Calamidades climáticas: aprender custa menos do que reconstruir por Jaime Quesado, José Roberto Afonso e Juliana Damasceno publicado por DNBrasil (2/2026). “A calamidade que hoje se vive aqui em Portugal reflete mais do que um episódio meteorológico adverso e…
The Perils of Narrowing Fiscal Spaces by Hanno Kase, Leonardo Melosi, Sebastian Rast, Matthias Rottner published by BIS (2/2026). When public debt is elevated, the fiscal cost of fighting inflation rises sharply, as interest rate hikes increase government interest…
Public finance in the age of AI: A primer by Anton Korinek and Lee M. Lockwood published by Brookings (1/2026). Transformative artificial intelligence (TAI)—machines capable of performing virtually all economi cally valuable work—may gradually erode the two main tax…
Could a BRICS Currency Work? by Jim O’Neill published by Project Syndicate (2/2026). Economists have long dismissed the idea that a BRICS common currency could challenge the US dollar’s role in the global economy, and for good reason. But…
Why inflation may respond faster to big shocks: The rise of state-dependent pricing by Philip Bunn, Nicholas Bloom, Craig Menzies, Paul Mizen, Gregory Thwaites, Ivan Yotzov published by (2/2026). “Macroeconomic models distinguish time-dependent pricing, where firms change prices at fixed…
Expansão industrial no Mundo e desaceleração no Brasil publicado por IEDI (1/2026). “Os últimos dados divulgados pela UNIDO, divulgados na virada do ano, apontam para um novo crescimento da indústria manufatureira mundial no 3º trim/25, a despeito das crescentes…
From AI investment to GDP growth: An ecosystem view by Luisa Carpinelli, Filippo Natoli, Marco Taboga published by VOXEU (2/2026). Forecasts on the economic impacts of artificial intelligence diverge sharply. This column assesses how the current AI wave is contributing…
Banking on Nonbanks by Bruno Albuquerque, Eugenio Cerutti, Melih Firat, and Benedikt Kagerer published by IMF (2/2026). We study how banking groups adjust corporate credit supply in response to tighter macroprudential policies. Using granular data on syndicated corporate loans,…
Brasil X Europa: uma agenda de futuro e integração por Jaime Quesado e José Roberto Afonso publicado por Poder 360 (2/2026). “Acordo de livre comércio será mais benéfico se forem criadas as condições de estímulo a produtividade, qualidade, sustentabilidade…
LRF has been “successful” but it “remains incomplete,” José Roberto Afonso says published by Valor Internacional (5/2025). “A quarter-century later, the legislation still lacks rules to cap public debt and the creation of a Fiscal Management Council, the economist…
