Governments often provide capital and other direct funding to banks and nonfinancial firms during economic crises. Government recapitalisation of banks…
The European Commission's Autumn 2025 forecast points to a subdued but positive growth outlook for all euro area member states…
The debate over whether US members of Congress should be allowed to trade individual stocks has moved from a niche…
Emerging markets have long been highly exposed to swings in global risk sentiment. During periods of heightened risk aversion –…
Many economies index their minimum wage to inflation to preserve its real value during inflationary periods. This column shows, however,…
Concerns about declining student achievements have become central in education debates, with teacher quality drawing attention as a key driver.…
The EU aims to finance common priorities in defence, energy transition, and digital infrastructure with supranational EU bonds. This column…
Over the past year, developing countries have experienced important changes in their tariff treatment by the world’s two largest economies…
By the standard debt-to-GDP measure, the US is in somewhat better fiscal shape than Italy: Italy's ratio is 135%; the…
European policymakers are debating using immobilised assets of the Central Bank of Russia held at Euroclear to finance a ‘reparation…