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We at CRFB applaud Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s support of medium-term fiscal targets, in the run-up to this weekend’s meeting of G-20 finance...

Most of the week, markets continued to reflect expectations that the Fed would increase its purchases of Treasury securities (known as quantitative...

Budgeteers have been closely watching the United Kingdom during the past six months, as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Prime Minister...

Change is in the air, but plenty of uncertainty remains. As of mid-morning, the dust is still settling in U.S. and global markets as they take stock...

Our friend across the pond, the United Kingdom, is dealing with its own fiscal challenges. Currently, their debt-GDP ratio stands at over 71 percent...

There’s a chill in the air – and not just from the weather. Today’s weak job market news for September (the tough employment situation appears to be...

The Economist has something pretty interesting up on its website: a global debt clock. The clock measures global debt held by the public (different...

The growth play from September has spilled over into October, although cross-currents are apparent and volatility should be expected. Economic news...

The September growth play picked up speed at the end of the week, as markets liked stronger than expected US business investment data from August...

The remarkable level of austerity proposed in Britain’s new emergency budget made news around the world (see our earlier blog for details) as, in the...

US markets this week continue to reflect a modest growth play despite uninspiring data. Safe haven concerns from abroad and deflation worries have...

An IMF paper released today details the long-run fiscal outlook for the G7 nations. Authors Carlo Cottarelli and Andrea Schaechter wrote about the...