This survey examines the economic performance of economies of the Caribbean in 2022 and the first few months of 2023 and comprises five chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of global, regional and subregional economic performance in the Caribbean. The second provides an analysis of the...

It has been nearly 2 years since the UK government reformed the system of local business rates to introduce a uniform business rate (UBR), but the debate continues over the merits of the new system. The change across regions in the revenues raised by the uniform system of business rates...

Remarks at the Center for the New Economy 2010 Economic Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

This Selected Issues paper studies the factors influencing Sweden's recent labor productivity trends. It first places Sweden within the European context, highlighting its superior performance in several areas identified by the IMF. It then documents key findings from Swedish researchers'...

Remarks at the Economic Club of New York, New York City.

Remarks at New York University's Stern School of Business, New York City.