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Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
July 2021 23 July 2021 Monetary policy Outcome of the ECB’s strategy review On 7 July 2021 the Governing Council approved the ECB’s new monetary policy strategy, as documented in the monetary policy strategy statement and the longer overview note. The new strategy follows a thorough review, which was launched on 23 January 2020. The related press release is available on the ECB’s website. The Governing Council intends to periodically...
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ECB publishes indicative calendars for the Eurosystem’s regular tender operations and reserve maintenance periods in 2022
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Is dollar or any other currency a meme?
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Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters in the third quarter of 2021
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What will the bank of the 21st century look like?
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India’s CBDC: RBI working towards a phased implementation strategy and examining use cases
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua
Amol Agrawal: Mostly Economics
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Is dollar or any other currency a meme?
Never really thought about currency as a meme! AS in they have value because government says so. JP Koning in his super moneyness blog says that currencies are not memes. They drive their values from balance sheets of central banks and are subject to credit analysis. Whereas cryptocurrency analysis is just meme analysis: “Currencies are not memes that only have value because governments say they do,” writes Brendan Greeley for the Financial...
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What will the bank of the 21st century look like?
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India’s CBDC: RBI working towards a phased implementation strategy and examining use cases
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Ending shadow banking means ending modern central banking
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Prof Pranb Bardhan’s academic journey – I
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Global reflation?
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Moving from a poor economy to a rich one: The role of migrant job tasks
Atlanta Fed
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Do Higher Wages Mean Higher Standards of Living?
« Is There a Taylor Rule for All Seasons? | Main Editor's note: We have updated macroblog's location on our website, although archival posts will remain at their original location. Readers who use RSS should update their feed's URL to https://www.frbatlanta.org/rss/macroblog.aspx. ...
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Is There a Taylor Rule for All Seasons?
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Faster Wage Growth for the Lowest-Paid Workers
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Is Job Switching on the Decline?
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Private and Central Bank Digital Currencies
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New Evidence Points to Mounting Trade Policy Effects on U.S. Business Activity
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Digging into Older Americans’ Flat Participation Rate
Bank of Canada
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Sharon Kozicki appointed as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Monetary Policy Report Press Conference Opening Statement
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Bank of Canada maintains policy rate and forward guidance, adjusts quantitative easing program
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Monetary Policy Report – July 2021
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Carolyn Rogers appointed as Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada
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Business Outlook Survey—Summer 2021
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Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Second Quarter of 2021
Bank of International Settlement
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Conference messages and the G20 Presidency programme by Ignazio Visco | Green Swan Conference
Luiz Pereira da Silva draws the main messages of the Green Swan Conference and Ignazio Visco talks about the conference messages in light of the G20 Presidency programme.
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Panel S | | Green Swan Conference 2021
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Panel P | Green Swan Conference 2021
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Panel Q | Green Swan Conference 2021
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Panel R | Green Swan Conference 2021
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Special guest speech by Nicholas Stern | Green Swan Conference
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Special guest speech by Zhou Xiaochuan | Green Swan Conference
Bank Of Japan
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Speech by Deputy Governor AMAMIYA in Niigata (Japan’s Economy and Monetary Policy) (via webcast)
日本語 AMAMIYA Masayoshi Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan July 21, 2021 Full Text [PDF 535KB]
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Average Interest Rates by Type of Deposit
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Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on June 17 and 18, 2021
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(Research Paper) Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Floods on Firms’ Financial Conditions
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Each Category’s Amount Outstanding of the Interest Scheme to Promote Lending (May 2021)
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Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (July 2021, full text)
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Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (July)
David Andolfatto: Macro Mania
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The Fed Comes to MakerDAO | Speaker Series feat. Dr. David Andolfatto
Dr. David Andolfatto, the Senior Vice President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, sits down with Chris Cameron of the MakerDAO community to discuss regulatory concerns, monetary policies, large financial market's effects on one another, and more. Dr. David Andolfatto: "Bio" - https://bit.ly/3qDF3gr Twitter - @dandolfa MakerDAO Chat - Chat.Makerdao.com Forum - Forum.MakerDAO.com Chris Cameron Forum - PaperImperium Chat -...
