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Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

We are professors of economics at INSEAD, an international business school with campuses in France and Singapore. This blog is an opportunity to share our thoughts and research on the global economy with our students, alumni and anyone else who finds the content interesting.

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Using a hammer or a wrench to pop asset price bubbles?

Using a hammer or a wrench to pop asset price bubbles?

In a recent speech Adam Posen (recently appointed a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee) argues that monetary policy should not be used to deal with asset price bubbles. His main argument, which has been expressed before by (...)

14 Dec. 2009 | 1 comment | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

9.5% productivity growth. How unusual ?

As reported by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics yesterday, US labor productivity grew at a 9.5% in the third quarter of 2009. Fast productivity growth is normally a sign of economic strength, but in this case because it is the result of a combination of (...)

6 nov. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

How low is 1.48 (USD/EUR) ?

As we witness increasing signs of economic optimism about the recovery, the focus of the analysis turns into the exact form that the recovery will take and how to ensure that it is as fast and smooth as possible. One of the areas that has received recent (...)

14 oct. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

More on the medium-term outlook for the recovery

The magazine The Economist has an article this week on the persistence of the current recession and whether output will return to its trend. The arguments that the article present are similar to those made in the Chapter 4 of the recent World Economic (...)

5 oct. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

Output, employment and productivity during the crisis

While most advanced economies have displayed significant drops in GDP during the last years, the behavior of labor market variables (employment, unemployment, number of hours) has been quite different across countries. In countries such as the US or (...)

22 sep. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

Healthcare and global imbalances

By now we all know that the global imbalances were created by excessive consumption in the US and high savings in China (and other countries). Indeed, if we recall that the current account balance is the difference between saving and investment, we will (...)

11 sep. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

More stimulus?

The debate about the need for a new stimulus package in the US is becoming more prominent among economists (see what Krugman or De Long have to say about it) and news web sites (the WSJ or CNBC are just an example). What I find interesting is that this (...)

13 Jul. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

Ups and downs of fiscal policy

The large increase in government debt that we are witnessing across many countries have raised questions about the adjustment that will be necessary to bring those levels back to normal. As much as the projected increases in debt are large for many (...)

25 Jun. 2009 | | Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov

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