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Recent Economic Developments, the Productive Potential of the Economy, and Monetary Policy
The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, delivered the speech “Recent Economic Developments, th...
May 26, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Building on Asia's Strengths During Turbulent Times
Changyong Rhee, director of the Asia and Pacific department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered the speech “Building on Asia's Strengt...
May 26, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Can Globalization Still Deliver?
Dr. David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivered the Institute’s sixteenth annual Stavros Niarchos...
May 24, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Gravity and the Weight of the Fed’s Zero Lower Bound on Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve implemented its first rate hike last December. At that time, the Fed anticipated another four hikes in 2016 as part of the process...
May 23, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The G-7 and the Global Economy
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, deputy assistant to President Obama and deputy national security advisor for international economics, delivered the speech “T...
May 19, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
North Korean Threats and Asset Markets. Again.
It has long been alleged that North Korea has the capacity to impose asymmetric damage on the financial markets of its neighbors through threats and p...
May 11, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The European Union Continues to Lag on Banking Supervisory Transparency
Bank supervisors in the European Union have shown no improvement in publishing data on the institutions they supervise. In fact, supervisory transpare...
May 10, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
US Treasury Creates More Hurdles for Business Investment
US business investment—including research and development (R&D) outlays to create intellectual property—hasn't exactly sparkled in recent years (figur...
May 10, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Saudi Arabia’s Flawed National Economic Vision
Since 2014 Saudi Arabia has pursued a strategy to maintain market share in an oversupplied oil market, refusing to cut production as oil prices have p...
May 06, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Bank of Japan Turns Hesitant Once Again
After a strong effort to boost chronically low growth and inflation through aggressive monetary easing, Tamim Bayoumi and Joseph E. Gagnon say the Ban...
May 06, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Fed Still Uneasy About Steady Rate Hikes
Nobody minds a little attention now and again, but with all the drama and speculation hovering over Federal Reserve policy in recent years, policymake...
Apr 26, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
How Offshoring and Global Supply Chains Enhance the US Economy
The 2016 US presidential election campaign has rekindled the debate over offshoring—locating business operations and jobs overseas—by US-based multina...
Apr 22, 2016 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail