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September 15, 2016

Europe
Do Not Count (European) Fiscal Chickens Before They Hatch

The Wall Street Journal, building on a point made by Peterson’s Jacob Kirkegaard, seems convinced that the policy mood has shifted, and Europe is now poised to use fiscal policy to support its recove…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

February 28, 2016

G20 (Group of Twenty)
G20 Hopes for a Cure

Five things we learned from this weekend’s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers.           A desire for better. The communiqué candidly acknowledges growing threa…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets

June 7, 2018

Germany
Merkel and Scholz Have Put the IMF in a Pickle

Germany seems to have ruled out all the mechanisms for eurozone fiscal expansion that the IMF liked…

Merkel and Scholz Have Put the IMF in a Pickle
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

July 29, 2014

Russia
Russian Sanctions: Europe Prepares to Act

The Europeans look set to surprise us with significant economic sanctions against Russia (see here and here) that exceed in some respects U.S. measures. The United States likely would expand their sa…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets

September 3, 2021

Global
Eight More Foreign-Policy Movies Worth Watching

Every summer Friday, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: non-English language films from around the world. 

Three movie posters in black frames: Das Boot (man in naval cap behind a submarine); Osama (child in front of veiled women); The French Minister (man sitting on his desk in an office)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay and Margaret Gach The Water's Edge