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Megan Greene

Megan Greene writes commentary on economics for the Financial Times. She is a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School. She is also the Dame Deanne Senior Fellow in International Economics at Chatham House
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  • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Europe’s long-term security will rest on the reconstruction of Ukraine

    Donors face a massive co-ordination problem in rebuilding the country and must start addressing it now

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Global Economy
    The deflating of the great cash cushion

    Like Godot, the US recession has been long heralded but failed to materialise. It will, sooner or later

  • Saturday, 12 November, 2022
    On Wall StreetUS budget
    What the midterms mean for investors

    US equities tend to outperform in the six months after polls against the preceding half-year

  • Monday, 31 October, 2022
    US inflation
    There’s one inflation gauge that bucks the trend

    The New York Fed’s often overlooked UIG believes US inflation is past its peak

  • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
    Capital markets
    UK market turmoil is a harbinger of global events to come

    Price moves in the next year will be as swift and dramatic as they have been in Britain

  • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
    Chinese economy
    Ignoring China’s disastrous ‘three Ds’ could be a global risk

    Disease, drought and debt will have worldwide consequences

  • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
    Climate change
    Europe must use all its financial firepower to fund the green transition

    Deploying EU funds for climate objectives does not appear to have been a priority — that has to change

  • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
    Emerging market investing
    Trouble is coming for emerging markets beyond Sri Lanka

    There’s a long list of highly indebted countries that look vulnerable when choosing between paying creditors or food and fuel

  • Monday, 18 July, 2022
    US inflation
    Democrats lack the tools they need to fight inflation

    Joe Biden has few tools at his disposal to cut prices in time to help his party in the US midterm elections

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    European Central Bank
    Crisis looms if the ECB’s new tool comes up short

    The spread between Italian and German government bonds has inspired the creation of an ‘anti-fragmentation’ procedure

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Food security
    Food insecurity is a bigger problem than energy

    Targeted cash and expertise are needed in the worst-hit areas, rather than sending food stocks

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    US Dollar
    King Dollar is in no danger of losing its world financial crown

    Neither the renminbi nor cryptocurrencies pose a serious threat to the greenback’s supremacy

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Eurozone economy
    The EU must decide how to fund its Ukraine crisis response

    Brussels can emerge more unified and resilient if it finds a way to pay for humanitarian relief, strengthened defences and the energy transition

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    European Central Bank
    The ECB must move slowly on interest rates

    Premature withdrawal of monetary accommodation could kill the recovery

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    US employment
    Why US workers will return to the labour market

    The Fed should take care how much and how quickly it raises interest rates in the post-Covid economy

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    US inflation
    Betting on transitory US inflation is still valid

    Fiscal drag, shrinking savings and weak foreign demand are likely to ease an overheated economy

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    US foreign policy
    The limits of US sanctions in dealing with Russia are becoming clear

    Biden’s threat to impose more economic consequences on Vladimir Putin’s actions look increasingly desperate

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Global inflation
    Central banks do not have the luxury of time in tackling inflation

    New variants are a reminder that the US Fed and others are setting policy for an uncertain world

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    Globalisation
    Don’t believe the deglobalisation narrative

    Data show trade balances are not shrinking and foreign investment continues to pour into China

  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    Climate change
    Leaders must be more upfront about the costs of saving the planet

    The economics of the green transition risk generating a backlash if not handled correctly

  • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
    Global Economy
    Productivity growth is almost everything in the post-Covid recovery

    Being more productive will help keep prices stable even in the face of higher wages

  • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
    Cryptocurrencies
    Central banks need to go slow on digital currencies

    New technologies will transform global banking but rushing risks great harm to the system

  • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
    US economic recovery
    Boosting brain health is key to a thriving economy

    The jobs of the future will value different skills than those of the past

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    EU economy
    Recovery fund will test the appetite of Europe’s governments for reform

    The record of EU structural funds shows that some countries do not even spend all the available money

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Chinese business & finance
    The G7 is right to worry about Chinese credit terms

    Opaque agreements raise fears that Beijing could exploit debtor nations

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