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October 23, 2024

Climate Change
Understanding the Global Push for Climate Finance

Countries will collectively need to spend trillions of dollars to reach their decarbonization goals and protect the most vulnerable nations from climate disasters, but experts say that current fundin…

A worker cleans the solar panels at the 15MW Sheikh Zayed Solar Power Plant in Nouakchott, on March 21, 2023.
Backgrounder by Clara Fong

October 3, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes David Hart, Jonathan Hillman, and Stuart Reid as Senior Fellows

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome David Hart, Jonathan Hillman, and Stuart Reid to the David Rockefeller Studies Program.  Hart joined CFR on Tuesday, October 1, as seni…

News Releases

January 14, 2022

Economics
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With John C. Williams

John C. Williams of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York discusses monetary policy, the continued impact of COVID-19, and the economic outlook for the year ahead. The C. Peter McColough Series on …

Play An investor views stock prices on monitors at a securities company on May 28, 2007 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. Chinese stocks hit new highs today with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index closing at 4,272.11 points, up 2.21 percent, as the total number of share trading accounts in the country topped 100 million.
Virtual Event by John C. Williams and Charles Phillips C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics

September 30, 2024

Sexual Violence
White House Event Spotlights Biden Legacy: Fighting Against Gender-Based Violence at Home and Abroad

After working as the White House's chief advisor on gender-based violence, I look back on the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to address gender-based violence.

President Joe Biden—after being introduced by respected leader, Ruth Glenn, President of Survivor Justice Action—during remarks at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2024.
Blog Post by Catherine Powell Women Around the World

October 22, 2006

Monetary Policy
Yet more evidence China has far more reserves than it needs … courtesy of Olivier Jeanne and Romain Ranciere of the IMF

Francophone economist working in the US seem to be on something of a roll.   Olivier Blanchard (with Giavazzi and Sa) has developed an interesting model for US current account adjustment.  Helene Rey…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 31, 2009

Monetary Policy
Foreign central banks aren’t going to finance much of the 2009 US fiscal deficit; their reserves aren’t growing any more (the q4 2008 COFER data)

The latest COFER data doesn’t show much change in the dollar’s share of global reserves: the dollar accounted for 64% of the reserves of countries that report data to the IMF at the end of 2008, exa…

Foreign central banks aren’t going to finance much of the 2009 US fiscal deficit; their reserves aren’t growing any more (the q4 2008 COFER data)
Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

June 14, 2024

Labor and Employment
Labor Unions Are Getting Stronger. What Does That Mean for the U.S. Economy?

Organized labor saw a historic resurgence in activity in 2023. Shifting U.S. trade policy under both Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden could continue to prioritize workers regardless of who wins …

In Brief by Upamanyu Lahiri