How French firms navigated the inflation surge: Lessons for expectations and decision making
As inflation surged globally, economists and policymakers focused their attention on the expectations of households and financial markets – but relatively little was known about
Home charging and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: A strategy for real-world emissions reductions
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can use either fossil fuels or electricity and offer potential emission reductions, depending on the driver’s usage. This column examines how
Private safe asset supply and financial instability
Safe assets are financial instruments that maintain a stable value even after adverse macroeconomic shocks. This column explores how banks supply safe assets through securitisation
Home charging and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: A strategy for real-world emissions reductions
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can use either fossil fuels or electricity and offer potential emission reductions, depending on the driver’s usage. This column examines how
India’s GDP grows 7.4% in Jan-March qtr, fastest in a year
That was above the 6.7% expansion in gross domestic product forecast in a Reuters poll for the March quarter India’s economy grew 7.4% in the
US goods trade deficit narrows sharply in April as imports plunge
The goods trade gap contracted 46.0% to $87.6 billion last month, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Friday The U.S. trade deficit in goods
Japan to raise foreign direct investment target to $1trln by mid-2030s, sources say
The new targets, to be formally included in the government’s upcoming fiscal and economic policy guidelines in June, represent a sharp escalation from the previous
India lures foreign investors back with big ticket block trades
The block trades were well bought by overseas investors, according to bankers. They marked the highest monthly total in almost a year and a huge
Global economy’s ‘sugar rush’ defies trade drama – for now
Investment banks and institutions generally expect the United States to avoid a recession this year and the global economy to keep growing For all the
Missing tariffs: How flawed data turn trade policy analysis into a Herculean task
When the Trump administration pledged to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on countries with “unfair” trade practices, trade economists scrambled to determine what such tariffs might look
