Category: Economic Growth
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Economic red flags
Ten year yields have declined in advanced countries and there are about nine reasons the global economy is at risk of a recessions.
Debating the Rachel-Summers paper on secular stagnation
In a recent paper Rachel and Summers argue that mature industrial economies are prone to secular stagnation, and therefore there is an urgent need for governments to find new ways of promoting investment and boosting private demand. Who disagrees?
A US recession around the corner!
Economists explain that certain patterns are forming in the US economy that should raise the alarm.
The likelihood of a 2019 recession
Summers, Rogoff and Cochrane on the main economic risks in 2019.
Modernizing the transportation network
What are the effects of transportation modernization on the economy? Who should pay for it?
A spat over secular stagnation
Was secular stagnation a "political" argument? Were the policies implemented the right ones? Stiglitz, Summers and Farmer are debating.
The lasting damage of the financial crisis
Ten years after the financial crisis and the US economy remains smaller with employment and earnings losses that still linger.
Turkey’s next steps
Would a currency board solve lira’s woes? Erdogan’s leverage with the IMF.
The flattening yield curve
The current flattening of the US yield curve: the result of trade policy, FOMC policy or much ado about nothing?