Cryptoassets as National Currency? A Step Too Far
By Tobias Adrian and Rhoda Weeks-Brown
New digital forms of money have the potential to provide cheaper and faster payments, enhance financial inclusion, improve resilience and competition among payment providers, and […]
Stepping Up to Meet Low-Income Countries’ Pandemic Recovery Needs
By Christian Mumssen and Seán Nolan
عربي, 中文, Español, 日本語, Português, Русский
Low-income countries have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their large financing needs […]
Reaching Net Zero Emissions
By Florence Jaumotte and Gregor Schwerhoff
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Climate action is gaining momentum. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries have intensified […]
Taming Market Power Could (also) Help Monetary Policy
By Romain Duval, Davide Furceri, and Marina M. Tavares
Some central banks are currently debating whether to tighten monetary policy to fight inflationary pressures, after having eased decisively in response […]
The Resilience of Private Balance Sheets in Europe during COVID-19
By Estelle Xue Liu, Karim Foda, and Sebastian Weber
One of the positive surprises about last year’s recession is how little damage it inflicted on […]
Chart of the WeekCould Renewed Social Unrest Hinder the Recovery?
By Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Samuel Pienknagura, and Luca Ricci
Protests driven by the pandemic’s economic fallout are on the rise, with potentially long-lasting economic consequences.
Protests can be catalysts for political […]
What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Mitigating Climate Change
By Oya Celasun, Florence Jaumotte, and Antonio Spilimbergo
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, climate change—a crisis that can cause even greater destruction—looms. […]
