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Monetary and fiscal policy

Some economists say monetary policy is too restrictive and fiscal policy is too stimulative. Huh?

by Justin Ho
Feb 13, 2024
The two aims shouldn't compete, they say.
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Does austerity have a hidden agenda?

by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas
Feb 8, 2023
A new book explores the historical relationship between austerity, the labor force, and fascism.
Pensioners march in Athens in 2018 during a demonstration to demand the return of pension funds lost as part of austerity measures. Clara Mattei, author of "The Capital Order," argues that austerity reflects a deeper history of labor force suppression.
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Trends to watch in 2021

by Leisha Chi-Santorelli
Jan 1, 2021
A leading European investor and a business analyst in Asia share their predictions for a post-coronavirus world.
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Power shifts in the 'think-tank-ocracy'

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 20, 2017
Conservative think tanks are ascendant as the Trump administration plans wave of legislation and policy changes.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, as he is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family while he formally signs his cabinet nominations into law, in the President's Room of the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2017. 
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A transatlantic central banking policy disparity

by Mark Garrison
Mar 10, 2016
While Europeans ease, Americans ponder another rate hike
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), addresses the media during a press conference following the meeting of the Governing Council in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 10, 2016. The European Central Bank cut all three of its key interest rates and beefed up its controversial asset purchase programme in a bid to kickstart chronically low inflation in the euro area.
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Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke takes the stand

by David Gura
Feb 26, 2013
In his semi-annual report to Congress, Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the Federal Reserves bond buying policy, but said monetary policy alone cannot prop up the economy.
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Should the Fed coordinate with Congress?

by Jeff Horwich
Oct 12, 2012
With the Federal Reserve's interest rate near zero and the recovery still slow, some economists are speculating on what you might call a "nuclear option".
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Markets down on jobs report, uncertainty

by Jeremy Hobson
Jul 6, 2012
U.S. markets are down slightly this morning on the latest jobs data from the Labor Department which said that just 80,000 jobs were added in the U.S. last month and unemployment remained at 8.2 percent.
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