Tag: Interest Rates
What is an inverting yield curve and does it mean we’re...
Luciano Rispoli, University of Surrey
One key predictor of downturns in the economy is what is known as the...
Interest rates are likely to rise by much less than most...
Costas Milas, University of Liverpool
Inflation was already a serious problem thanks to the bottlenecks in the global supply...
How raising interest rates curbs inflation – and what could possibly...
Rodney Ramcharan, University of Southern California
After about three decades of relatively low inflation, consumer prices are skyrocketing again.
Inflation, workforce participation and real wages: 3 key indicators for monitoring...
Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury; Marlon Williams, University of Dayton, and Melanie G. Long, The College of Wooster
The U.S. economy ended 2021 with...
I’ve fine-tuned a tool that advises the Bank of England what...
Costas Milas, University of Liverpool
Interest rates were remarkably stable in ancient societies. It has been argued that...
Racial income and wealth gaps are huge – but the Fed...
Paul Wachtel, New York University
Central bankers and economists from around the world are convening remotely for the annual...
The zombie company problem and what it means for our economies...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, why some economists...
Huge government debts mean Canada is robbing its kids
Jerome Gessaroli, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Before the pandemic, the combined federal and provincial Canadian debt totalled $1.4 trillion. And since then, this debt...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
