The Iran war has damaged the economies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, which have made ambitious investment commitments to the United States. The war has weakened their finances, growth prospects...

Over the past century, the United States has provided dollar liquidity abroad through both the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve, but the appropriate mode of liquidity injection depends on the econo...

Over the past century, the United States has provided dollar liquidity abroad through both the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve, but the appropriate mode of liquidity injection depends on the econo...

The war against Iran by the United States and Israel has spread turmoil through oil and natural gas markets, spiking prices and threatening the world economy. How will the war impact the global econom...

Policymakers and experts discuss the role of critical minerals in shaping the Brazil-US economic partnership, examining Brazil's economic situation, the importance of critical minerals to both Brazil ...

Petrochemicals—used in everything from fertilizers, solar panels, clothing, and cosmetics to electric vehicles, electronics, and medicines—are integral to food security, manufacturing, and clean energ...

In July 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced "a strategic realignment of the US-Japan economic relationship,” including a Japanese commitment to invest $550 billion to “rebuild and expand core American industries” in projects to be approved by Trum...

In pursuit of President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” agenda, the administration has engaged in high-level bilateral negotiations with allies and partners to encourage them to invest in US industr...

Bad loans to regime cronies brought down Ayandeh Bank, accelerating a long-running financial crisis.

The Peterson Institute for International Economics held a high-level conference in October 2025 in Washington, DC, to analyze the serious issues concerning central bank independence in practice. The g...

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Anjali V. Bhatt, PIIE communications manager and research fellow, and Adnan Mazarei, PIIE nonresident senior fellow and a former deputy director at the International Monetary Fund, hold a live, virtua...

Yesterday, President Trump announced a sweeping change to US trade policy, imposing tariffs larger than those enacted under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act that helped deepen the Great Depression. US…

The author is grateful to Lee Buchheit, Anna Gelpern, and Sean Hagan for very helpful discussions of some of the legal aspects of restructurings, and to Rabah Arezki, Tim Willems, and several PIIE col...

In recent months, a rash of crises has beset developing countries around the world.

The Trump administration has called for the establishment of a US sovereign wealth fund (SWF) (White House 2025) by early 2026. The president also suggested that TikTok would make an attractive investment target for such a fund. He directed the secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce Departments working with the director of the Office of Management and Budget to deliver a plan for a US SWF within 90 days.

Adnan Mazarei urges the international community to push for long-overdue governance and economic reforms.

Adnan Mazarei urges the international community to push for long-overdue governance and economic reforms.

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