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The Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Families, Small Businesses, and Communities

Diana Farrell, Fiona Greig, and Chris Wheat give insights from five years of big data research.

New Emerging Market Contagion Shakes Investor Complacency

Gary Kleiman is a recognized expert in the field of global emerging economies and financial markets. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.

Covid-19: What should Uncle Sam do?

Dr. Coats (Ph.D. U of Chicago) retired from the IMF in 2003 as Assistant Director of Monetary and Exchange Department having joined the institution in 1975. This blog is part of a special series on the coronavirus.

Sheila Warren: Blockchain Awareness Growing - but Still Needs 3 Things

Speaking at the Hyperledger Global Forum 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona, the World Economic Forum’s head of blockchain and data policy, Sheila Warren, discussed blockchain’s potential to solve real-world problems. 

The Coming Coronavirus Recession

The global economy will go into recession this year. The downturn will be sudden and sharp. And although a constructive response from policymakers, companies, and households could limit its duration, its effects will be felt for decades to come. 

How the Transatlantic Trade Agenda Can Get Its Groove Back in 2020

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald J. Trump articulated an ambitious—and familiar—trade policy agenda in Davos on January 21.  Once again, Brussels and Washington will attempt to negotiate a bilateral free trade deal. 

Markets are Too Complacent About Coronavirus Despite Sell-off

Investors are deluding themselves about how severe the coronavirus outbreak will be. Despite this week’s big sell-off in equity markets, the worst is yet to come. Until this week, the market reaction to the virus had been mild — after a dip in late January, US and global equities rallied to new highs. This complacency was based on a number of flawed assumptions.

Regional Financial Arrangements and the International Monetary Fund: Sustaining Coherence in Global Financial Governance

Cooperation and competition among regional financial arrangements (RFAs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) increasingly determine the effectiveness of the global financial safety net (GFSN), which many observers fear is becoming fragmented.

Why The Macroeconomic Policy Framework Needs An Overhaul: Lessons from Japan and the Great Recession

Paul James Sheard is an Australian-American economist. He is Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, after previously being Vice Chairman of S&P Global.

Paul spoke at the Boston Economic Club on why the macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul and suggested how.

‘Inside Philanthropy’ Names George Soros Philanthropist of the Year

In 2017, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, passed a law banning foreign-registered universities that do not offer courses in their home country, a move that seemed to target George Soros’s Central Europe University (CEU).