economics

Interest rates and inflation

How do higher interest rates affect inflation?

The 13th interest rate increase since May 2022 has re-ignited the debate about the use of higher interest rates to fight inflation.

goldin pay gap

Pay gap ‘detective’ Claudia Goldin has won the Nobel in Economics

Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin has been awarded the top prize in economics for her investigations into the gender pay gap — the difference between how much men and women are paid.

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