Banking
Stablecoins – digital tokens pegged to fiat currencies – have emerged as a major innovation in crypto finance, with broad implications for payments and international
November 19, 2025
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Development
For decades, East Asia has been a paragon of economic dynamism. But today, in an era of rapid global technological advances, productivity growth in the
November 19, 2025
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Banking
Monetary policy moves aggregate investment, but the underlying drivers remain unclear. This column opens the black box with a German firm survey. A one percentage
November 17, 2025
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Economy
In many Germanic languages, the commonly used word for “debt” also means “guilt”, which carries a strong moral connotation. Commentators have long suspected that this
November 17, 2025
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News
Do firms strategically confuse their consumers to raise prices at the industry level, and if so, how? Obfuscation refers to strategies that make it harder
November 17, 2025
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Finance
The sharp rise in interest rates since 2021 has not been matched by equal increases in household savings rates in advanced economies. This column uses
November 15, 2025
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News
Classifying loans as fixed-rate or floating-rate fails to fully capture their distinct sensitivity to changes in ECB policy rates. This column analyses the maturity of
November 12, 2025
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Innovation
Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have been jointly awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with Joel Mokyr ‘for having explained innovation-driven economic growth’.
November 12, 2025
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Finance
Fintech has improved efficiency and inclusion in banking, especially lending, but has also raised concerns about financial stability, privacy, discrimination, and overall wellbeing. This column
November 12, 2025
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International Trade
In 2025, the US government underwent a large fiscal switch. The US Congress enacted large income tax cuts, while the second Trump administration put new
November 12, 2025
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