Finance
China is the world’s second-largest economy, and its monetary policy can affect global demand and trade. Using granular mutual fund data, this column finds that
September 2, 2026
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Innovation
Aggregate productivity growth in Europe has disappointed over the last two decades, fuelling concerns about competitiveness. This column argues that firm-level evidence points to a
September 2, 2026
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Economy
Housing shortages and rising rents have become a source of political pressure in many countries, prompting calls for stronger intervention in rental markets. This column
September 2, 2026
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Industrial organization
Governments increasingly use protection and targeted subsidies to promote domestic firms. These policies are usually evaluated in the market they target. This column uses India’s
September 2, 2026
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Innovation
Imitation is a first-order concern for enterprises operating global production processes. Firms routinely source knowledge-intensive inputs from many countries, including those with weak intellectual property
August 30, 2026
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Finance
Many public institutions are now experimenting with AI tools to support surveillance, supervision, and policy analysis, raising questions about which analytical tasks can be delegated
August 30, 2026
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Economy
Economic historians have long placed culture at the centre of the rise of the West, but have lacked a measure of culture spanning the emergence
August 30, 2026
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Banking
Sharp increases in interest rates can reduce the market value of banks’ securities holdings and threaten financial stability. Using euro area data for 2022-2023, this
August 27, 2026
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Development
Trade in critical metals essential for electrification has become centred on China over the last three decades. This column introduces a new framework in which
August 27, 2026
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Economy
Policy narratives in the US on China have undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Increasingly, China is viewed as an economic rival that imperils
August 27, 2026
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