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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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June 3, 2016
United States
An Overview of the Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy of the United States
With another interest rate rise potentially on the horizon, please join Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard for a discussion on the economic outlook of the United States and the monetary policies …
January 9, 2014
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Five Policy Issues for 2014
Earlier this week I highlighted five issues that could prove particularly thorny for international economic policymakers this year. They were: – A further sharp depreciation of the yen, in a scenar…
April 2, 2020
Climate Change
Building a Resilient Tomorrow
Building a Resilient Tomorrow Teaching Notes by Alice C. Hill, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy
August 18, 2016
United States
The Absence of Foreign Demand for Treasuries in the TIC data Is a Bit Misleading
A common explanation for low Treasury yields is that low rates outside the United States have piled into the U.S. market, as investors in Europe, Japan and elsewhere look to the United States for a r…
February 19, 2013
Financial Markets
The G-7, the G-20 and Exchange Rates
For those interested in policy coordination and exchange rate policy, last week was both entertaining and informative. U.S. Treasury official Lael Brainard’s G-20 background briefing last Monday, in…