Reader Bruce Hall brings our attention to the performance of Swedish GDP, given the pandemic response they have adopted – comparing against UK, Germany, France and UK. My guess is that he wanted to show the tradeoff between lives lost and growth. Personally, I think the Sweden vs. next-door-neighbor Norway comparison is at least as interesting.
Category Archives: international
Guest Contribution: “Lasting Damage of the Pandemic”
Today we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Ayhan Kose and Franziska Ohnsorge, respectively Director and Manager in the World Bank’s Prospects Group. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this blog are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent.
Guest Contribution: “International Factor Payments and the Pandemic”
Today we are fortunate to have as a guest contributor Joseph Joyce, Professor of Economics and M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations at Wellesley College.
Chinn-Ito Index, Updated to 2018
“The US and China in the global order: the role of the dollar and tensions with China”
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of joining a virtual panel sponsored by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF), is think tank covering central banking, economic policy and public investment.
IMF World Economic Outlook, June Update Forecast
Today, the IMF released an extensive update to its April forecast, incorporating substantial downward revisions to forecasted growth.
Guest Contribution: “The effectiveness of macroprudential policies and capital controls against volatile capital inflows”
Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution written by Jon Frost (Bank for International Settlements), Hiro Ito (Portland State) and René van Stralen (De Nederlandsche Bank). The views expressed represent those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent those of De Nederlandsche Bank, or any other institutions the authors are affiliated with.
Guest Contribution: “Defining recessions when negative growth is too common or too rare”
Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He was a member of the NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee for 25 years, with his term ending last fall. A shorter version appeared in Project Syndicate and in The Guardian.
Guest Contribution: “Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Redux: Non-Uniform Effects”
Today, we’re pleased to present a guest contribution written by Yin-Wong Cheung and Wenhao Wang (City University of Hong Kong).
Guest Contribution: “It’s (Long Past) Time for a Eurozone Brady Plan”
Today we are fortunate to be able to present a guest contribution written by Mark Copelovitch (University of Wisconsin – Madison).