Economy
Ideas and insights about the economy from MIT Sloan.
Federal spending was responsible for the 2022 spike in inflation
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Many experts and observers blamed 2022’s high inflation on the pandemic’s backlogged supply chain. New research shows that assessment is inaccurate.
Boston Fed CEO sees interest rates staying put for now
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Susan M. Collins discusses managing inflation and AI in finance.
How to engage your business in community and economic development
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An expert on stakeholder partnerships discusses the three things you need to get right.
Lending standards can be too tight for too long, research finds
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When banks tighten lending standards following a shock, they can set off a chain reaction that can worsen and prolong a credit crunch.
Post-pandemic inflation: 7 lessons for monetary policy
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A new e-book examines monetary policy responses to the 2021 – 2022 spike in inflation and identifies challenges and lessons for the future.
Which US counties are most vulnerable in the energy transition?
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A new metric — ‘employment carbon footprint’ — can better help determine the U.S. counties most vulnerable to economic disruption from decarbonization.
How Olive Garden and IHOP build relationships across income classes
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Research from MIT Sloan finds that casual chain restaurants like Applebee’s and Chili’s are the best places to meet and socialize with people from different income classes.
New book details China’s economic rise — and now, its fall
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China’s economy is stagnating. A new book from China expert Yasheng Huang mines the past to explain the country’s current economic fall.
Mario Draghi says war, inflation ‘didn’t come out of nowhere’
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Economist and former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi said he expects the war in Ukraine to send inflation higher. Tensions with China aren’t helping.
Harvard Square: A Love Story
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A new book by MIT Sloan professor Catherine Turco explores how street-level markets are a central, and centrally important, social institution in American life.