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December 12, 2012

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
The Fed and the Fiscal Cliff

One interesting footnote to the Fed’s decision today to introduce quantitative thresholds--that it expects to keep rates low at least as long as unemployment exceeds 6.5%, their inflation forecast do…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets

November 6, 2012

United States
Confronting the Fiscal Cliff

Policymakers must act swiftly post-election to approve a viable fiscal plan or trigger market volatility and severe damage to the U.S. economy, writes CFR’s Robert Kahn.

Expert Brief by Robert Kahn

October 17, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
International Day of the Girl Child: A Conversation with Kakenya Ntaiya and Sarah Craven

Girls’ education is one of the most effective development investments. Yet 130 million girls remain out of school, and each year, twelve million girls are married before their eighteenth birthday. To…

Podcast Jedidah Nkadayo, a 12 year old Maasai girl who was rescued from marriage, listens to her teacher at a boarding school in Kajiado, Kenya on January 13, 1999.
Event by Rachel B. Vogelstein, Sarah Craven, and Kakenya Ntaiya Women and Foreign Policy Program

August 20, 2014

Defense and Security
Ten Whats With…Sarah Kreps

Sarah Kreps is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and an associate professor of government at Cornell University.  She is the author of Coalitions of Convenience: …

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Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

December 11, 2012

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
The Fiscal Cliff: What Is Success?

There seems to be more optimism that a deal can be reached before end year on the back of Obama-Boehner direct talks.  But views of what constitutes “success” vary widely, and notably how DC and NY l…

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Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets