Economics offers a century-old fix to climate change: carbon pricing. While widely accepted in policy circles, practical attempts to implement…
Public debt is at or near record highs in many economies, at the same time as population ageing, climate change,…
Bank balance sheets on both sides of the Atlantic have undergone a profound transformation. While traditional corporate lending has slowed,…
Comparable international survey data on artificial intelligence adoption by firms is still lacking. This column surveys over 5,000 CFOs, CEOs,…
Business cycles in advanced economies are increasingly driven by global rather than domestic shocks. This column shows that global shocks…
The relationship between inflation and economic slack, shown by the Phillips curve, has long been a cornerstone of economic policymaking.…
Political polarisation in the US has increased dramatically in recent decades, both among political elites (Gentzkow et al. 2019) and…
The public debate about retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) has centred around a range of concerns. Some focus on…
President Trump’s rhetoric about a possible acquisition of Canada and escalating trade tensions led to a 25% decline in Canadian…
China's solar industry is a poster child for the country’s economic rise over the last four decades. The output of…