Economy

The IMF has recently released its monthly World Economic Outlook, the IMF’s premier publication on the state and health of both the global economy and...

On the heels of yesterday’s debate in the LA Times, Maya MacGuineas participates in a point-counterpoint today with Dean Baker from Center for...

To those watching the economy as it enters into positive territory and the financial markets as they seemed to be getting into gear again, today’s...

It would be easy to dismiss the recent G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh as just more political babble, more empty business as usual just among more countries...

As the G-20 Summit gets underway in Pittsburgh, what should we hope to hear from the G-20 leaders? That they are prepared to continue supporting...

Following its two day meeting yesterday and today, the Fed’s monetary policy setting body (the Federal Open Market Committee or FOMC) released its...

The U.S. economy appears to be gradually recovering, and positive growth is expected now and for the rest of the year. Looking ahead, however, U.S...

By Maya MacGuineas Last night I attended a curtain raiser dinner for today’s Dealing with America’s Debt Overhang event, hosted by New America...

UPDATE: See New American Contract's response to our post. They argue there may be trade-offs between improving the fiscal situation and strengthening...

August 14 - Real GDP fell by 6.4 percent and then 1.0 percent in the first two quarters of the year. As of the second quarter, real growth was 4...

August 12 - The key Fed policymaking body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), released its statement today following its regularly scheduled...

July 31 - U.S. real GDP declined by 1.0% (annual rate) in the second quarter, the fourth straight quarterly drop, according to today's report by the...