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Beyond borders, within societies: Inequality and the global transmission of US monetary policy

Understanding how US monetary policy is transmitted to foreign economies has long been a challenge for policymakers and researchers. This…

4 weeks ago

A smarter approach to electricity rationing

Ukraine’s grid operators have primarily relied on rotational outages to manage power scarcity, but this effectively functions as regressive tax…

4 weeks ago

Measuring capital account openness: Why intensity matters

Recent debates have highlighted the trade-offs between maintaining openness to foreign capital and safeguarding macroeconomic and financial stability, but measuring…

4 weeks ago

When energy shocks bite harder: Non-linear inflation dynamics

The conflict in the Middle East has once again exposed the euro area to sizeable energy shocks. One key lesson…

4 weeks ago

Skipping the factory: Service-led growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, growth is arriving without the factory boom that shaped earlier development miracles. Instead, workers are…

4 weeks ago

The devil is in the tail: How firms’ beliefs about rare macroeconomic disasters shape investment

Little is known about how firms think about rare macroeconomic disasters and how these beliefs shape their decisions. This column…

4 weeks ago

Macroeconomics of tariffs with global production and finance networks

Tariffs have returned as instruments of economic and geopolitical policy. Recent VoxEU columns document how the 2025 US escalation has…

1 month ago

The impact of emissions trading systems on manufacturing installation productivity: Evidence from Japan

Emissions trading systems (ETSs) have emerged as a pivotal mechanism aimed at fostering carbon mitigation by creating a market for…

1 month ago

Foreign currency funding risk and global financial stability

The Credit Suisse crisis in 2023 demonstrated that foreign currency funding vulnerabilities remain material even in advanced, well-regulated financial systems.…

1 month ago

The dollar’s status through the lens of foreign exchange reserves

The US dollar’s share of globally allocated foreign exchange reserves has fallen from over 70% in the late 1990s to…

1 month ago