Monetary Policy

Should you be worried about cryptocurrencies’ instability?

The pandemic-induced economic crisis has created the perfect conditions for backtracking.

Key Takeaways from the House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees’ Cryptocurrency Hearings

The 21st century doesn’t belong to China, the United States, or Silicon Valley. It belongs to the internet.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is spinning new projects as fast as he can.

Regulatory frameworks and approaches analyzed in Part II of this Power Map series have been collected in FPA’s Cryptocurrency Database, a navigable tool developed exclusively for FP Insider.

A comprehensive picture of the forces and actors that are critical to understanding and navigating the future financial system.

The widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies could undermine governments' control over monetary policies and disrupt global finance.

Driven by perceived U.S. sanctions overreach, numerous countries now seek to circumvent the dollar-dominated financial system. Emerging technologies are paving the way.

National sovereignty is one thing. Monetary sovereignty is another.

We asked leading economists and thinkers to define the post-pandemic age.

The blockchain holds the key to sustainable development for the world’s poorest people.

The digital assets known as “nonfungible tokens” could help artists make money from their work.

Bitcoin’s already aging out, and central banks may lose in the race against whatever comes next.

The U.S. treasury secretary and the Italian prime minister have spent decades shaping this economy. But can they control what comes next?

Some Republicans are taking steps toward Europe’s model of religiously inspired social assistance.

The pandemic has discredited decades of free market orthodoxy—but not all visions of state interventionism are progressive.

The dollar’s aesthetic conservatism is a sign of how hard reform is in the United States.

The Treasury’s decision to label both Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators was unusual—and leaves the Biden administration with some tough choices to make.

Central banks have kept their economies afloat this year—but political dysfunction is pushing them past the breaking point.