M. Ayhan Kose

A woman holding her mobile phone walks past a sales advertisement poster in front of a shoe store in Tokyo February 15, 2015. Japan's economy rebounded from recession to grow an annualized 2.2 percent in the final quarter of last year, giving a much-needed boost to premier Shinzo Abe's efforts to shake off decades of stagnation even as the global outlook deteriorates. Picture taken February 15, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

Does government debt increase after global recessions?

M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, December 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration//File Photo

Debt tsunami of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Peter Nagle, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, December 17, 2021

U.S. currency peeking out from behind two surgical masks

Navigating the debt legacy of the pandemic

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

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The global productivity slump: What policies to rekindle?

Alistair Dieppe and M. Ayhan Kose

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

3D render of stock market crashing in a global economy

Unprecedented damage by COVID-19 requires an unprecedented policy response

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu and M. Ayhan Kose

Friday, July 10, 2020

How deep will the COVID-19 recession be?

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Stack of $100 bills

Debt: The dose makes the poison

M. Ayhan Kose, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara

Friday, February 28, 2020

Green arrow reversed against red arrows

Can policy reforms reverse the slowing of potential growth?

Sinem Kilic Celik, M. Ayhan Kose, and Franziska Ohnsorge

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Ships which are currently under construction, are seen at Hyundai Heavy Industries' Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, May 13, 2015. The port of Ulsan was the cradle of South Korea's breakneck industrialization. Now, the main production site for big manufacturers such as Hyundai Motor and oil refiner SK Innovation risks becoming the country's rust belt. Picture taken May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - GF10000102783

Sustaining the global expansion

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Staff talk in the Congress Hall ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in the Swiss Alps resort of Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2018 REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC1AC3B3E400

Davos attendees should beware the slowing of potential growth

Monday, January 22, 2018