Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

An interview with Hyun Song Shin, economic adviser and head of research at the BIS, reposted in the BIS web site  reminds us of the strange ...

In most advanced economies business cycles can be well characterized by a succession of long expansion phases that are interrupted by short ...

It will soon be eight years since the US Federal Reserve decided to bring its interest rate down to 0%. Other central banks have spent simil...

Ken Rogoff in the Financial Times argues that the world economy is suffering from a debt hangover rather than deficient demand. The argumen...

Martin Wolf in today's Financial Times discusses the reasons for low interest rates and suggests some interesting scenarios for the year...

Robert Shiller on the New York Times argues that the stock market is expensive by historical standards using the cyclically-adjusted price ...

The agreement between Greece and its Euro partners is full of very detailed policies to be approved by the Greek government in the coming we...