#Macroeconomic

Lucas Nuzzi

LucasNuzzi

What is the main driver of this Bitcoin bull run?Some speculate that Chinese miners haven't been able to sell their BTC because of a regulatory crackdown, and that has led

Brian Khisa

brian_khisa

[1] In light of the #COVID19 global pandemic, the Kenyan economy is set to experience unprecedented shock, with an estimated impact of 10% (optimist) to 25% (pessimist) on GDP growth

Lisa D. Cook

drlisadcook

I am a macroeconomist who uses lynching in economic analysis & was a student of George Akerlof, Barry Eichengreen, David Romer & Paul Romer.When I taught at Harvard, I taught

Budget Babe

znsuzara

HAHAHAHAHA! Way to mislead people about the infrastructure spending to GDP . This graph from a PIDS study shows which administration actually increased the infra spending. Hahahaha! Pre-Aquino admin infra

Andrew Batson

andrewbatson

This piece correctly identifies the major reasons why the state share of China's economy stays high: the political pressure to keep growth high, and the resulting push of resources into

Amir Sufi

profsufi

The world economy entered the COVID-19 crisis with very low interest rates and very high debt levels, which will complicate policy efforts to boost the economy. We released two @nberpubs

Skanda Amarnath ( Neoliberal Sellout )

IrvingSwisher

1/ Long overdue but some thoughts on @zachdcarter's excellent book The Price of Peace. I hope I can add to this thread over the weekend. From the jump, the role

Ben Moll

ben_moll

Want some insight into the evolution of macro but weren’t around in the 70s & 80s?Read Tom Sargent’s 1979/1987 “Macroeconomic Theory” (1st/2nd edn). h/t @GregWKaplan for recommending it!Intro and ToC:

House Budget Committee

HouseBudgetDems

For those who don’t have a doctorate in economics, here’s what we can take away from this morning’s #GDP estimate:The topline number doesn't tell the whole story — and it’s

JamesSmithRF

JamesSmithRF

New edition of @resfoundation's Macroeconomic Policy Outlook out today which focusses on the macro drivers of the labour market (with @jackhleslie)Tl;dr: risk of a larger-than-expected unemployment rise demands policy action.Short

Shahin Vallée

Shahinvallee

So building on existing comments and after digesting most of the docs. The @EU_Commission is very important for the EU budget, it is however small in comparison to the size

Bank of Uganda

BOU_Official

Thread: Monetary Policy Statement for April 2020Bank of Uganda (BoU) has in the April 2020 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting reduced the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 1 percentage point

JW Mason

JWMason1

Just to clarify some of the stakes from yesterday's debate/discussion on fiancial flows and international trade. (Thanks again, @jainfamilyinst!) Here's the position I was arguning for. I think @NathanTankus and

Dr. Abdullah Al Bahrani

DrAAlBahrani

To educators, especially economists, it might seem like a great example to use #Covid_19 to teach your content. I urge you to consider other examples. Your students will probably need

Angrynomics

angrynomics

10 Reasons why #Angrynomics is the perfect post #Covid companion. A thread.Available to pre-order: https://bit.ly/3eplelB @MkBlyth @ericlonners @agendapub @angrynomics A combination of #macroeconomic crashes and ever-increasing micro s

Skanda Amarnath ( Neoliberal Sellout )

IrvingSwisher

Does Nikki Haley not know what we're doing for businesses right now? Sounds like she's also against PPP.If your answer in recessions is "you should have saved more!" you fundamentally