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Artificial intelligence

AI Needs More Abundant Power Supplies to Keep Driving Economic Growth

May 13, 2025

Christian Bogmans, Patricia Gomez-Gonzalez, Giovanni Melina, Sneha Thube

The power-hungry technology requires policies to help expand electricity supplies, incentivize alternative sources, and help contain price surges

Fiscal policy and management

Rising Global Debt Requires Countries to Put their Fiscal House in Order

April 23, 2025

Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro

Amid heightened uncertainty, policymakers will need to deal with complex trade-offs between debt, slower growth, and new spending pressures

Financial sector stability

Enhancing Financial Stability for Resilience During Uncertain Times

April 22, 2025

Tobias Adrian

Risks have risen as financial conditions tightened, with key vulnerabilities ahead

Economic growth

The Global Economy Enters a New Era

April 22, 2025

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Amid trade tensions and high policy uncertainty, the path forward will be determined by how challenges are confronted and opportunities embraced

Fiscal policy and management

How to Build Public Support for Energy Subsidy and Pension Reforms

April 16, 2025

Era Dabla-Norris, Davide Furceri, Mauricio Soto

Public approval is crucial for carrying out difficult reforms that can help countries lower debt and increase growth

Economic growth

Migration and Refugee Policies Steer People, and Economies, in New Directions

April 15, 2025

Paula Beltran Saavedra, Nicolas Fernandez-Arias, Samuel Mann, Carolina Osorio-Buitron

When destination countries tighten migration and refugee policies, it has economic ripple effects elsewhere

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