In the United States, monetary policy is set ... Monetary policy decisions can be either contractionary or expansionary. Contractionary monetary policy is also known as “tightening” or ...

With much of the media focusing on the plans and objectives being articulated by Trump and his many prospective appointees, I fear that many of us are being distracted from what may be the most ...

Dovish or expansionary monetary policy aims to increase the total currency in circulation to encourage spending and capital investments. The Federal Reserve uses a plethora of tools such as lower ...

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Consumer price inflation (chart) accelerated to 5.4% y/y in November from 5.3% in October, ...

Asian economies are set to keep growing steadily this year and the next, but momentum has moderated, the Asian Development ...

For much of the past 17 years the Federal Reserve has been the central player in U.S. economic policy, throwing ...

US election results have driven divergence in markets. While more expansionary tax policies are expected to boost growth in ...

CVDs are typically punitive tariffs slapped on subsidised, artificially cheap foreign goods that are harming US industry, but they can also be deployed for “indirect” subsidies, as spelled out by the ...