The Norges Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the IMF Economic Review have organized a joint conference on "The Future of Macroeconomic Policy" to be held in Oslo, June 15-16, 2023. In today's ...

Summary Three significant changes to the macroeconomic policy regime in advanced economies, compared to the post-global financial crisis period, have unfolded in the last two years. First, fears of a ...

The interplay between decarbonization strategies and the macroeconomy plays a crucial role in informing equitable and effective public policy. The National Academies will convene a workshop to explore ...

Agent-based modelling (ABM) has emerged as a pivotal tool in macroeconomics and economic policy analysis. By simulating the interactions of numerous heterogeneous agents — such as households, firms, ...

This Economic Letter summarizes the papers presented at the conference “Macroeconomic Models for Monetary Policy” held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on March 1-2, 2002, under the joint ...

Winston Churchill (1874-1965), then Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain, public speaking in Epping, 1924. History regularly shows that basing economic policy upon ideology, hunches, and gut ...

Financial conditions indexes summarize a broad range of financial indicators with the goal of measuring how financial markets affect economic activity. Evidence from event studies with high-frequency ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is the practice of Zakat. Zakat is an obligatory Islamic charity that requires one to give 2.5% of one’s surplus wealth to eight broadly defined specific charitable ...

Fiscal policy is central to development. It can support macroeconomic stability, foster growth, and help reduce poverty. Taxes fund essential services, while public spending builds human capital and ...

Section 1. Background. In 2017, my Administration pursued trade and economic policies that put the American economy, the American worker, and our national security first. This spurred an American ...