Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

A common question about the recent large expansions in balance sheets among central bank in advanced economies is about the exit strategy. H...

In an Econbrowser blog post that reflects on what we have learned from the challenge of Reinhart and Rogoff results, James Hamilton argues ...

What are the economic costs of business cycles? Economists tend to approach this question in a way that is very different from the way most ...

Via Mark Thoma , the Financial Times reports on the expected changes to US GDP accounting rules that are likely to raise the GDP level by 3...

Most people refer to US business cycles in terms of the recessionary episodes identified by the NBER business cycle dating committee. Their ...