Understand how central banks monetize government debt by trading interest-bearing securities for cash, impacting inflation ...

Discover how macroeconomics impacts GDP, inflation, and unemployment, and learn how policy decisions shape economic stability ...

The Indian rupee crossed Rs 90 to the dollar in early December 2025, marking its weakest level on record. Why did the RBI allow the currency to slide instead of stepping in to defend it, and why are ...

At 15 percent, Brazil’s monetary policy interest rate (called Selic) is one of the highest among major economies. Yet in 2024, bank credit grew by 11.5 percent and corporate bond issuance rose by 30 ...

The struggles going on here in Mozambique were pivotal in my personal political awakening in the late 1970s as a 12–13-year-old. It has been great in more recent years to have had the privilege to ...