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December 3, 2008

China
Should the currency of the country with a large and growing trade surplus and large and growing reserves depreciate against the dollar?

On Monday China apparently decided to allow the renminbi to depreciate against the dollar. Let’s be clear: China generally still has to intervene in the market to keep its currency from appreciat…

Should the currency of the country with a large and growing trade surplus and large and growing reserves depreciate against the dollar?
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

October 11, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Which Party Will Control Congress?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: The competition for control of the House and Senate looks to be as close as the race for the White …

Congress Prepares for the Presidential Inauguration at the Capitol
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 13, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Did the Harris-Trump Debate Reset the Presidential Race?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: History suggests that any bump Kamala Harris gets from the debate will be fleeting.

Trump-Harris Presidential Debate ABC
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

September 18, 2024

Infrastructure
Reporting on Infrastructure Investment

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, adjunct senior fellow in the Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses the state of American infrastructure since the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…

Play Florida Keys Overseas Highway (Reuters Connect)
Virtual Event by Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Wesley Muller, Carla Anne Robbins, and Irina A. Faskianos Local Journalists Webinars

May 29, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Oil and National Security: U.S.-Middle East Relations

Steven Cook discusses the modern history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and how economic interests, including secure access to oil reserves, continue to influence U.S. priorities in the regio…

Play US oil refinery at dawn.
Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and Helima Croft Middle East Program

September 10, 2024

Brazil
Brazil’s Other Deforestation Threat Plus Benefits of Blue Collar Immigration

Deforestation progress in the Amazon offset by losses in the Cerrado; Blue collar immigration’s fiscal and economic benefits.

A Brazilian wildcat miner pans for gold at a wildcat gold mine in a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

October 2, 2024

Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Who’s Afraid of the National Debt?

The United States national debt is rising to levels not seen since World War II. Many economists say Washington is on an unsustainable track, but no one knows when it will pass the point of crisis. W…

Podcast People walk in front of a bus stop with a sign saying the national debt is $104,151 per person.
Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Roger W. Ferguson Jr., and Maya MacGuineas Why It Matters

September 20, 2023

Infrastructure
The State of U.S. Infrastructure

The Joe Biden administration is implementing the largest federal investment in infrastructure in decades. Here’s why infrastructure matters for U.S. economic competitiveness.

Construction workers building a pedestrian bridge are viewed from above.
Backgrounder by James McBride, Noah Berman, and Anshu Siripurapu Renewing America

September 12, 2024

Defense and Security
Congress’s Funding Battle, Iran Sends Missiles to Russia, Orbán Defies the EU, and More

The U.S. Congress returns from its summer recess to try to pass a budget for federal discretionary programs before the fiscal year ends and avoid a government shutdown; the United States and other We…

Podcast Iranian ballistic missiles displayed during the ceremony of joining the Armed Forces, in Tehran, Iran, on August 22, 2023. West Asia News Agency/Handout/Reuters
Podcast by Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins The World Next Week