Trade
Extra-euro trade growth tops intra-euro trade
Latest trade consistency exercise shows that Extra-euro dominates intra-euro growth in the last decade.
BOE paper: inflation co-movement linked to globalisation
New study into co-movement in inflation across industrialised countries links low-inflation rates to falling commodities prices
The calculus of international currency use
Hans Genberg analyses the costs and benefits of a currency being used beyond its issuer’s borders
Middle East and North Africa’s trade below potential
International Monetary Fund looks at trade constraints in the region
Joint fiscal stimulus does everyone good
Bank of Canada looks at the potential effect of the joint fiscal policy initiatives of the G20 in 2009 and 2010
New DSGE model for Estonia
Bank of Estonia makes public its new dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model for the domestic economy
Swiss govt must defend free trade – SNB’s Roth
Swiss National Bank’s Jean-Pierre Roth says weak growth, unemployment, public finance and inflation key future challenges