It is widely believed that a recession can be avoided when inflation expectations remain anchored to the inflation target under a rule-based monetary policy ...

Christopher Sims, the John J. F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor of Economics, Emeritus, and a Nobel laureate whose work ...

The war in Iran has upset the economic equilibrium Europe threatening energy supplies, growth and the outlook for consumer prices, upsetting economic forecasts.

Central bankers are tapping nontraditional data sources for a more complete picture of the economy In the spring of 2020, the Federal Reserve faced a challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic was upending ...

In the field of economics, on average, women tend to produce fewer research articles and be cited less often than men. But this appears to be changing. A newly compiled dataset about scholars at top ...

Central banks in late 2021 kicked off the steepest and most coordinated series of interest rate hikes in four decades to contain the postpandemic inflation outbreak (see Chart 1). Many economists ...

Moreover, the advent of AI and its potential impact upon the structure of the economy and service sector employment appears unable to generate comment from either major political party or plethora of ...

He and Thomas J. Sargent shared the prize in 2011 for devising statistical tools to help guide economic policymakers.

Joy News is set to air a special edition of its flagship economics programme Beyond the Numbers, today, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, as the Bank of Ghana's Monetary Policy Committee prepares to announce ...

Central bank governors shape monetary policy, financial stability and investor confidence. Around the world, their appointment processes vary widely, revealing stark contrasts between transparent, mer ...

The ongoing conflict in Iran has triggered significant economic shocks, particularly in oil and gas prices. This article ...

Central banks have good reason to sit up and take notice of how this month's oil shock is hitting inflation expectations. Yet ...