Monetary policy guides inflation and economic growth. Learn what it means, the main types, and how central banks manage interest rates and stabilize the economy.

With the expected move by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates before the end of the year, many are asking about the effects on emerging market countries. Will outflows increase, and how will ...

Discover how contractionary fiscal policies encourage private investments by freeing credit markets and reducing borrowing costs, creating a crowding-in effect.

We provide a theory of the limits to monetary policy independence in open economies arising from the interaction between capital flows and domestic collateral constraints. The key feature of our ...

In economics, a booming economy where everyone has money to throw around isn't always a good thing. Like an engine, the economy can overheat, causing inflation; everyone has more money, but everything ...

Monetary Policy is implemented by the Federal Reserve Bank of the U.S. to control inflation, regulate interest rates, and support the efficient functioning of the banking system. Fiscal Policy is ...

It’s a good bet that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates not only at this week’s meeting but in 2025 as well. That’s because current rates are significantly contractionary, according to ...

Sir, Your editorial “Draghi delivers a bold expansion of stimulus” (March 11) is correct. The measures break new ground in the use of unconventional monetary policy to tackle the sluggish growth of ...

SINGAPORE’S small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have remained in contractionary mode for the fourth straight quarter, marking a full year of contraction in 2023, said OCBC on Thursday (Jan 18).

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 ...