In this new brief, President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and Research Scholar Greg Hannsgen evaluate the current path of fiscal deficits in the United States in the context of government debt and further spending, economic recovery, and unemployment. They are adamant that there is no justification...

Accumulating debt raises concerns about its implications for macroeconomic stability. This paper sheds light on the implications of high indebtedness for the macroeconomic volatility by identifying the main drivers of the evolution of debt in a set of countries. The country choice was based on...

Die Staatsschuldenkrise im Euroraum hat die deutsche Wirtschaft bereits in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Die Ausfuhren in die Länder des Euroraums sind rückläufig, die stark angestiegenen Ausfuhren in die Schwellenländer haben dies bisher aber mehr als ausgeglichen. Außerdem gehen die...