Trade wars, industrial policy, and myriad other supply chain disruptions have fast become the ‘new normal’. Yet, given the highly opaque and complex nature of
January 14, 2025
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CLimate Change
High temperature shocks create monetary policy trade-offs. This column uses a new monthly data set to study how 14 European central banks have responded to
January 14, 2025
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Development
\”AI helps us to learn, it can serve as a tutor, it can be anything you want it to be, depending on the prompt you
January 14, 2025
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For decades, Comoros has grappled with rice shortages, a persistent issue rooted in the state monopoly held over ordinary rice imports by the National Office
January 14, 2025
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Banking
The Bernanke Review was triggered by the Bank of England mis-forecasting UK inflation as it rose rapidly from 2021, peaking at 11% in 2022. Unpredictable
January 14, 2025
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Did you know that in Sub-Saharan Africa, students spend an average of six years in school but leave with only three years’ worth of learning? The
January 10, 2025
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Economy
Geoeconomic fragmentation may have major implications for the global economy. This column uses using a multi-country New Keynesian model to analyse the effects of various
January 10, 2025
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CLimate Change
By increasing the cost of using fossil fuels, carbon taxes should incentivise substitution toward cleaner energy. In practice, firms may shift production and emissions across
January 10, 2025
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Banking
Financial crises usually inflict the most damage when banks suddenly shift from pursuing profits to survival. This column argues that such drastic behavioral changes render
January 10, 2025
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Energy
Energy intensity and efficiency are at the core of the green transition. Using a new firm-level complexity index, this column shows that product upgrading and
January 7, 2025
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