macroeconomics

Commentary / Japan Aug 21, 2020

Macroeconomic challenges amid the COVID-19 crisis

by Heizo Takenaka

The government faces a difficult road ahead in guiding the economy through all the twists and turns of the pandemic.

Commentary / World Nov 3, 2019

The politics of frustration in Latin America

by Jeremy Adelman and Pablo Pryluka

Can the region's democracies survive the escalating protests that dashed economic expectations are fueling?

Editorials Oct 17, 2019

The U.S. and China declare a trade war truce

Japan is pleased to see the U.S. and China reach an agreement as the trade war is one of the biggest sources of global economic uncertainty.

Commentary / World Oct 6, 2019

China won't be able to save the world economy this time

by Daniel Moss

Beijing played a pivotal role in reviving global growth after recessions in 2001 and 2008, but things are very different now.

Editorials Jul 12, 2019

Central banks under attack

The world needs strong and capable economic management.

Editorials Apr 11, 2019

'A delicate moment' for the global economy

The biggest cloud hanging over the international economy is the prospect of a trade war between the United States and China, and a concomitant erosion of the commitment to free and open trade.

Commentary / World Apr 11, 2019

We're not even close to the next great recession

by Daniel Moss

The IMF's latest numbers show a worrisome trajectory, but they aren't terrible.

Commentary / World Mar 29, 2019

The consequences of global uncertainty

by Michael Spence

A broad economic slowdown should come as no surprise.

Commentary / Japan Dec 27, 2018

2019: Reasons to be bullish or bearish

It was in September 2008 that the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered an economic shock leading to a global recession. Since then, most countries have gradually recovered, and in recent years what came to be called a Great Moderation permeated the world's economies. That market ...

Commentary / World Nov 2, 2018

The new tyranny of the dollar

by Mark Leonard

Under U.S. President Donald Trump, however, a sophisticated set of tools known as secondary sanctions has become a bludgeon with which to threaten allies.