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August 15, 2024

Monetary Policy
What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve?

Over the past decade, the Fed kept interest rates low while it deployed trillions of dollars in stimulus and expanded its regulatory oversight. Now, the central bank is back in the spotlight for its …

A stone bald eagle perches on the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC.

April 23, 2025

United States
The U.S. Trade Deficit: How Much Does It Matter?

President Trump has made reducing U.S. trade deficits a priority, but economists disagree over how much they matter and what to do about them.

Chinese steel factory

September 24, 2024

China
Conflicts of Interest in Federal Contracting

Rush Doshi’s testimony to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs addresses conflicts of interest in federal contracting.

Rush Doshi speaks into the microphone during his testimony.

April 1, 2025

Monetary Policy
Global Monetary Policy Tracker

CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy. Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy? And…

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 25, 2025

Economics
American Views on Economic Leadership

CFR’s RealEcon team traveled across the country to ask Americans what they think of trade, aid, and other international economic policies.

Two men in hard hats and protective glasses on a factory floor.

July 19, 2023

United States
The Dollar: The World’s Reserve Currency

The dollar’s role as the primary reserve currency for the global economy allows the United States to borrow money more easily and impose painful financial sanctions. Other countries are beginning to …

Three $1 bills lie on top of one another, filling the frame.