International

With global recovery underway but still fragile, reducing government (sovereign) debt risk is important, so that global economic recovery can be...

U.S. Treasury markets were relatively quiet most of this week, although some Friday morning news had translated into market gains, as of early...

In order to help address its debt crisis, the country of Greece has set up a " solidarity account" to which people can donate money to help pay down...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal noted the lessons that the United States...

For budget and market watchers, the month of March has been a little scary. It is not easy to come out of the deepest recession and financial crisis...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: Shortly after the House passed the Senate health care bill, the...

Ireland, like other European Union nations including Spain, Portugal, and Greece, risked losing the confidence of its creditors when it did not have a...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times called on Congress to do more to create jobs...

The United States is not the first nation to face tough fiscal challenges. Other countries have faced similar fiscal challenges – and gotten out of...

In this week’s debate on the Senate floor and the release of several congressional plans to address the deficit and debt, the national debt is on the...

With U.S. debt held by the public on track to exceed 100% of the economy in a little over a decade, policymakers must come together now and implement...

A few hours before similar remarks were made by Fed Chairman Bernanke (see previous blog), his European counterpart, European Central Bank (ECB) head...