S6 Ep19: Implementing central bank policy in China
How do China’s government-owned commercial banks respond to informal guidance from The People’s Bank of China? Their reaction to recent guidance designed to cool off mortgage lending offers a fascinat...
26 Mai 202316min
S6 Ep18: How much inflation did Covid fiscal support cause?
In 2020 finance ministers threw their fiscal policy plans into the bin and did everything they could to protect and stimulate Covid-hit economies. How much of the spike in inflation did the Covid resc...
19 Mai 202325min
S6 Ep17: American precious metals and the rise of the West
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, at least 180,000 tons of silver and around 4,000 tons of gold were extracted from the Americas and transported to Europe. How much of western Europe’s economic tra...
12 Mai 202320min
S6 Ep16: Does politics sell newspapers?
When the political debate hots up in the world’s largest democracy, is this good for newspaper circulation? Guilhem Cassan talks to Tim Phillips about how to make a causal link from Indian politics to...
5 Mai 202319min
S6 Ep15: A troublesome transition
Emerging economies need to undergo a green energy metamorphosis, which for many of them has only just started. But can they transform without creating greenflation, or reducing output? Florencia Airau...
28 Apr 202323min
S6 Ep14: How should we measure expected inflation?
There is more than one way to measure expected inflation. But which methods are most reliable, and how well did they predict the upward trend in European inflation from 2021 onwards? Ricardo Reis talk...
21 Apr 202318min
S6 Ep13: Corporate taxation and carbon emissions
How does the rate of tax that firms pay relate to their carbon emissions? If firms that pay less emit more, then taxation may be delivering a subsidy on pollution. If those that pay less emit less, th...
14 Apr 202318min
S6 Ep12: What’s missing from climate risk stress tests
Stress testing can potentially capture the impact of climate change on the health of the financial system. But Dirk Schoenmaker tells Tim Phillips that, in their current form, these exercises underest...
6 Apr 202317min