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Labor Force Participation Gaps Between the U.S. and Canada
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On the Role and Future of Cryptocurrencies
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A Natural Rate of Interest
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Is it time for some unpleasant monetarist arithmetic?
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A Journey in Macroeconomic Thinking
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[INTERVENTION] DAVID ANDOLFATTO Trading Societies of the Western Himalayas
ECB Press Releases
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Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
July 2021 23 July 2021 Monetary policy Outcome of the ECB’s strategy review On 7 July 2021 the Governing Council approved the ECB’s new monetary policy strategy, as documented in the monetary policy strategy statement and the longer overview note. The new strategy follows a thorough review, which was launched on 23 January 2020. The related press release is available on the ECB’s website. The Governing Council intends to periodically...
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ECB publishes indicative calendars for the Eurosystem’s regular tender operations and reserve maintenance periods in 2022
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Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters in the third quarter of 2021
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Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement (with Q&A)
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Monetary policy decisions
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July 2021 euro area bank lending survey
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The ECB Podcast – A conversation about female empowerment, an inclusive recovery and cooperation
FRED
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The health of labor markets post-pandemic: The demand perspective
Successful vaccines are bringing the pandemic effectively to an end. And, as economic activity resumes, firms everywhere appear to be having serious difficulties hiring: The news is filled with middling labor market reports, alarming anecdotes, and long restaurant wait times. The FRED graph above quantifies this shift by depicting, across industries, the number of job openings at the end of each month. It’s very clear that across the board...
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Net worth gains in 2020 were the largest for the least wealthy
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Geographic variation in house price growth : Pre-pandemic vs. post-pandemic data maps
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Has the pandemic boosted labor productivity? : Output fell, hours worked fell more, so labor productivity is up
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Measuring an economy’s openness : Comparing global trade for Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
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What’s different for working women in Canada? : For Canada Day, the FRED Blog compares OECD data on women in the U.S. and Canadian workforces
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Is this the new fastest economic recovery?
FT Money Supply
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Best Cell Phone Plans 18
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Money Supply 1970-01-01 00:00:00
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Money Supply 2014-07-29 13:41:38
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ECB caught up in economists’ spat
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TLTRO: how well has the ECB targeted its loans?
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Live blog: Mario Draghi’s monthly ECB press conference
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Japan’s inflation expectations: glass half empty?
iMFdirect
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Reaching Net Zero Emissions
By Florence Jaumotte and Gregor Schwerhoff عربي, 中文, Español, 日本語, Português, Русский Climate action is gaining momentum. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries have intensified climate action and many have committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050, meaning that any additional carbon emissions will be offset completely by carbon emissions withdrawn from the atmosphere. However, the carbon budget, or maximum amount of emissions...
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Taming Market Power Could (also) Help Monetary Policy
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Seizing the Opportunity for a Pro-Growth, Post-Pandemic World
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US Economy Witnesses a Remarkable Recovery in 2021
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Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva at the Venice Climate Conference
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The Resilience of Private Balance Sheets in Europe during COVID-19
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The Exchange | Digital Money
Impact Evaluations
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Weekly links May 10: why CCTs aren’t enforced before elections, when evidence isn’t used, digitalizing data, and more…
On Let’s Talk Development, results from tax compliance trials in Kosovo show some small increases from reminders, but also highlight the challenges of implementation, with many people not receiving their assigned treatment (e.g. half the letters not making it to recipients, less than one-quarter of emails opened). The CSAE coder’s corner has Meredith Paker sharing ...
