William Nordhaus coined the term “Political Business Cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, ...

Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized ...

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U.S. Federal Reserve officials feel they need to reconsider the key elements around both jobs and inflation in their current ...

The issue of using monetary policy for financial stability purposes is hotly contested. The crisis was a reminder that price stability is not sufficient for financial stability, financial crises are ...

We show that firms’ market power dampens the response of their output to monetary policy shocks, using firm-level data for the United States and a large cross-country firm-level dataset for 14 ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers are weighing changes to key parts of the framework that guides their ...

Federal Reserve Governor Adriana D. Kugler views the central bank's current "somewhat restrictive" monetary policy as "well ...

Catalysts anchor Madison Mills and guest host Peter Tchir, Academy Securities' head of macro strategy, take on the day's ...

monetary, and trade policies on growth prospects and financial stability. The IMF provides technical assistance, training, and policy advice to member countries through its capacity-building programs.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the 300th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will take place on Monday, May 19, and Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at its headquarters in Abuja ...

Since the last edition of the Nigeria Development Update (NDU) in October 2024, economic developments in Nigeria have been broadly positive, helped by the government staying the course in maintaining ...