Aaronson, Daniel, French, Eric.
How are spending, income and debt affected by minimum-wage hikes? This column argues that putting money into the hands of consumers, especially low-income consumers, ultimately leads to predictable increases in spending. Evidence suggests that a $1 wage hike increases household spending by minimum-wage workers – usually in the form of collateralised debt – by around $700 per quarter.
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Masatoshi Ando and Álvaro Pina Since the global financial crisis, the size of central bank balance sheets has varied widely, both over time and across
NICHOLAS MULDER Governments are taking over private enterprises and resources at the fastest pace in 50 years. Based on the past century’s multiple waves of
Bernhard Bartels, Barry Eichengreen, Julian Schumacher, Beatrice Weder di Mauro The fiscal dominance view holds that politically captured central banks are more likely to be
