Discover how the monetary conditions index (MCI), which was developed by the Bank of Canada, evaluates economic conditions using interest and exchange rates.

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This paper documents that households with higher marginal propensities to consume (MPCs) tend to consume goods with more ...

Before the 2008 global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet stood somewhere in the neighborhood of $900 billion. In the years that followed, the Fed would embark on a series of ...

Discover how the Arab Monetary Fund balances payments, promotes trade, and supports economic development among 22 Middle Eastern and North African countries.

CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy. Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy? And ...

Good morning. I’m very pleased to be in such eminent company, especially that of my former advisor at Stanford, John Taylor. And I’ll begin my presentation with a reference to another pathbreaking ...

In economics, a booming economy where everyone has money to throw around isn't always a good thing. Like an engine, the economy can overheat, causing inflation; everyone has more money, but everything ...

Financial conditions indexes summarize a broad range of financial indicators with the goal of measuring how financial markets affect economic activity. Evidence from event studies with high-frequency ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Greece has reached a crossroads. For the first time, we in the eurozone are engaged in full surveillance over ...