5 Financial New Year’s Resolutions
Every year, you probably make a list of New Year’s Resolutions. From small tweaks to…
How to Combat Inflation as an Individual
Inflation—a rise in prices that reduces consumers’ purchasing power—is at its highest rate in decades…
What to Know About Consigning a Car Loan
†We offer personal loans from $1,000 to $25,000, with minimum and maximum amounts dependent on…
The role of family networks in first credit access
Results and mechanisms Importantly, our results are driven exclusively by the group of banks that…
Is Central Bank Digital Currency the right tool to expand financial inclusion?
Despite improvement over the last decade, financial inclusion in the Middle East and North Africa…
How green financial sector reform can help drive decarbonization
Green Financial Sector Interventions (GFSIs) are financial policies, regulations, and instruments that governments can use…
Sterilized asset purchase program, a new policy tool to combat sudden stops
Source: IMF 2020. Note: The vertical axis indicates asset purchases as a percentage of 2020…
How ETFs make local markets less local
Examining this link more closely, we find that where ETFs hold a larger share of…
Expiring Money (Part II)
In Part I of this post, we discussed “expiring” digital cash as a possible type…
Commission makes additional proposals to fight high energy prices and ensure security of supply
The Commission is proposing today a new emergency regulation to address high gas prices in the…