"What’s needed now is a continued focus on repairing supply-chains, a concerted effort to get vaccines to countries with low vaccination rates, a resolution to the war in Ukraine…"

"To understand the balance correctly, we should direct our attention to the domestic economy."

"The U.S. trade deficit for goods surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2021 as the country saw an economic rebound after months of hardship amid the COVID-19 pandemic."

"The rigid stances of Modern Monetary Theory’s devotees and detractors have not lent themselves to productive discussion. This is a serious loss for policymakers, because MMT includes both problematic propositions and perfectly reasonable – _...Read More_

"Removal of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria is long overdue, but replacing it with a transport grant is not the best approach."

"The federal government racks up tremendous amounts of debt every year and the pace has been accelerating."

"The COVID-19 crisis has brought Japan's ballooning public debt into sharper focus."

"Germany was steady under its longstanding chancellor, but also stagnant."

>"It’s time to repeal pay-as-you-go requirements, a throwback to the austerity economics of the Clinton-Obama era."

"With the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole symposium there’s been much talk about when the central bank might allow interest rates to rise, presumably through the process of “tapering.” Tapering would mean easing monthly bond _...Read More_

"Deficit hawks have been awaiting their moment for 17 years."

"Analysis: sense of foreboding will gnaw away at chancellor’s Treasury team as October spending review looms"

"The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play with economic fire."

"Deficits and other take-go policies endanger the next generation's economic future, pure and simple."