International trade, global supply chains and monetary policy
Silvana Tenreyro says global supply chains benefits are not evenly spread across sectors
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Public finances in the European Union
COVID-19 has led to EU governments borrowing at unprecedented levels. Mehmet Burak Turgut discusses the effects of the pandemic as well as relevant policy priorities
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COVID-19 lessons from Nigeria
The pandemic has had severe impacts on Nigeria. Mma Amara Ekeruche and Adedeji Adeniran discuss what can be learnt by other developing economies
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Free trade benefits of Brexit
Many economists have claimed that Brexit would damage the UK economy. Patrick Minford argues that Brexit benefits to the UK have been widely underestimated
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Can climate change be tackled without ditching economic growth?
Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra and Guntram Wolff explore whether decarbonisation and economic growth are compatible to reach net zero by 2050
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The geopolitical relevance of central bank digital currencies
CBDCs could be useful as a means for central banks to record transactions in an increasingly cashless economy. Brunello Rosa and Alessandro Tentori consider the case of China
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Central banks in a shifting world
Philipp Hartmann and Glenn Schepens provide selected takeaways from the ECB’s online Sintra Forum, including whether globalisation is reversing and the role of fiscal policy for the post-COVID recovery
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The BVI fintech transformation
From a traditional financial services centre to a global fintech hub, Simon Gray charts the emergence of the BVI as an innovation and investment hotspot across the fintech and digital space
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Bretton Woods: time to reset?
Giovanni Tria and Angelo Federico Arcelli ask is a renewed Bretton Woods agreement a concrete option to favour a new economic expansion phase in the post-pandemic world?
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The case for an open financial system
Andrew Bailey looks at the benefits of a global financial system and talks about the UK’s current and future role in it. He argues that these benefits are global, not regional in nature. So global cooperation is needed to ensure a safe and strong financial system
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