Analytical Corner: The Coming Great Repression? New Measures and a Century of Evidence

IMF23 hours ago11:34

New quantity-based indicators measure financial repression across 17 advanced economies since 1920. Repression peaked after WWII, receded with liberalization, and has risen since the GFC, generating measurable fiscal savings. https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2026/07/31/the-coming-great-repression-new-measures-and-a-century-of-evidence-578320

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