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CLimate Change
The mortality costs of climate change

Mortality is one of the most salient consequences of climate change. Existing estimates have largely focused on the direct effects of local heat exposure. This

Finance
Tokenised finance: Towards better markets?

Tokenised finance has moved from the margins of crypto markets to the centre of the policy agenda. Central banks, regulators, and market participants are debating

Banking
Connecting payment systems, linking economies

Several countries are working to interlink their domestic fast payment systems in order to reduce costs and improve the speed and transparency of cross-border payments.

Finance
Ratings, debt, and deficits: An exploration

What matters more for sovereign credit ratings – today’s debt or tomorrow’s deficits? This column explores how ratings weigh the two and finds that ratings

Innovation
Ideas and firm dynamics when it takes two to tango

Innovation has increasingly become a team activity, while inventors have become more concentrated in large firms. This column argues that these trends are closely connected.

Economy
Fiscal populism and monetary policy rules

Populism may not only have contemporary but also long-term effects on the macroeconomy. Using data for advanced economies and emerging markets since 1960, this column