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Central banks have a responsibility in addressing the challenge of climate change. But how? Experts explore some ideas.
Nigeria can pull off its newly introduced digital currency but there are concerns that must be addressed for its smooth operations.
Research finds a link between rising temperatures and inflation.
Interest rates, inflation and huge debts will all be up for debate.
Central banking was given to technocrats whose job is to make the difficult decisions. But there are parameters. And within these, central bankers must act independently, without fear or favour.
The independence of Australia’s central bank doesn’t make it infallible. It should welcome peer review.
Debate is raging about whether the recent burst of inflation is temporary or here to stay.
Unconventional policies can be used to alleviate — instead of exacerbate — inequality, something Canadians are clamouring for. The Bank of Canada needs to rediscover its former innovation zeal.
The story of how money injections became the go-to policy for tackling economic crises.
With the global financial system on permanent life support, even trillion-dollar stimulus packages can only do so much to restore equality.
While Trump’s nominee to join the Fed favors returning to the gold standard, an economist explains why the US and the rest of the world abandoned it in the first place.
Yes, the bank would effectively pay you to borrow money. But negative interest rates won’t please savers, nor will they meet the big challenges of economic recovery.
There’s no indication that handling cash increases your chance of catching COVID-19. But that hasn’t stopped countries around the world from looking at digital currencies.
Creating lots of new money is supposed to produce runaway inflation. The longer that it doesn’t happen, the more this branch of economics appears to have a point.
Much of what we now think is obvious about politics and economics was worked out by Alberto Alesina.
Long before COVID-19, central banks were lining their stores for winter.
We could welcome the news that prices have been rising much more slowly since the coronavirus pandemic – or we could get nervous.
Like Congress with its $2 trillion bailout, the Fed is engaged in an unprecedented effort to save the US economy and financial system from collapse.
Markets normally rally when central banks throw trillions of dollars at a problem. But not this time.
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