In order to maintain their independence in WWII, neutrals had to make up for their relative military weakness by offering economic concessions to the belligerents.

Eric Golson · VoxEU 13 Nov 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

These measures stopped interest rates from falling even further

According to researchers, real interest rates would have fallen much further in the last half-century if governments had not expanded social insurance programs and taken on more debt.

Laurent Belsie · NBER Digest 07 Nov 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Tariffs and monetary policy: A toxic mix

The escalating tariffs are having a mounting impact on global trade volumes, industrial production, capital formation and the tactic of relying exclusively on barriers to trade and protec...

Michael Bordo and Mickey Levy · VoxEU 21 Oct 2019

Insurance and Asset Management

Does public banking work?

The global and historical experience with public banking suggests that, just as in the private sector, some public banks will achieve most of their goals most of the time, while others wi...

Katharina Pistor · Project Syndicate 11 Oct 2019

Global Risks

What lies ahead for Europe's languishing economy?

Coming from the role as chief of the IMF, Christine Lagarde excelled at emphasising the economic implications of gender bias and climate change. Now her challenge is to avoid a second dec...

Mohamed A. El-Erian · Project Syndicate 30 Sep 2019

Climate Change

Beyond ‘business as usual’. Addressing the climate change crisis

As children protest to safeguard their future, companies and governments must take concrete action

Mario Greco 20 Sep 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Hurricanes, wildfires and natural disasters drive high reinsurance renewal rates

Large insurance losses from hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters in the past two years are set to push up reinsurance renewal rates.

Lena Masri and Carolyn Cohn · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 04 Sep 2019

Africa

Africa must become more resilient to climate risk. Here's how

Climate change means African countries are facing a double storm: an increased risk of extreme weather events and a large shortfall in insurance coverage, which means too much of the fina...

Beat Strebel 26 Aug 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Poorer countries are more vulnerable to climate change – here’s how they can prepare

Natural disasters destroy lives and property and have large and lasting effects on economies by reducing production and increasing debt burdens.

Seán Nolan and Krishna Srinivasan · IMF Direct 02 Jul 2019

Insurance and Asset Management

How cities can become more resilient to climate change

In an age of megacities and extreme storms, a leader from the insurance industry writes about how we can adapt.

Veronica Scotti 25 Jun 2019

Financial and Monetary Systems

5 charts on the vulnerabilities in the global economy - and why we should worry about them

If financial conditions remain easy for too long, vulnerabilities will continue to build, and the odds of a sharp drop in economic growth at some later point will be higher.

Tobias Adrian and Fabio M. Natalucci · IMF Direct 23 Apr 2019

Infrastructure

What Fukushima's cherry trees tell us about Japan's reinvention

Dismantling and decontamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will take several decades. For many in Japan, the disaster is seen as having launched a renaissance.

Sébastien Travadel, Aurélien Portelli, and Franck Guarnieri · The Conversation 04 Apr 2019

Cybersecurity

We are on the edge of a new ‘cyber’ space age. This is how we make it a success

Nearly 50 years after the first moon landing, we stand at the threshold of a new cyberspace age - and like the Apollo 11 mission, its success will depend on strong public-private collabor...

Kristof Terryn 18 Mar 2019

Insurance and Asset Management

We must build resilience to face the future - but will we be fast enough?

In order to prepare for increasingly frequent climate-related extreme weather and natural disasters as we move towards a low-carbon economy, we must become more resilient. Here's how we s...

Christian Mumenthaler 23 Jan 2019

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