It became clear in late July that Congress was unlikely to extend the stimulus, Keynesian pundits went into full freakout mode, warning that the recovery would be aborted. At the end of July, the ...

Discover Milton Friedman's K-Percent Rule, which advocates for a steady, annual money supply increase aligned with GDP growth, ensuring economic stability.

Getting up to speed on how monetary policy affects the economy is not hard, and it is important to understand where economists are and how they got here. This series lays out some of the key insights ...

Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank to manage the money supply and interest rates in an economy. Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank or monetary ...

Policymakers will resign the U.S. economy to slower growth if they use tighter monetary policy as a substitute for available regulatory tools to achieve financial stability. A trader speaks to a ...

RBI Monetary Policy 2025 Highlights: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its monetary policy today, 6 August 2025. This was the third bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting for FY26, ...

Low-income countries look to better control inflation through monetary policy Sound principles of monetary policy to guide countries IMF will continue to support countries’ efforts to modernize ...

Discover how fiscal policy balances tax rates and government spending to influence economic growth, employment, and inflation. Learn its impact on different demographic groups.

IN THEIR quest to stabilise the job market, central banks are setting a bad example. Jerome Powell, whom senators this week confirmed as the next chairman of America’s Federal Reserve, will lead an ...

RBI raises FY26 GDP growth estimates to 6.8% from 6.5% earlier. Here are the quarterly estimates: Q2FY26: Raised to 7% from 6.7% Q3FY26: Cut to 6.4% from 6.6% Q4FY26: Cut to 6.2% from 6.3% GDP growth ...

Textbook monetary theory holds that increasing the money supply leads to higher inflation. However, the Federal Reserve has tripled the monetary base since 2008 without inflation surging. With ...

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to join you here today. Let me express my thanks to Thomas Jordan, the Governor of the Swiss National Bank, for his welcoming remarks. And let ...