Browse Research and Commentary

Balancing Technocrats with Democratic Politics

May 10, 2013, Kemal Derviş

Banking Has to Become Boring Again

April 29, 2013, Lex Rieffel

Economic Policy’s Narrative Imperative

April 15, 2013, Kemal Derviş

How African Governments Should Respond to the Impact of the U.S. Sequester

March 27, 2013, Julius Agbor and Brandon Routman

Why Rising Financial Markets are at Odds with Political Events and Real Economic Indicators

March 13, 2013, Kemal Derviş

Beijing's Steady Progress Toward Rebalancing

February 19, 2013, Eswar Prasad

Key Issues on European Banking Union: Trade-Offs and Some Recommendations

November 2012, Douglas J. Elliott

Back to the Brink for the Eurozone?

October 10, 2012, Kemal Derviş

Banks and Cross-Border Capital Flows: Policy Challenges and Regulatory Responses

September 2012

Banks and Capital Flows: Policy Challenges and Regulatory Responses

September 26, 2012

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[The Outright Monetary Transactions program] will work if the expectation of unlimited support is not altered or compromised in some way. The key word is unlimited. It has been said in words, but the actions that follow will have to be consistent.

September 25, 2012, Domenico Lombardi, Reuters

The European Central Bank’s Bond Buying Program: Is Berlin the Greatest Beneficiary?

September 25, 2012, Domenico Lombardi

Buying Time for the Eurozone by Buying Bonds

September 7, 2012, Kemal Derviş, Galip Kemal Özhan and Karim Foda

Regulating Global Capital Flows for Development

April 19, 2012

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The global economic recovery is still sputtering due to a lack of robust demand, policy tools that are stretched to their limits and unable to muster much traction, and enormous risks posed by weak financial systems and political uncertainty.

April 15, 2012, Eswar Prasad, Financial Times

Saving Europe

How National Politics Nearly Destroyed the Euro

2012, Carlo Bastasin

The Bank at Your Fingertips: The Challenges of Financial Inclusion in Latin America

February 21, 2012

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Judge Rakoff Challenge to the Security Exchange Commission: Can Regulatory Capture be Reversed?

December 2, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann and Veronika Penciakova

The Governance of the Financial Stability Board

September 23, 2011, Domenico Lombardi

Recommendations on the Financial Stability Board Mandate

September 23, 2011, High-Level Panel on the Governance of the Financial Stability Board

Assessing the Financial Stability Board

September 23, 2011

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Rethinking Central Banking: It's Time for an Alternative Framework

September 20, 2011, Barry Eichengreen, Eswar Prasad and Raghuram Rajan

Rethinking Central Banking

September 2011

Unexpected East Coast Earthquake Spurs U.S. Stock Market Rally: Add to the List of Ridiculous Political Economic Statements?

August 24, 2011, Daniel Kaufmann

The Impact of Inflation on India and Other Developing Nations

July 5, 2011, Eswar Prasad