Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Since the Global Financial Crisis, fiscal policy in advanced economies has become more “active” – that is, increasingly ...

When you ask economists what they think about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, as in interest rates, a growing number of them will tell you that rates are restricting the economy too much right ...

It is no secret that we have been fighting inflation that reached a 40-year high and the Federal Reserve Bank has embarked on a historic interest rate increase to combat inflation. Not only have they ...

This article discusses the big divergence between U.S. fiscal policy and U.S. monetary policy over the past year, and how that impacts various parts of the economy differently. It also takes a look at ...

The conference, jointly organized by the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the IMF Economic Review, focused on new global challenges for international fiscal and monetary ...

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The recent passage of a tax cut package in the U.S. raises an interesting and important question for monetary policy: Will the tax cuts create inflation that the Fed cannot contain? According to ...

Does “monetary policy” – in the form of interest rate adjustments – actually work? Can the Federal Reserve “tame” inflation by raising the Federal Funds Rate? The question arises today because despite ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China is expected to adopt more supportive monetary and fiscal policies to bolster its slowing economy, Huang Yiping, an adviser to the central bank and a professor at Peking ...

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Fiscal policy involves government spending and tax measures impacting the economy and investor decisions. Contrasting with monetary policy, fiscal policy is set by legislatures and affects stocks and ...