PETER G PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

WASHINGTON, New Jersey, 07945 United States

Mission Statement

The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical policy solutions.

About This Cause

The Institute is committed to rigorous, intellectually open, and indepth study and discussion. It attempts to anticipate emerging issues and present ideas in useful, accessible formats, to inform and shape public debate. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, experts at other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large. Our staff of about 75 includes over 50 senior researchers, all distinguished for their combination of research expertise and policy experience. The Institute's agenda emphasizes international trade and investment, international finance and exchange rates, macroeconomic policy and crisis response, globalization and human welfare, and studies of key economic regions. Institute staff have unique expertise on the major economies with special reference to Brazil, China, the European Union, Japan, Korea, and the Middle East, as well as the United States itself and its neighbors Canada and Mexico. The Institute was founded in 1981 as the Institute for International Economics. Its name was changed in 2006 in honor of its founding chairman, Peter G. Peterson, cofounder of The Blackstone Group and former Secretary of Commerce and Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy.

PETER G PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
1750 Massachusetts Ave Nw
WASHINGTON, New Jersey 07945
United States
Phone 12023289000
Website www.piie.com
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