This week on Blockchain Central: we will explore how Central Banks can take over cryptocurrecies and what consequences it may have on economics?

Is there something unique about the economy of Japan which is causing this stagnation or is it finally time to admit that endless growth in a finite world is not sustainable for any economy? And if Japan really is just ahead of the...

Concluding Remarks from Gudrun Johnsen of the University of Iceland at Finance & Society 2015<br/>

This video provides an explanation of monetary policy and its role in creating price stability in the economy. It specifically focuses on the UK's central bank, the Bank of England, and their target of a 2% annual increase in the...

Japan became the first of the modern Asian countries to experience massive sustained economic growth. Japan had a lot going for it after the end of the war, it was able to rebuild with the help of the allies and go through its own...

Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.



This episode...

Jean Pisani-Ferry is a highly influential voice in the European economic debate.



In this discussion, Pisani-Ferry discusses the challenges facing the creation of a common monetary union in the form that was eventually...

The video shows the discussion following the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011.<br/>

The Bank of England's Deputy Governor for Financial Stability discusses cryptocurrencies and the impact of political instability in Europe on the global economy.

The video discusses monetary aggregates, which are the official definitions of the money supply in an economy. The speaker explains the different categories of monetary aggregates and their degree of liquidity. The video also focuses on...

This video is a lecture presentation that explains the relationship that exists between bond yields, bond prices, and market interest rates. The lecture discusses the two main bond variables that one needs to be comfortable dealing with:...

In conversation with Institute President Rob Johnson, Sebastian Mallaby — Paul Volcker Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a new book on Alan Greenspan’s tenure as Chairman of the Federal Reserve — parses...

Solving the Collateral Crunch

Aluminum smelting. Geothermal power. Bitcoin mining. What do all of these things have in common? ... Iceland! 🇮🇸



How has the nation weathered this economic turbulence without turning into a fai

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President Volodymyr Zelensky provides an update on the Ukraine war, including the impact of companies that retain ties to the Russian economy, damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure and the human toll of the war.

Let's say you find yourself as the Head of State of some country during an impending economic crash. Your country's stock market is imploding, businesses are closing, unemployment is rising, and everyone is looking to you to provide...

Was Dropping The Gold Standard A Mistake? | Economics Explained

The 2008 Global Financial crisis was kicked off by major structural issues in the global banking system and exacerbated by record levels of household debt.



Today the world is on the brink of yet another major financial...

Modern Monetary Theory is something so simple yet so complex all at the same time, it does really involve divorcing your mind from how you personally interact with money to ultimately grasp how cash works at an economy-wide level. A...

In July of 2009, The Central Bank of Sweden lowered its overnight deposit rate to negative 0.25% – effectively charging the country's retail banks to pay it to look after its money. At the turn of the millennia, negative interest...

In July of 2009, The Central Bank of Sweden lowered its overnight deposit rate to negative 0.25% – effectively charging the country's retail banks to pay it to look after its money. At the turn of the millennia, negative interest...

This lecture gives an introduction to economic policies and their relationship with economic activity, economic performance, and economic objectives. The various macroeconomic objectives are discussed, such as inflation rate,...

Now that we have discussed fiscal and monetary policy, we are ready to talk about central banks. What are they and why do they exist? What is the Federal Reserve System and what does it do? Let's get a brief introduction to this topic.

Governments are typically concerned with curbing both unemployment and inflation, and there are two ways they approach this, fiscal policy and monetary policy. These are tools that can be used to speed or slow economic growth. What are...