
Taking the pulse of global trade policy
How much has trade policy changed globally? This column introduces the Trade Policy Activity Index, a monthly measure of

How much has trade policy changed globally? This column introduces the Trade Policy Activity Index, a monthly measure of

Emerging market economies hold foreign exchange reserves to insure against currency crises and to cushion exchange rate movements. Reserves

Retail trade and professional services employ a large share of workers across OECD countries and provide key intermediate inputs

Supplemental private health insurance is becoming more common in universal healthcare systems as a way to secure faster access

Europe’s Capital Markets Union debate is again centred on how to turn savings into productive investment. This column uses

Dementia affects an estimated 6 million Americans. This column uses data from the Health and Retirement Study spanning 1996-2018

EU AI regulation should trade lower ex-ante burden for robust ex-post monitoring, judicial review and liability to curb harms

With inflation still binding and fiscal space thin, the 2026 Iran shock revives the case for pre-committed, conditional yield

More than 50 years ago, Nobel laureate Theodore Schultz, a pioneer of human capital theory, offered an insight into

Barring a miracle, the 2020s will prove to be what their ominous opening foreshadowed: a lost decade—not just for

How much has trade policy changed globally? This column introduces the Trade Policy Activity Index, a monthly measure of

Emerging market economies hold foreign exchange reserves to insure against currency crises and to cushion exchange rate movements. Reserves

Retail trade and professional services employ a large share of workers across OECD countries and provide key intermediate inputs

Supplemental private health insurance is becoming more common in universal healthcare systems as a way to secure faster access

Europe’s Capital Markets Union debate is again centred on how to turn savings into productive investment. This column uses

Dementia affects an estimated 6 million Americans. This column uses data from the Health and Retirement Study spanning 1996-2018

EU AI regulation should trade lower ex-ante burden for robust ex-post monitoring, judicial review and liability to curb harms

With inflation still binding and fiscal space thin, the 2026 Iran shock revives the case for pre-committed, conditional yield

More than 50 years ago, Nobel laureate Theodore Schultz, a pioneer of human capital theory, offered an insight into

Barring a miracle, the 2020s will prove to be what their ominous opening foreshadowed: a lost decade—not just for




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