Tariffs can be inflationary if they reduce real economic output, but the size of the effect matters. Read more here.

China's economy is expected to have slowed down in the second quarter from a solid start to the year as trade tensions with ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

With global competition, big businesses are often under pressure to reduce costs. Free trade deals have often failed to ...

Current technological developments in a number of industries, such as the rise of artificial intelligence and innovations ...

This paper raises basic questions about the process of economic growth. It questions the assumption, nearly universal since Solow's seminal contributions of the 1950s, that economic growth is a ...

Survey since 2018. It offers a data-driven understanding of the economic risks people face across OECD countries and how they would like public social protection to address their concerns ( Our latest ...

U.S. job growth was unexpectedly solid in June, but nearly half of the increase in nonfarm payrolls came from the government ...

Labor market, consumer spending, and revised GDP data show the economy is facing serious headwinds.

Economics is famous for being the dismal science. Sadly, recent work highlighting the slowdown in productivity growth stretching back to the 1950s is no exception. But I take a more cheerful view ...

Standard Chartered report: Credit growth tied to economic activity, not liquidity surplus; unsecured personal loans rise during high liquidity periods.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Friday. Despite concerns over tariffs and conflict in the Middle East, markets showed growth. Investors reacted positively to reduced tariffs and ...