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March 25, 2024

China
China’s Marriage Rate Bounces Back After Covid—But Only Temporarily

An uptick in the number of new marriages in 2023 is likely a only temporary blip rather than a long-term change from China's steady transition to a rapidly aging society.

A couple holding marriage certificates poses for a photo outside a registry office of marriage in Beijing, China.

June 29, 2023

China
How to Hide Your Foreign Exchange Reserves—A User’s Guide

A deep dive into the techniques China used to hide its foreign exchange reserves over the last twenty years 

How to Hide Your Foreign Exchange Reserves—A User’s Guide

September 22, 2023

Health Policy and Initiatives
Women This Week: ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Higher Cancer Rates in Women  

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 16 to September 22.

A dispensing chemist prepares drugs for a chemotherapy treatment in a sterile room at Antoine-Lacassagne Cancer Centre in Nice October 18, 2012. Picture taken October 18, 2012.

February 2, 2023

Economics
Three Steps to Strengthen the U.S. Treasury's Foreign Exchange Report

The analytics used in the U.S. Treasury's Foreign Exchange Report should be updated to better capture the significant state flows that no longer appear as part of many country's disclosed foreign exc…

Monitors displaying the stock index prices and Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at the Tokyo Stock Exchange

June 15, 2023

United States
The History and Future of the Federal Reserve’s 2 Percent Target Rate of Inflation

The Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target rate of inflation is not strictly empirically derived. Should it modify this target moving forward?

Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Jerome H. Powell participates in a panel during the Central Bank Symposium in Stockholm, Sweden.

March 19, 2024

Cybersecurity
New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q4 2023

An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between October and December 2023.

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