Category: Macro
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Price controls: to do or not to do
Recent spikes in inflation have reignited the debate on price controls: how do consumers perceive price controls and what do economists think.
On mental models and information
With information technology making learning more accessible, the issue is no longer “access” to information but instead which information resonates and how is processed by individuals.
On macroeconomic uncertainty
Two interesting new papers on macroeconomic and monetary policy uncertainty.
Understanding sovereign default events
Why do countries default only partially? Do politics matter? A new media based index to predict sovereign default.
On the possibility of an inflation disaster
A further analysis of inflation prospects for the Eurozone and the U.S.
The US labor market and inflation
Two new working papers on what the current state of the U.S. labor market implies for future inflation.
Understanding consumers’ inflation expectations
How is economic uncertainty impacting consumers’ inflation expectations? Do inflation expectations behave differently post-COVID?
Monetary-Fiscal policy mix in the US
Two new papers on the conditions under which fiscal spending is expansionary and a model with endogenous regime switch.