This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal policy on inflation expectations across a large sample of advanced economies (AEs) and emerging market economies (EMs). We identify episodes of significant ...

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Drawing on an extensive literature, this paper examines the extent to which expansionary fiscal policy poses a challenge to containing inflation. It does so by assessing how inflation responds to ...

President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, ostensibly in objection to excessively high interest rates. But this debate is not about ...

Monetary policy guides inflation and economic growth. Learn what it means, the main types, and how central banks manage interest rates and stabilize the economy.

The Fed's June meeting revealed a continued lack of commitment to its 2% inflation target, despite persistent inflation overshoots the Fed plans for more rate cuts. Current policy risks stagflation, ...

Japan's ¥21.3 trillion stimulus package targets inflation stabilisation, strengthening defence and diplomacy, and sustainable growth. The stimulus package should spur short-term growth and reduce ...