The heightened volatility of commodity prices in recent years, reflecting the effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, begs the longstanding question of the optimal fiscal policy response to ...

Since the Global Financial Crisis, fiscal policy in advanced economies has become more “active” – that is, increasingly unresponsive to rising debt levels. This paper explores tensions between active ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Fitch Ratings sees fiscal policy as the main risk to Japan's credit rating, its Japan sovereign analyst said on Wednesday, as calls for aggressive spending and consumption tax ...