Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

Does government debt impose a burden on future generations? A relevant question given the high current government debt levels to which most ...

The new issue of the IMF fiscal policy monitor is out . As usual, a great reading to understand the state of fiscal policy in the world. The...

The October edition of the IMF World Economic Outlook is out with very strong warnings about risks to growth (full report can be found at th...

Stephen Roach argues in this article that the "current medicine being applied to America's economy" is wrong. The real diseas...

Most governments in advanced economies have been unable to deliver on debt sustainability for the last decades. In some cases increasing spe...

The US Federal Reserve just announced the third round of quantitative easing (QE3) by signaling a commitment to keep rates low for a long(er...

Mario Draghi presented yesterday one more plan with great promises but short of details (as usual) to save the Euro. Markets are happy, but ...