The world has been experiencing dramatic demographic change since the 1950s, with almost all countries facing ageing challenges this coming century. However, the timing and speed of this demographic transition are significantly asymmetric across countries. This paper examines the impacts of...

The outbreak of coronavirus named COVID-19 has disrupted the Chinese economy and is spreading globally. The evolution of the disease and its economic impact is highly uncertain which makes it difficult for policymakers to formulate an appropriate macroeconomic policy response. In order to better...

In 2019, President Trump called on the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to depreciate the U.S. dollar, which, according to the IMF, is overvalued by between 6 and 12 percent. This paper uses an intertemporal general equilibrium model to explore what would likely happen if the...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SOME BACKGROUND ON GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE -- III. MODELING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE -- IV. HOW WILL DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AFFECT THE GLOBAL ECONOMY? -- V. SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS -- VI. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- Appendix: The...