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ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Econographics Jun 6, 2025

The search for safe assets

By Hung Tran

The deterioration of the US fiscal outlook has put international investors, especially foreign central banks, in a quandary. There is no good alternative to US Treasuries as safe reserve assets.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Econographics May 29, 2025

After partial relief, what’s next for Syria sanctions?

By Alex Zerden

Syria remains a high-risk jurisdiction due to years of conflict, endemic corruption, state institution collapse, narcotrafficking of captagon, insufficient anti-money laundering efforts, and inadequate financing of terrorism controls.
Economic Sanctions Economy & Business
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Sinographs Jun 2, 2025

Hong Kong highlights China’s policy of decoupling from US financial markets

By Jeremy Mark

The political benefits of an international financial center with Chinese characteristics will outweigh the pain that decoupling inflicts on China’s private sector.
China Economy & Business
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

New Atlanticist May 27, 2025

What’s the Trump administration’s dollar strategy? It depends on who you ask.

By Alisha Chhangani

Within the White House, there appear to be competing and fractured views of the dollar’s role. This dissonance could result in harm to the currency’s long-term dominance.
Digital Currencies Economy & Business
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Issue Brief Jun 6, 2025

How Japanese economic statecraft has shifted from promotion to protection

By Charles Lichfield

Japan is in a geopolitically challenging neighborhood and is witnessing the basic tenets of its foreign policy—from alignment with the United States to fostering a rules-based environment—come under unprecedented stress.
East Asia Economic Sanctions
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

New Atlanticist Jun 6, 2025

Even as courts step in, Trump still has plenty of tariff options. US trading partners should intensify negotiations.

By Brian Janovitz

Section 301 may entail more work for the White House, but it could provide a relatively straightforward pathway to broad-based tariffs.
Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

In-Depth Research

In the News Nov 15, 2024

Avoiding Entanglement: G20 Responses in a Taiwan Crisis report cited by the Wall Street Journal on how China would respond to trade restrictions from the West

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Brazil China
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Report Oct 22, 2024

The economic and social costs of the war in Gaza

By Perrihan Al-Riffai

After a year of war, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and neighboring countries need a permanent ceasefire. But with development gains erased, billions of dollars in infrastructure damaged, and skyrocketing unemployment, the Middle East also urgently needs a solid reconstruction plan.
Conflict Israel
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Report Oct 9, 2024

End of the line: The cost of faltering reforms

By Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center and Rhodium Group

The China Pathfinder project examines whether China’s economy is converging or diverging with the world’s leading open market economies.
China Digital Policy
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Issue Brief Sep 20, 2024

Toward a financial inclusion agenda for the global majority

By Nicole Goldin

Policymakers, investors, and innovators must advance a new financial inclusion agenda designed for the global majority.
Economy & Business Fiscal and Structural Reform
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Report Sep 9, 2024

Sharing the post carbon economy means building a resilient EV supply chain

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

In this report Sarah Bauerle Danzman advances the policy discussion by compiling trade, investment, and EV industrial policy data across the G20, and offers six recommendations to the G20 to build a resilient EV supply chain.
Brazil China
ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

Report Jun 7, 2024

Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now

By John E. Herbst, Olga Khakova, Charles Lichfield

Rebuilding the Ukrainian economy after Russia’s full-scale invasion will be a monumental task. Reconstruction can’t wait for peace and must be a well-coordinated, inclusive process.
Economy & Business Energy & Environment

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New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2025

April, July, now August: Our expert guide to Trump’s latest tariff moves

By Atlantic Council experts

“Liberation Day” was nearly ninety days ago, and now the deadline for many nations to negotiate a trade deal and avoid US tariffs is extended to next month. Atlantic Council experts explain what’s behind the moving calendar.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy
Stablecoins

Fintech Frontlines

Jul 8, 2025

Stablecoins are trending, but what frictions and risks are getting overlooked?

By Ashley Lannquist

Stablecoin usage is complex for consumers, and large-scale adoption could introduce new challenges for financial stability and regulatory oversight.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

Econographics

Jul 7, 2025

Building BRICS

By Bart Piasecki

Fifteen years after its founding, BRICS has evolved into a formidable counterweight to Western dominance in global economic governance. Yet despite its growing influence, the bloc’s ability to translate bold rhetoric into concrete results remains uncertain.

Brazil China
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Content

In the News

Apr 11, 2024

ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Reuters on US interest rate concerns

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International Financial Institutions International Markets

In the News

Apr 11, 2024

ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Bloomberg on status of global economy

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International Financial Institutions International Markets

In the News

Apr 11, 2024

ACFP featuring IMF Managing Director Georgieva cited in Financial Times on status of global economy

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International Financial Institutions International Markets

In the News

Apr 11, 2024

Kumar and Chhangani cited by Ledger Insights on global interoperability standards for central bank digital currency

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Apr 10, 2024

Kumar cited by Vanguard Think Tank on China development of central bank digital currency

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

Apr 10, 2024

Tran cited by Bretton Woods Committee on Chinese manufacturing overcapacity

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China International Markets
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Issue Brief

Apr 10, 2024

Standards and interoperability: The future of the global financial system

By Ananya Kumar, Alisha Chhangani, Jennifer Lassiter, and Katherine Haar

Digital assets promise enhanced efficiency, inclusion, transparency, and choice to global payments. But to fulfill this promise, the international community must first develop interoperability standards.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

Sinographs

Apr 9, 2024

Breaking down Janet Yellen’s comments on Chinese overcapacity

By Hung Tran

It is reasonable to criticize and complain to China, but policymakers should remember that an end to overcapacity would mean a major shift in China’s economic model—which is exceedingly unlikely.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 9, 2024

Bauerle Danzman interviewed by Marketplace on CHIPS Act and TSMC investment

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International Markets Macroeconomics

In the News

Apr 8, 2024

Wald featured in Bloomberg: JPMorgan makes the case that high rates are actually driving inflation
International Markets Middle East
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Experts

Staff

Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee

Program Assistant

Freedom and Prosperity Center

East Asia Rule of Law

Fellow

Carrie Lee

Senior Advisor

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Central Asia

Staff

Joseph Lemoine

Senior Director

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Africa Economy & Business

Millennium fellow

Marcel Lewicki

Director of Partnerships and Development, Munich Security Conference

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Millennium fellow

Merry Lin

Former Senior Advisor, National Economic Council, The White House

Millennium Leadership Program

China East Asia

Staff

Josh Lipsky

Chair, International Economics

GeoEconomics Center

China Digital Currencies
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Events

Online Event Fri, July 11, 2025 • 10:30 am ET

What comes next for transatlantic trade
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union Trade and tariffs
Flagship Event Tue, September 30, 2025 • 9:00 am ET

2025 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual conference convening economic and financial leaders from both sides of the Atlantic.
Digital Policy Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union