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Economic growth

Top 10 Blogs of 2023 Unpack Global Economy, Inflation, Debt, Trade and Asia

December 27, 2023

Jeff Kearns

Prospects for growth, prices and interest rates enjoyed the greatest reader interest, followed by fossil fuel subsidies and the implications of geoeconomic fragmentation

Economic growth

Economists Offer Fresh Takes on Inflation, Inequality, Technology

December 20, 2023

The Editors

Latest books provide analytical and anecdotal accounts of the greatest challenges—and the perspective that comes with time

Economic growth

Latin America Can Boost Economic Growth by Reducing Crime

December 18, 2023

Rafael Machado Parente, Rodrigo Valdés

Reducing crime could significantly boost investment, productivity, and GDP growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Higher Interest Rates Testing Banks in Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan

December 14, 2023

Thomas Kroen, Troy Matheson, Thomas Piontek

Some lenders in the region may be vulnerable to a combination of higher interest rates, corporate sector stress, and liquidity pressures

International trade

Why Digital Trade Should Remain Open

December 13, 2023

Michele Ruta, Adam Jakubik

Policymakers should consider the benefits of international rules that promote a predictable policy environment, including continued tariff-free digital imports

Financial regulation and supervision

Financial Crimes Hurt Economies and Must be Better Understood and Curbed

December 7, 2023

Carolina Claver, Chady El Khoury, Rhoda Weeks-Brown

Policymakers need fuller view of consequences of illicit flows, including tallies of the fiscal, monetary, financial, and structural costs

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