Despite some popular commentary, the Phillips curve continues to be an important idea in understanding the inflation rate. Jonathon Hazell (Joe Hazell) on Phillips Curves, Wage Rigidity, and How to Measure R-Star: mercatus.org/macro-musings/…

The Centre for Macroeconomics at LSE is hiring predocs! Come and work in the best city in the world with me, Liliana Varela, Ethan Ilzetzki Ricardo Reis and Ben Moll. We work on macro, international economics, finance and more! Link: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/68…

🚨 New paper 🚨 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 - with Adrien Couturier and Rustam Jamilov Public debt differs widely across eurozone countries. We ask: what are the implications for the ECB? A 🧵 1/11

A fantastic opportunity to work with an amazing and supportive group of faculty. I learned a lot of economics research skills during my one-year predoc at Centre For Macroeconomics. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

New article: The Risk of Premature Deindustrialization in روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد Newspaper. Countries face growth barriers when they shift to services too early in their development path. Read below: 🔗 English version: sites.google.com/view/vahid-ahm…

🚨 paper update 🚨 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 - with Marco Bellifemine & Rustam Jamilov Does regional heterogeneity matter for monetary policy? We provide a theoretical, empirical & quantitative investigation. Link: dropbox.com/scl/fi/injql73… 🧵 1/11

🚨JMP🚨 How do digital marketplaces reshape entrepreneurship? Using 14+ datasets, I examine the impact of food apps in the UK. Takeaway: they democratize access, benefit small, independent, and minority entrepreneurs & enrich consumer diversity 🧵👇 #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket

UK users can now set labor supply and capital gains elasticities in our web app and Python microsimulation models. Vahid Ahmadi and I will show it in action tomorrow (we'll also share the recording).

Claude Code is absolutely mind-blowing. Nikhil Woodruff Pavel Makarchuk and I just used it to review Vahid Ahmadi's recent PolicyEngine UK childcare model, read the legislation (per our metadata's URLs), and file issues to make it more complete with the GitHub CLI. Astounding.

Recently tried Claude Anthropic for programming and it's absolutely fascinating. It analyzes the entire project, can add whole new modules without crashing. Exceeded my expectations. I can’t even imagine what the future of AI will look like!