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From advance ticket purchases to fans traveling from around the world, World Cup ticket sales generate a range of economic activity.
In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim...
As geopolitical tensions rise, countries like to flex their economic muscle. But as appealing as they might be, sanctions, tariffs, and export bans come at a price. Jeffry Frieden is a professor of...
When a country wins the FIFA World Cup, does the prize money increase GDP?
In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake and Sanjiv Mahajan explain how FIFA World Cup priz...
State-owned enterprises have long been viewed by economists as a bad idea due to proven inefficiencies and mismanagement. But is handing over key resources and industries to the private sector real...
What does household income tell us about the economy? After introducing household income in last week’s episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, this week Jim Tebrake and Jorrit Zwijnenbu...
As global powers face rising geopolitical tensions, sanctions, export controls, and tariffs are once again tools of leverage, marking the resurgence of geoeconomics, where economic policy and natio...
As global powers face rising geopolitical tensions, sanctions, export controls, and tariffs are once again tools of leverage, marking the resurgence of geoeconomics, where economic policy and natio...
How can countries balance national resilience with global cooperation in a fragmented world? Read more in F&D’s June 2026 issue: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd
Our latest Analyze This video explains how taxation is as much a science as it is an art. Beyond the calculations and analysis, it requires a delicate balancing act, one that most countries are sti...
The recent scramble for the minerals that go into our electric vehicles, solar panels, and defense systems has exposed vulnerabilities in the supply chains. Mineral markets are complex, spanning do...
What counts as household income? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake and Jorrit Zwijnenburg explore what is included in household income in the national accounts ...
When global volatility increases, so does the demand for the dollar. When countries face sanctions, they rush for gold. But while the two have been the most common reserve currencies for decades, s...
How do official statistics capture crowdfunding and P2P lending? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake and Artak Harutyunyan explore how digital platforms are trans...
If an AI chatbot subscription still costs $20 per month, has the price really stayed the same? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake speaks with Barra Casey about h...
What are you really buying when you purchase a lottery ticket? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That, Jim Tebrake speaks with Rich Wild about how lotteries are recorded in offici...
When esteemed economist and author Eswar Prasad set out to write his latest book, it was to be about the promise of some recent trends within the world's economic and power structures, but he found...
How is GDP measured when a company designs a product in one country but manufactures it in another? In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, Jim Tebrake speaks with Jennifer Ribar...
The IMF explains how the conflict in the Middle East is impacting sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth.
Après une forte croissance en 2025, l’AfSS est mise à l’épreuve. La guerre au M.-O. fait grimper les coûts des produits de base et du transport. En 2026 la croissance devrait ralentir à 4,3% et de ...
Em 2025, a África Subsariana registou o seu crescimento mais rápido da última década, mas a guerra no Médio Oriente fez subir os preços das matérias-primas e do transporte marítimo, e o crescimento...