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PIIE's most read pieces of 2025

PIIE's most popular work in 2025 covered a lot about tariffs but also Argentina, NATO spending, and Eurobonds.

A general view of the US Federal Reserve Marriner S. Eccles building, in Washington, DC. Picture taken on Monday, May 27, 2024.

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PIIE Briefings

Central bank independence in practice

John H. Cochrane (Hoover Institution), Adam S. Posen (PIIE), and David Wilcox (PIIE), editors

December 15, 2025

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the US Federal Reserve in Washington, DC. Picture taken on December 10, 2025.

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Op-Eds

Donald Trump May Be About to Pick the Least Important Fed Chair in Decades

Jason Furman (PIIE)

December 16, 2025

via New York Times

Event

Monica de Bolle on Latin America's changing role in the global economy

Anjali V. Bhatt (PIIE) and Monica de Bolle (PIIE)

December 16, 2025

A protester against Trump’s tariffs holds a sign outside the US Supreme Court, as its justices are set to hear oral arguments on the President’s bid to preserve sweeping tariffs, in Washington, DC. Picture taken on November 5, 2025.

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RealTime Economics

Will the Supreme Court determine the fate of the Trump tariffs?

Alan Wm. Wolff (PIIE)

December 4, 2025

What's New

People walk along the Brooklyn Bridge on the bridge's Manhattan side promenade entrance, on January 1, 2024.

3 Theories of What’s Going On With the Contradictory Economic Data

Jason Furman (PIIE)

December 23, 2025

via New York Times

US and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken, April 24, 2024.

Rogue Hegemons Are Sabotaging the Global Economy

Arvind Subramanian (PIIE)

December 23, 2025

via Project Syndicate

Close-up of soybean plant in a field in Boonsboro, Maryland.

Fixing the U.S. Agricultural Trade Deficit is a Fool’s Errand

Cullen S. Hendrix (PIIE)

December 22, 2025

via Barron's

PIIE's most read pieces of 2025

Anjali V. Bhatt (PIIE)

December 22, 2025

PIIE Charts

Trump's tariff revenue tracker: How much is the US collecting? Which imports are hit?

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Ye Zhang (PIIE)

December 15, 2025

US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart

Chad P. Bown (PIIE)

November 14, 2025

The US imported a larger amount of goods in the first half of 2025, but less from China and more from the EU and Mexico

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Ye Zhang (PIIE)

October 29, 2025

Most large, advanced economies face slower GDP growth next year, while China and India withstand tariff drag

Karen Dynan (PIIE)

October 14, 2025

Trade Winds

Is it time for Africa? Trade integration on the African continent

December 17, 2025, 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EST

Cecilia Malmström (PIIE), Trudi Hartzenberg (tralac | Trade Law Centre) and David Luke (London School of Economics; North-West University, South Africa)

Dec

PIIE Insider LIVE

Monica de Bolle on Latin America's changing role in the global economy

December 16, 2025, 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST

Anjali V. Bhatt (PIIE) and Monica de Bolle (PIIE)

Dec

Rebuilding and realignment: Economic future for Ukraine and Russia

December 11, 2025, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

Yuriy Gorodnichenko (University of California, Berkeley), Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE), Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE) and Elina Ribakova (PIIE)

Dec

US Federal Reserve

Donald Trump May Be About to Pick the Least Important Fed Chair in Decades

Jason Furman (PIIE)

December 16, 2025

via New York Times

Central bank independence in practice

John H. Cochrane (Hoover Institution), Adam S. Posen (PIIE), and David Wilcox (PIIE), editors

December 2025

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Jackson Hole economic symposium, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, US. Picture taken on August 21, 2025.

Powell begins to set his legacy in final speech at Jackson Hole

David Wilcox (PIIE)

August 26, 2025

Tariffs

Shipping containers are seen stacked in the container yard at the Port of Baltimore, Maryland. Picture taken on April 12, 2025.

Trump's trade agreements brought stability but no legitimacy

Alan Wm. Wolff (PIIE)

December 12, 2025

Will the Supreme Court determine the fate of the Trump tariffs?

Alan Wm. Wolff (PIIE)

December 4, 2025

The US Capitol building, Washington, DC.

Promoting Global Competitiveness for American Businesses and Workers

Kimberly Clausing (PIIE)

December 3, 2025

Argentina

Argentina's credibility trap

Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE)

October 23, 2025

Argentine peso and US dollar bills are shown in this photo illustration. Picture taken October 17, 2022.

Will Argentina become Trump's financial quagmire?

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)

October 16, 2025

A customer counts Argentine peso bills in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Picture taken on January 13, 2025.

America's Argentina rescue won’t save the peso for long

Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE)

October 6, 2025

China

US and Chinese flags are seen in this illustration taken, January 30, 2023.

China vs. the US: Which GDP is bigger?

Patrick Honohan (PIIE)

December 18, 2025

A man rides his scooter in the street in Shanghai, China. Picture taken on November 4, 2025.

Does a weak social safety net hold back private consumption in China?

Nicholas R. Lardy (PIIE)

December 2025

Hydrogen storage tanks are pictured at the mega green hydrogen plant in Kuqa, China. Picture taken on August 26, 2023.

How renewable energy is powering China

Monica de Bolle (PIIE)

December 2, 2025

In The News

The Fed, Tariffs and the Politics of Money: Dr Adam S. Posen

via Geopolitics of Business podcast

feat. Adam S. Posen

Trump Resumes Domestic Travel Hoping to Calm Inflation Worry

via Bloomberg

feat. Kimberly Clausing

FACT FOCUS: Trump blames Biden for the agricultural trade deficit. It’s not that simple

via Associated Press

feat. Cullen S. Hendrix

China's trade surplus hits $1 trillion for first time ever

via NPR

feat. Mary E. Lovely

Resources

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US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart

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RealTime Economics

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Trump's trade war timeline 2.0: An up-to-date guide

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The future of the USMCA

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What Is Globalization?

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Title Globalization has helped raise incomes almost everywhere since the 1980s

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Trump's tariff revenue tracker: How much is the US collecting? Which imports are hit?

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US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart

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Trump's trade war timeline 2.0: An up-to-date guide

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The future of the USMCA

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What Is Globalization?

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Globalization has helped raise incomes almost everywhere since the 1980s