Top news of the week: 20.03.2023.
House Prices Continue to Fall as Borrowing Costs Rise
Property markets should enjoy greater stability when central banks slow or pause their campaign of raising interest rates to tame inflation.
Inflation Report Arrives as Fed Confronts Bank Failures
The consumer-price index has advanced at a stubbornly high pace in recent months.
Publication: Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course
Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2022: Correcting Course provides the first comprehensive analysis of the pandemic’s toll on poverty in developing countries. It identifies how governments can ...
Zimbabwe Implements the International Monetary Fund’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System
With the successful launch of a new data portal, Zimbabwe has implemented a key recommendation of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) to publish essential ...
What the Silicon Valley Bank fallout could mean for the next Fed rate hike
Recent bank failures are a reminder that sharp rate increases could break things
Penny for your thoughts? Why coordination among creditors is key to sustainable debt
We know that when used wisely and transparently, debt is important to finance development. Prudent debt can power economies and pave the way for a resilient future—allowing countries to ...
Our monetary policy statement at a glance - March 2023
Information on everything related to the ECB's monetary policy: objective, strategy, instruments and much more.
The federal budget outlook
Starting from the current-law baseline, Alan Auerbach and William Gale estimate that to maintain the current debt-to-GDP ratio in 2053 would require a combination of permanent spending cuts ...