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From words to deeds: Incorporating climate risks into sovereign credit ratings

Climate-related risks are increasingly recognised as an important threat to long-term fiscal sustainability. This column studies the extent to which…

6 months ago

Why some countries win in world trade: Unpacking export competitiveness

Global export competitiveness is rapidly evolving. This column presents a novel granular decomposition of export market share changes into demand…

6 months ago

Information and the labour market

Workers often remain in their jobs even when they know they may get higher wages elsewhere, raising questions about the…

6 months ago

The new currency war: The US-China digital rivalry as a test of monetary discipline

Digital currencies pegged to fiat money face a built-in tension between credibility and competition, creating a ‘stablecoin paradox’. This column…

7 months ago

The Federal Reserve, the new administration, and the outlook for the economy and monetary policy

The new US administration has made the Federal Reserve’s monetary policymaking more complicated both because of the elevated uncertainty regarding…

7 months ago

How to update the EU Merger Guidelines

There is a growing push from certain quarters for the European Commission to weaken merger control in order to spur…

7 months ago

How Donald Trump should have tackled the US trade deficit

The US trade deficits will have to be reduced materially to prevent a crisis down the road. This column argues…

7 months ago

Adjusting productivity for carbon emissions: A new perspective on the growth slowdown

Productivity growth has been lacklustre over the past 20 years in most advanced economies. But standard productivity measures ignore the…

7 months ago

Investor memory and biased beliefs: Evidence from the field

Financial markets are volatile, with extreme fluctuations ranging from the post-COVID bull run and the meme stock surges of 2021…

7 months ago

Fentanyl: The transnational vector of violence

Since 2013, synthetic opioid overdoses have surged in the US, claiming over 70,000 lives each year. This crisis has had…

7 months ago