
Laurence Boone
Laurence Boone is Chief Economist of the OECD.
Laurence Boone is Chief Economist of the OECD.
Though the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike of 2023 is smaller than those that preceded it, policymakers have signaled that more increases are on the way, despite slowing price growth. But there is good reason to doubt the utility – and fear the consequences – of continued rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic.