Learn how how government policies impact markets, interest rates, and investor confidence in clear, simple terms.

Explore how fiscal policy and monetary policy drive aggregate demand, influencing economic growth through spending, taxation, and money supply changes.

Monetary policy isn’t the only macro driver. Fiscal decisions increasingly influence the same variables traders associate ...

The Centre has displayed fiscal discipline, but this year, it has the unenviable choice of either pulling back on growth-generating capital expenditure, or risking missing fiscal targets ...

Discover how fiscal neutrality affects budget, demand, and economic actions without altering government deficits or surpluses. Gain insights with real-world examples.

It is a pleasure to be here today to deliver the Whitaker Lecture. Ken Whitaker made extraordinary contributions to public policy through his diverse roles as head of the Finance Ministry, as central ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. China’s decision to loosen monetary policy aggressively—and creatively—to support ...

Local Government Fiscal Management encompasses the strategies and mechanisms through which sub‐national governments plan, allocate, and control public funds. This area of research investigates how ...

Former President Herbert Hoover argued that governments have the instincts of a vegetable — that is, “they keep spreading and growing.” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) echoed Hoover when she stated that ...

Lee Hye-hoon, nominee for Minister of Planning and Budget, stated on the 6th, “Fiscal policy must actively play a priming ...