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Inclusion and gender

Women Lead Record Number of Central Banks, but More Progress is Needed

August 29, 2024

The Editors

New governors in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea lifted the share of central banks with women leaders to 16 percent

Economic growth

Economics Authors Confront Toughest Questions on Data, History, and Theory

August 21, 2024

The Editors

New books offer fresh perspectives on climate, China, and John Maynard Keynes

Macro-fiscal policy

Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto Are Surging and Tax Policy Can Help

August 15, 2024

Shafik Hebous, Nate Vernon-Lin

Crypto mining and data centers now account for 2 percent of global electricity use and nearly 1 percent of global emissions, and their footprint is growing.

Now Is the Time to Help Countries Faced with Liquidity Challenges

August 1, 2024

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Pablo Saavedra

With elevated debt service squeezing the space available to finance much needed investment in many countries, urgent action is needed to boost fiscal space, maintain adequate international support, and reduce debt servicing costs.

Economic growth

A Low-Growth World Is an Unequal, Unstable World

July 23, 2024

Kristalina Georgieva

Long periods of slow economic growth can cause a jump in inequality. But a balanced set of policies can stave off that outcome.

Financial sector stability

Financial Stability Implications of Emerging Market Currency Developments

July 22, 2024

Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, Jason Wu

Currencies have depreciated to varying degrees in emerging market economies as interest rate differentials with the United States narrowed

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