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The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games
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![<p>Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko sits with Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on the day he presents an economic recovery plan that will be implemented without incurring additional debt in Dakar, Senegal on August 1, 2025. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin- Backgrounder
What Is the U.S. Federal Reserve?
![<p>The Federal Reserve is the most powerful U.S. economic institution.</p>]()
![<p>Drillers work on an electric powered drilling platform at the Cape Station geothermal project in Milford.</p>]()
By Mia Beams and Akkshath Subrahmanian![map tracking sovereign risk]()
By Benn Steil- By Elliott Abrams
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Who’s Afraid of the National Debt?
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By Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding- Backgrounder
The U.S. National Debt Dilemma
![<p>An exterior view of the U.S. Treasury Department.</p>]()
![<p>Women throw earthen pitchers onto the ground in protest against the shortage of drinking water outside the municipal corporation office in Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2019.</p>]()
By Latanya Mapp Frett![<p>In this photo illustration, one dollar bills are seen displayed</p>]()
By Upamanyu Lahiri![<p>Candles and flowers are placed at a vigil to commemorate protestors who were injured or killed during recent anti-government protests in Nairobi, Kenya on July 26, 2023. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>U.S. President Joe Biden holds debt limit talks with House Speaker McCarthy at the White House in Washington.</p>]()
By Benn Steil![<p>U.S. President Joe Biden hosts discussions over raising the debt limit with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House.</p>]()
By Christopher M. Tuttle![<p>The U.S. Capitol dome on the first day the federal government has re-opened following a 16-day shutdown on 17 October, 2013</p>]()
By Heidi E. Crebo-Rediker
