New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20274 #Inflation, Expectations and #MonetaryPolicy: What Have We Learned and to What End? Olivier Coibion UT-Austin Economics, Yuriy Gorodnichenko Berkeley Economics ow.ly/OFqs50VVsY3 #CEPR_MEF #CEPR_MG #EconTwitter

Once you are able to live without wanting to impress anyone, your happiness quotient will improve dramatically.

Local Projections or VARs? A Primer for Macroeconomists. arxiv.org/abs/2503.17144

The 4th Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy in Emerging Markets will be held next year at the Banco Central de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile. Submission deadline: 15 July 2025 Learn more: econrsa.org/events/call-fo… CEPR Banco Central de Chile Asia School of Business

Do not let anyone gaslight you into thinking that raising an alarm over the FG’s recent borrowing plan is wrong. You are very right to be very worried about such borrowing size, regardless of whether it is at a go or in tranches.

She couldn’t read English at 12. Today, she’s an Oxford MBA, VC founder, and one of the Best & Brightest MBAs of 2025. Meet Thurayyah Ahmad — rewriting the African narrative with grit and vision. guardian.ng/opinion/column…

I would rarely do this, but I happen to know Derrick, and even wrote in his support for his applications. So, if you so inclined, this humble, ambitious, widely read, smart young budding African economist will work extremely hard not to disappoint. gofundme.com/f/c2j2mk-help-…

In my column in today's THISDAY LIVE, I posit that the rosy and the dim views of Tinubu's two years in office are both factual and valid; and urge the president not to get too excited about the first or be dismissive of the second. 👇 thisdaylive.com/2025/06/01/two…

Amazing paper about Local Projections and its relationship with VARs, with a focus on practical implementation. Everyone in the business of estimating impulse-responses should be aware of these issues. Main message: there is no-free lunch, but LP is generally more robust 1/3

I read *a lot* of scientific abstracts that are missing key elements. Here are the 5 things an abstract needs: 1. Introduce the topic, 2. State the unknown, 3. Outline the method used to answer the question, 4. Preview the findings, and 5. Tell us what your work teaches us.

Eid Mubarak from all of us at CSEA. Wishing you and your family blessings on this special day!

The True Economics of Migration: What Nigeria is Really Losing Nigeria celebrates dollar sents home, but forgets the professionals/talents who never returns. An opinion piece for TheCable, responding to a feature report by @Victor Ejechi medium.com/@belloabdullah…

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Just 1.5 months to go until my book Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations is out with The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social! An accessible introduction to impact evaluation & causal machine learning, with examples in #R & #Python: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552929/… Examples (for free): dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?…

Highly recommended! "How do central banks control inflation? A guide for the perplexed" by Laura Castillo-Martinez and Ricardo Reis. "The goal of this article is to provide a unified treatment of the theory of how central banks control inflation. The hope is that researchers

Grateful for the opportunity to show up and speak about Africa’s future—especially the energy sector, a space I’m deeply passionate about. Grateful, grateful always!

Very happy to see our work on #uncertainty in #euroarea published for JIMF! (Joint with the amazing Anh Nguyen) - The MacroEconomic Uncertainty (MEU 🐱) index is available at the link below. Link to paper and data: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Earlier this year, I had the honour of hosting 200 first-class graduates from the University of Lagos. Brilliant, thoughtful, curious, and full of promise. I also invited a few people I deeply admire to share insights and listen to them. But we didn’t just want it to end there.

Food for thought! "Market Whiplash After the 2025 Tariff Shock: An Event-Targeted VAR Approach" by Gabor Pinter, Frank Smets, and Semih Üslü. "On 2 April 2025, the U.S. President announced one of the largest tariff packages in history, triggering sharp financial market

We're about to create the 1st gen of scientists who can't research without AI. And honestly? I'm not sure if that's evolution or devolution! 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝘁𝗼: — Extract key findings from dense papers in seconds — Design entire