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What the financial sector needs to know about climate-related risks in the next five years: Navigating the new NGFS short-term scenarios for Europe

As climate change intensifies and policy responses evolve, there is a growing consensus in the literature that climate risk is…

10 months ago

When illusions of wealth shape the economy: Understanding pseudo-wealth, macroeconomic volatility, and social welfare

In a family of canonical macroeconomic models, fluctuations in consumption are explained by changes in real fundamentals – technology, factor…

10 months ago

Exchange rate uncertainty, tariff hikes, and adjustment costs

Tariffs announced on 2 April 2025 by the US administration marked a clear change in global trade relations. All trading…

10 months ago

Working from home boosted growth by expanding disability employment

The great long-run economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may be the permanent rise in working from home (Rauh et…

10 months ago

The effects of fiscal aid on health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

As governments around the world combatted COVID-19, the US witnessed unprecedented levels of funding transfers from the federal government to…

10 months ago

How refugees continue to positively shape the Greek economy over a century after they arrived

From 1922 to 1923, over 1.2 million Greek Orthodox migrated from Anatolia to Greece. This column examines whether the human…

10 months ago

Roaring tariffs: The global impact of the 2025 US trade war

Sweeping US tariff increases in 2025 are upending global trade. This column draws on new data and simulations to show…

10 months ago

Avoiding Kindleberger’s trap: A dollar coalition of the willing

In the event of dysfunction in dollar funding markets, the Federal Reserve can supply liquidity through standing central bank swaps.…

10 months ago

The high price of the fight against inflation: The case of the euro area

The fight against inflation has largely been won in the euro area, after a sharp but short-lived inflation episode over…

10 months ago

Female teachers help reduce gender gaps in STEM

Across the globe, women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This gender gap is particularly evident in…

10 months ago