A fiscal year is used for financial reporting. Here's why it's an important concept for investors to understand.

Discover how a policy mix combines fiscal and monetary policies to stabilize economies. Learn its components, benefits, and ...

A panel of economic luminaries said the long-run risk posed by mounting federal debt represented a paramount problem facing the US economy.

There are 365 days in a typical calendar year. In a fiscal year, to be uniform, to compare years and other segments of time and to guarantee that there are an even number of days in every week, ...

A fiscal agent works with a nonprofit organization and agrees to accept and oversee grant funds on behalf of that agency. Without a fiscal agent, the lead applicant for a grant would receive the funds ...

House and Senate appropriators have released the text of a spending bill that largely rejects the steep cuts the Trump administration proposed for NASA.

Much of Little’s address highlighted improvements made at the state level in recent years, including using COVID-era federal ...

Fiscal policy is the dominant market driver into 2025–26, but liquidity momentum is fading, raising volatility and downside ...

Fiscal policy involves government spending and tax measures impacting the economy and investor decisions. Contrasting with monetary policy, fiscal policy is set by legislatures and affects stocks and ...

Thoughtful policy changes can help ensure spending pressures remain contained, while creating space to care for elderly people and respond to economic shocks ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. China’s decision to loosen monetary policy aggressively—and creatively—to support ...

We study the supply of fiscal ideas leveraging thousands of electoral platforms from 65 countries in the Manifesto Project to link how political parties discuss fiscal policy with fiscal outcomes. We ...