Join us tomorrow (Tu Nov 2 12:30 PM EST) for our #IEO Seminar "How Can International Financial Institutions Make the World Economy More Resilient?" Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton Economics Peterson Institute), F.Natalucci (IMF), Gernot Wagner (Bloomberg Green), N.Batini (IEO) imf.webex.com/webappng/sites…

Join us now (12:30 PM EST) for our IMF IEO Seminar w/ Markus K. Brunnermeier (Princeton Economics Peterson Institute) "How Can International Financial Institutions Make the World Economy More Resilient?" w/ comments by IMF MCM Dep Dir Natalucci & Gernot Wagner (Bloomberg Green) imf.webex.com/webappng/sites…

Remarquable synthèse des enjeux économiques et politiques du rôle croissant des banques centrales dans la politique économique. Et cette belle citation d’Adam Smith : oui, les banques centrales sont de « grandes machines de gouvernement » …et doivent être discutées comme telles.

Join us today (Tu Nov 30 12:00 PM EST) for our #IEO Seminar with @PaulKrugman (New York Times Opinion The City University of New York) to discuss "Inflation Take-Off: Transitory or Troubling?" also w/ L. Ball (Johns Hopkins University) and @IMFnews S. Bhalla, S. Das, Prakash Loungani Click here imf.webex.com/imf/j.php?MTID…

Hello World, Our brand new website is now publicly available at macrohistory.net Explore historical economic data for 18 countries since 1870, keep up with our latest publications and get to know the team and research topics we work in 📈⚖️💵 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn #EconTwitter

Join us now (Tu Dec 7 12:00 PM EST) for our #IEO IMF Seminar with Adam Tooze (Columbia University Foreign Policy Ones and Tooze) to discuss how unprepared the world against #COVID19 and whether we're now better fit to face future crises imf.webex.com/imf/j.php?MTID…

Really delighted that Jeromin Zettelmeyer will succeed me in September as Bruegel director. Jeromin is an outstanding economist, an experienced policy maker and a long-standing friend of Bruegel. I am sure he will successfully lead Bruegel in the next phase.

We are hiring for a research group that I'm leading wiiw: - research on a big upcoming project on European fiscal policy and macro - perspective for permanent employment in the research group -pre-doc/post-doc -Deadline: February 10, 2022 Pls RT! wiiw.ac.at/files/press/wi…

/1.Big day in EU economic policy: the @eu_commission just published its proposal for a reform of the EU fiscal rules. Here is what it says and what it means (see: economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2…)

The IMF and the World Bank actually did a good job of maintaining the net flow of funds to poorer countries during the pandemic -- there wasn't a financial crunch in 2020 or 2021 as a result.

But since crisis stress tests have proven...not all that stressful. Here are scenarios look last few years. All ~identical, Great Recession style downturn. Interest rate risk never stressed. Banks have been taught to the test, and they know how to ace it (and hide problems)

Excellent read stepping back and trying to make sense of the current economic situation.

🆕paper: as Brussels and Berlin battle over #fiscalrules, there is a risk that the #EU repeats past mistakes. Together with Jasper H. van Dijk and Vinzenz Ziesemer we propose stronger and more politically savvy enforcement mechanisms to solve the trade-offs. cer.eu/publications/a…

Independent fiscal watchdogs such as the UK's Office for Budget Responsibility can play a role in evaluating policy and providing technical analysis, even if they cannot be enforcers. Their quality varies widely across Europe. The EU should provide a funding base to help them across the continent.

It would be a shame (and look terrible for Europe) if the European commission proposal on fiscal rules died because of lack of consensus. In shorturl.at/dmszV Jeromin Zettelmeyer and I try to find a common ground between the German "non paper" and the original proposal.

The 2023 Handbook of IMF Facilities for Low-Income Countries is out, with everything you need to know about Fund programs in LICs (incl. on lending and debt restructuring). Happy to have made a small contribution to a humongous effort by many people. imf.org/en/Publication…

📢The Africa Debt Database with David Mihalyi is finally out! A new, free ressource for all. We cover 7000 external sovereign loans and bonds by African governments, 2000-2020. A key insight: Chinese & private debts charge higher interest 👇 Full access: ifw-kiel.de/africadebt

One of the most striking charts from our paper imo is this one: The vast majority of Economics PhDs at top-ranked programs have a parent with a *graduate* degree - particularly among the American students. That is, we are drawing from an extremely narrow socioeconomic pool.

The English version of my report to the French PM (joint with ⁦Selma Mahfouz⁩) on the economic implications of the transition to Net Zero is now available on ⁦@Strategie_Gouv⁩. We look forward to important debates! strategie.gouv.fr/english-articl…

We analysed thousands of essays written by children in 1969 to study what determines how strongly girls conform with gender norms, and what the consequences are for later-life outcomes. Find out more below! Written jointly with the amazing Cormac O'Dea, Sree Ayyar & Eric French.