New from the Hutchins Center Explains series (by Tyler Powell and me): What changes did the Fed make in its longer-run goals and what differences do they make? brook.gs/2DsvJYA via Brookings Econ

Why does the Federal Reserve care about inflation expectations? Tyler Powell & David Wessel answer this and more questions in their new #HutchinsCenterExplains post: brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…

New from the Hutchins Center Explains: What is potential GDP, and why is it so controversial right now? brook.gs/3sjkIg0 via The Brookings Institution Tyler Powell Louise Sheiner and me.

Now-casting the euro-area GDP is an arduous task but we learn from market participants that country-specific data and soft data are very important. In this #IFDPPaper we formalize those lessons! #FinancialMarkets #Economics: go.usa.gov/xH3jq

Since Kelsey Bean and I weren't good enough at HS sports to have a signing day, it's #collegedecisionday, and we've now both committed to Michigan State (econ PhD for me, med school for her), we couldn't resist staging a grad school decision event. So excited to be Spartans!

What are inflation expectations? Why do they matter? brook.gs/3llwQJj via The Brookings Institution Hutchins Center Explains from Tyler Powell and me

Today we launch a website with weekly updates of the euro area GDP now-casts: sites.google.com/view/euroarean… This is real-time replication of our paper federalreserve.gov/econres/ifdp/b…, together with ThiagoRTFerreira, Domenico Giannone, and Michele Modugno. +

What does the Federal Reserve mean when it talks about tapering? brook.gs/3i6NSv2 via The Brookings Institution

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