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Quantitative Easing Is Back – But Will It Help the Real Economy?
Josh Ryan-Collins | 15 August 2016Blog, Monetary | Tags: QE
Last week the Bank of England surprised commentators with the scale of its post-Brexit monetary stimulus package. It included a new £70bn round of quantitative easing (QE), the first since... continue reading
Governments Should Use Tax Systems to Drive Inclusive Growth Agenda
David Bradbury and Bert Brys | 22 July 2016Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Inequality, Tax Expenditures, Taxes
Tax policy design should play a key role in not only supporting growth but also in addressing distributional concerns. Taxes affect inequality through different channels. The most direct way in... continue reading
Are Tax Expenditures a Good Way to Redistribute?
Silvia Avram | 1 July 2016Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Inequality, Tax Expenditures, Taxes
Since 2007, governments across several European countries have implemented cuts to their social programs in an attempt to tackle the fiscal deficits generated by the last economic and financial crisis.... continue reading
Central Banking and Inequality – Taking Off the Blinders
Peter Dietsch, Clément Fontan and François Claveau | 16 June 2016Blog, Monetary | Tags: Central Banks, Ethics, Inequality
Since the financial crisis, the relative importance of monetary policy in the toolbox of macroeconomic policies has increased. In parallel, we have seen a renewed social and political concern with... continue reading
Measuring and Understanding Trade in Service Tasks
Daniel Chiquiar, Martín Tobal and Renato Yslas | 24 May 2016Discussion Notes, Trade | Tags: Employment, Services Trade
Improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have had differential impacts on the costs of offshoring service tasks. As a result, services with stronger tradability characteristics are at a higher... continue reading
Monetary Policy, Macroprudential Regulation and Inequality
Upcoming: 3-4 October 2016Monetary, Workshops | Tags: Financial Stability, Inequality, Inflation, Interest Rates, Macroprudential, QE
Co-organized with the International Monetary Fund... continue reading