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The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that produces research and insights related to international economics.
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Settling the Boeing-Airbus dispute can deliver an early win for Biden's agenda
President-elect Joseph Biden has repeatedly vowed to restore cooperation in transatlantic relations after President Donald Trump’s economic and political confrontations. The degree to which Comac enjoys direct subsidies from the Chinese government is...
The United States can return to multilateral economic cooperation. Here's how.
Many countries around the world are hoping that the incoming Biden administration will take the lead in restoring a cooperative multilateral approach to trade. Yet such a return to business-as-usual (pre-Trump) trade policy, focused on the negotiatio...


Does the dollar have an outsized effect on trade prices?
An influential recent paper notes that a disproportionate share of global trade is invoiced in US dollars and claims that dollar invoicing causes trade prices to follow movements in the dollar. This post examines 22 economies to see if the substantia...


The accounting and regulatory challenges of banks' troubled assets
Following the 2008 financial crisis, major reforms have been introduced to improve banks’ accounting for credit assets. The COVID-19 pandemic has raised additional issues on how to reckon for nonperforming loans in a time of revenue suppression from...
Fiscal resiliency in a deeply uncertain world: The role of semiautonomous discretion
Orszag, Rubin, and Stiglitz outline a new fiscal framework that they argue would better equip policymakers to face deep uncertainties about future interest rates (which, they say, may not remain low forever), hard-to-predict global shocks, and climat...
US sanctions have not yet heavily targeted China's financial institutions
China has not been heavily targeted by US financial sanctions in recent years. But bipartisan pressure is growing in the United States in support of new financial sanctions on Chinese firms and individuals to counter Beijing’s human rights abuses and...