UN DESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division hosted a three-part Development Policy Seminar series in July to present new thinking on inflation. Discussions focused on issues such as inflation’s ...

For many years now, the GDP has been severely criticized as not adequately measuring economic progress and the quality of life. The truth, however, is that the GDP was not designed to measure human ...

The South African central bank's decision to lower its inflation target on Thursday without the sign-off of the finance ...

Instead, what matters is not whether expectations are stable, but whether expectations correspond to reality. Stable ...

Pakistan’s businesses face an existential threat from unsustainable monetary policy, says former commerce minister.

The State Bank's reserve accumulation from $9.06 billion (20th June 2025) to $14.46 billion (as of 18th July 2025) relies ...

Public launches, technocratic jargon, and donor engagement serve as shields against scrutiny and as instruments to prolong ...

Monetary and Fiscal Policy Interactions in the Short-Run and Long-Run Chairman Paul Volcker testifies before Congress during his second confirmation hearing for the Federal Reserve.

For a better performance of its economy, Nigeria needs a strong institutional mechanism to align its fiscal and monetary policies. A Professor of Monetary Economics, Prof. Gbenga Moses Niyi Omofa, has ...

In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating that gravitational wave signals from black hole mergers are more ...

Despite regulatory mandates in China, underreporting remains systemic. Existing research on healthcare professionals’ reporting behaviors has been constrained by reliance on isolated theoretical ...

Balancing growth and inflation control presents a fundamental challenge— overly tight fiscal and monetary policies aimed at reining in inflation could dampen growth prospects, while expansionary ...