Willem Buiter

Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert expect policy-induced inflation to drive nominal losses on outstanding US Treasuries

Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert expect policy-induced inflation to drive nominal losses on outstanding US Treasuries

Willem Buiter & Ebrahim Rahbari say negative interest rate policies may be a widely scorned monetary policy tool, but they are a necessary option in the balance of fiscal alternatives

Willem Buiter & Ebrahim Rahbari say negative interest rate policies may be a widely scorned monetary policy tool, but they are a necessary option in the balance of fiscal alternatives

Willem Buiter thinks the return of declining real interest rates will force central banks into the twenty-first century by rolling out CBDCs

Willem Buiter thinks the return of declining real interest rates will force central banks into the twenty-first century by rolling out CBDCs

Willem Buiter thinks it well within monetary policymakers' power to rein in price growth, if not boost GDP growth

Willem Buiter thinks it well within monetary policymakers' power to rein in price growth, if not boost GDP growth

Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert identify unforced errors in the English central bank's latest emergency bond-market intervention

Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert identify unforced errors in the English central bank's latest emergency bond-market intervention

Willem Buiter thinks the risks associated with intrinsically worthless digital assets have grown too large to ignore

Willem Buiter thinks the risks associated with intrinsically worthless digital assets have grown too large to ignore

Willem Buiter offers an estimate of the remaining US output gap in light of the pandemic's lingering effects

Willem Buiter offers an estimate of the remaining US output gap in light of the pandemic's lingering effects

Willem Buiter refutes the notion that decentralised private cryptocurrencies could ever be a sensible investment

Willem Buiter refutes the notion that decentralised private cryptocurrencies could ever be a sensible investment

Willem Buiter explains why the American central bank must expand its balance sheet to accommodate additional fiscal stimulus

Willem Buiter explains why the American central bank must expand its balance sheet to accommodate additional fiscal stimulus

Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert explain why investors have become even more bullish despite the ongoing US electoral messiness

Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert explain why investors have become even more bullish despite the ongoing US electoral messiness

Willem Buiter warns that Modern Monetary Theory's implicit assumptions could encourage reckless policymaking

Willem Buiter warns that Modern Monetary Theory's implicit assumptions could encourage reckless policymaking

Collapsing tax revenues and ballooning fiscal deficits will be much larger than we have ever seen. The one thing monetary authorities should do is print up to 30% of GDP and give it to the fiscal authorities, say two high profile economists

Collapsing tax revenues and ballooning fiscal deficits will be much larger than we have ever seen. The one thing monetary authorities should do is print up to 30% of GDP and give it to the fiscal authorities, say two high profile economists

Willem Buiter explains why COVID-19 has made comprehensive state intervention in the economy both necessary and urgent

Willem Buiter explains why COVID-19 has made comprehensive state intervention in the economy both necessary and urgent

Willem Buiter compares the plans for monetary-financed deficit spending in the United States, Britain and Europe

Willem Buiter compares the plans for monetary-financed deficit spending in the United States, Britain and Europe

Willem Buiter rejects the idea that today's secular stagnation is an inevitable consequence of historic forces

Willem Buiter rejects the idea that today's secular stagnation is an inevitable consequence of historic forces