This paper combines new data and a narrative approach to identify shocks to political
pressure on the Federal Reserve. From archival records, I build a data set of personal …

This paper investigates whether political pressure affects the conduct of monetary policy in
Brazil. For the period between January 2010 and August 2020, we estimate a modified …

The phenomenon of political populism and its financial determinants have proved elusive.
We utilise the sudden and uneven change in credit conditions during the COVID-19 …

I study the impact of political intervention in monetary policy on inflation. I examine episodes
of political pressure on central banks in emerging markets and find that market inflation …

The world's central banks have confronted crisis after crisis in recent years—both before and
since the global financial crisis. Yet many of these events seem to take central banks by …

In light of recent global economic and geopolitical shocks threatening trade openness, this
report aims to shed light on geoeconomic fragmentation and develops a rich set of new tools …

This paper analyses whether political and/or bureaucratic regime changes cause significant
shifts in the mean of Türkiye's short-term real interest rate for the period between 1985: 6 …

In many regions across the globe, populism has emerged as a prominent force shaping
political, social, and economic landscapes. The growing prominence of populist ideologies …