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Economic growth

Asia Can Boost Economic Resilience Amid Surging Trade Tensions

April 24, 2025

Thomas Helbling, Andrea Pescatori, Krishna Srinivasan

Stronger regional economic ties can help build resilience during a time of growing policy uncertainty

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

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

Economic growth

Southeast Asia’s Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms

March 25, 2025

Anne-Charlotte Paret Onorato

Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.

Economic growth

How Sound Economic Policy Can Help Prevent Conflict

March 13, 2025

Franck Bousquet, Paul M. Bisca, Christopher Rauh, Benjamin Seimon

Simulations that incorporate machine learning-based predictions of conflict suggest large payoffs from preventive policies, including efforts to promote macroeconomic stability and growth

people crossing in San Francisco

Economic growth

As One Cycle Ends, Another Begins Amid Growing Divergence

January 17, 2025

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

Growth divergences persist and could widen, while policy shifts may reignite inflation pressures in some countries

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