turkey’s Runoff Election, Debt Ceiling Dangers, Nigeria’s Tinubu Inaugurated as President, and More
May 24, 2023
Podcast Type
Meeting
Navigating U.S. Economic Uncertainty
May 18, 2023
South Korea-Japan Summit, U.S. Border Policy Changes, U.S. Annual Threat Assessment, and More
May 3, 2023
Podcast Type
Meeting
Renewing America Series: The Debt Ceiling Fight and the Future U.S. Debt Picture
April 4, 2023
As the Debt Ceiling Crisis Looms, Allies and Adversaries Are Watching
February 21, 2023
By Heidi E. Crebo-Rediker
Meeting
Prospects and Consequences of China’s Economic Slowdown
December 13, 2022