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President Donald Trump on Friday pressed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a full-point interest-rate cut, saying the ...
Singular Bank forecasts that house prices in Spain will continue to rise between 2025 and 2026, with an average cumulative ...
The fallout from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs could have a severe impact on the Australian economy, worst-case ...
Australias central bank considered a steep 50 basis point rate cut in May as a precaution against escalating global trade ...
SYDNEY, June 3 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank considered cutting interest rates by an outsized 50 basis points last ...
The first few months of Donald Trump’s nonconsecutive second term as president have been marked by controversial economic initiatives. First, he proposed excessively high tariffs, prompting ...
A heterodox school of economic thought known as modern monetary theory has significant implications for how Canadians ...
Diop, M. and Traore, A. (2025) Monetary Policy Neutrality in WAEMU Countries: A SVAR Model. Modern Economy, 16, 756-772. doi: ...
Lastly, expansionary monetary policy may increase the money supply relative to the output of goods and services, raising prices and reducing the currency’s value. As Milton Friedman famously ...
Expansionary fiscal policy isn't the only tool used to combat economic downturns. During some economic cycles, the monetary policy set by the Federal Reserve has been more effective. Here are some ...
Policymakers enter a “grey zone” where monetary policy may seem as expansionary or restrictive depending on which R-star estimate they use, rendering the estimates useless. Think of a GPS with ...