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Banking on inattention: When deposits hedge or amplify interest rate risk

Deposits are US banks’ primary funding source; they are typically cheap, abundant, and slow to reprice. Many households keep substantial…

2 days ago

How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe

Artificial intelligence promises to reshape economies worldwide, but firm-level evidence on its effects in Europe remains scarce. This column uses…

2 days ago

From AI investment to GDP growth: An ecosystem view

The extraordinary rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has moved to the centre of policy, market, and academic debate. The key…

5 days ago

In-school supervised EdTech support produces massive learning gains: A Khan Academy field experiment in India

A fundamental challenge in education is that students are different. The average fifth-grade class contains students working at levels ranging…

5 days ago

A silver lining to the European energy crisis: Energy efficiency, productivity, and potential output

European natural gas prices surged in the summer of 2022 to more than ten times their early 2021 levels, and…

5 days ago

Mapping the contours of Chinese policy transmission at home and abroad

China’s place within international trade networks and global supply chains makes the propagation of Chinese shocks a global phenomenon. This…

5 days ago

The future is under the glass

Digital design increasingly confers a competitive edge in global tech markets. This column examines how the award to Apple of…

7 days ago

Why inflation may respond faster to big shocks: The rise of state-dependent pricing

Macroeconomic models distinguish time-dependent pricing, where firms change prices at fixed intervals, from state-dependent pricing, where firms change prices in…

7 days ago

When war weakens democracy

Wars do not end when the fighting stops. This column uses data covering 115 conflicts and 145 countries over the…

1 week ago

Showing up in the Alps: The economic value of Davos

The latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos has just concluded, with geopolitical tensions dominating the agenda. Headlines…

1 week ago