Let alone those who built careers on being PowerBI or Tableau experts

Iceland to hold Aug. 29 referendum on reviving EU membership talks Icelanders will have the chance to decide their future once and for all, the prime minister said.

Iceland will hold a referendum on Aug. 29 to decide whether to relaunch its stalled talks to join the EU, its government said today.

The eerie feeling that so many white collar jobs of today are the yellow pages of tomorrow

It’s 1926 in America. But not the American 1926, the European one.

I agree, but we all need access to American IT, LLMs and stock market, so European's leverage is somewhat constrained at the moment.

Facts right there

If you listen very carefully, you can hear Charles de Gaulle screaming I BLOODY TOLD YOU SO from some rural French cemetery.

Trump to hit Europe with 10% tariffs until Greenland deal is agreed US president said levies against eight nations would rise to 25% unless they support his acquisition of the island

It appears appeasement and lack of response in kind is working incredibly well. www.ft.com/content/6055...

Fergal McCann and I wrote something on price forecasts of RE professionals and the transmission of macropru to house prices.

Our work was mentioned in this year's Cantillon Lecture delivered by Deputy Governor Vasileios Madouros.

You can find our piece here: www.centralbank.ie/publication/...

It appears appeasement and lack of response in kind is working incredibly well.

"hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality"

Economists warn of flaws in US inflation report Concerns that November figures showing fall to 2.7% distorted by missing data after shutdown

Unbelievable www.ft.com/content/bee8...

Live updates: At least 2 killed and several hurt in shooting at Brown University, AP sources say At least two people were killed Saturday in the area of Brown University, police said. The school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter.

Live Updates: Two people were killed and eight others injured in the engineering building at Brown University, mayor says.

Zelenskiy greeted by Taoiseach at Dublin Airport on first official visit to Ireland Agenda set to include visit to President Catherine Connolly and expected address to joint sitting of Dáil and Seanad

Zelenskiy greeted by Taoiseach at Dublin Airport on first official visit to Ireland

The Guns of August

Nobel economics prize recognizes creative destruction in innovation, growth The Nobel Prize was awarded to economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, who study the effects of creative destruction and innovation on growth.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for having explained innovation-driven economic growth.

Perfect www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Laura Moretti and I wrote something on the macroeconomic effects of borrower-based macroprudential policy across Europe.

Our work was mentioned in this year's Cantillon Lecture delivered by Deputy Governor Vasileios Madouros.

You can find our piece here: www.centralbank.ie/research-exc...

I think they know very well, and thus are gonna be particularly difficult to unseat

The @centralbankireland.bsky.social is hosting the 2025 Conference on Macro-finance and Financial Stability Policies on 1-2 December, organised in partnership with @ucddublin.bsky.social and @cepr.org.

Programme: www.centralbank.ie/events/event...

3️⃣ the design of macroprudential policies and their interaction with monetary policy
4️⃣ the financial-sector impact of tokenised digital assets

Each accepted paper will be assigned a discussant. For submission details cepr.org/events/centr...

Empirical and theoretical contributions are especially welcome on:
1️⃣ the financial-stability implications of geopolitical fragmentation, climate change, digital innovation, and high public-sector debt
2️⃣ the role of non-bank financial intermediaries

🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨

The @centralbankireland.bsky.social , @ucddublin.bsky.social and @cepr.org are hosting the 2025 Conference on Macro-Finance and Financial Stability Policies

📅 Dates: 1-2 December 2025
📍 Location: Dublin, Ireland
📝 Deadline: 1 July 2025
🎤 Keynote speaker: José-Luis Peydró

Applications close today!

The Social Returns to Public R&D Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Smart move by the European Union, also in light of this very recent paper from @fieldhouse.bsky.social and Karel Mertens www.nber.org/papers/w33780

Increased ERC funding for top global researchers moving to Europe now confirmed The European Research Council (ERC) decision to increase its support for leading researchers moving to Europe has today been formally adopted. On top of its standard grants, the ERC offers additional ...

On top of its standard grants, the ERC now offers additional startup funding to help new grantees establish their laboratories or research team in Europe. This funding is now being doubled from up to €1 million to up to €2 million erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Trump vs. the Dollar Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 05/02/2025 · 1h 3m

Excellent interview of Kenneth Rogoff on the Ezra Klein show podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Europe Unveils $565 Million Plan to Attract Scientists From U.S. as Trump Defunds Basic Research "Europe will always choose science," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Europe Unveils $565 Million Plan to Attract Scientists From U.S. as Trump Defunds Basic Research

"Europe will always choose science," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

gizmodo.com/europe-unvei...

Doing science in Europe looks like an increasingly attractive proposition.