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Labor Data and Quantity/Quality Tradeoffs
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A different take on “Targeting the Ultra-Poor” programs
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Weekly links May 3: reducing survey non-response or perhaps it is ok, s-values, an award for incentives, and more…
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Gender bias and getting grants
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Capturing cost data: a first-mile problem
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Weekly links April 26: Submissions fees coming to a journal near you, recursive rankings, business mentoring, stop your workers quitting by letting them complain, and more…
JP Koning: Moneyness
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The dollar isn’t a meme
"Currencies are not memes that only have value because governments say they do," writes Brendan Greeley for the Financial Times. I agree with him. The dollar-as-meme claim is often made by cryptocurrency enthusiasts. That this idea would emanate from the cryptocurrency community makes sense, since cryptocurrency prices are a purely meme-driven phenomenon. There is no cryptocurrency for which this is more apparent than Dogecoin, a...
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Those 70s ACH payments
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There are two kinds of people who label bitcoin a ponzi
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A short and lukewarm defence of anti-money laundering standards
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Why do ransomware gangs like bitcoin? It’s the censorship resistance
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A bronze currency in ancient Europe?
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The overconsumption theory of bitcoin (and decentralization in general)
New York Fed
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Register Now: Finance & Equity: Insights from PPP (7/22/21)
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in collaboration with AARP and Reimagine Main Street, is hosting a virtual event on July 22, 2021 focused on how technology can improve small-business credit access for businesses owned by people of color. Attendees may register at nyfed.org/jul22event. The event builds on a recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which found that, although technology-enabled lenders represented a...
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Intraday Timing of General Collateral Repo Markets
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Tailoring Regulations
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Credit, Income, and Inequality
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Credit, Income, and Inequality
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Hold the Check: Overdrafts, Fee Caps, and Financial Inclusion
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Hold the Check: Overdrafts, Fee Caps, and Financial Inclusion
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RBA
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Weekly links October 23: popularizing research, partial identification, celebrating ideas-led growth, and more…
Berk Ozler Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank David McKenzie Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank Markus Goldstein Lead Economist, Africa Region and Research Group, World Bank David Evans Senior Economist Development Impact Guest Blogger Guest bloggers
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Exporting on eBay: The Impact of Lowering the Hassle Costs of Exporting
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Weekly links October 16: business plan press, Deaton, policies for a better-fed world, and more…
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What is the return on adult education? Evidence from India
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Weekly links October 9: the next step in transparency? Minimum wages in Africa, pirates, and more…
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Weekly links October 2: IV-bashing, the verdict on cash, we are hiring, opening lines, and more…
RBNZ
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua
Toitu te Ōhanga, Toitu te Oranga – We enable the prosperity and wellbeing of all New Zealanders. https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/
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Monetary Stimulus Reduced
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Monetary Policy Announcement and Financial Stability Report dates for 2022/23
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Reserve Bank confirms consultations “key to the future of how New Zealanders pay and save”
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Tide going out on Pacific banking services
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Reserve Bank committed to its kaitiaki role
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Fiscal and Monetary Policy in the wake of COVID: Panel Discussion
FT Money Supply
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Best Cell Phone Plans 18
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Money Supply 1970-01-01 00:00:00
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Money Supply 2014-07-29 13:41:38
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ECB caught up in economists’ spat
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TLTRO: how well has the ECB targeted its loans?
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Live blog: Mario Draghi’s monthly ECB press conference
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Japan’s inflation expectations: glass half empty?
David Andolfatto: Macro Mania
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The Fed Comes to MakerDAO | Speaker Series feat. Dr. David Andolfatto
Dr. David Andolfatto, the Senior Vice President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, sits down with Chris Cameron of the MakerDAO community to discuss regulatory concerns, monetary policies, large financial market's effects on one another, and more. Dr. David Andolfatto: "Bio" - https://bit.ly/3qDF3gr Twitter - @dandolfa MakerDAO Chat - Chat.Makerdao.com Forum - Forum.MakerDAO.com Chris Cameron Forum - PaperImperium Chat -...
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Labor Force Participation Gaps Between the U.S. and Canada
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On the Role and Future of Cryptocurrencies
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A Natural Rate of Interest
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Is it time for some unpleasant monetarist arithmetic?
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A Journey in Macroeconomic Thinking
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[INTERVENTION] DAVID ANDOLFATTO Trading Societies of the Western Himalayas
Atlanta Fed
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Do Higher Wages Mean Higher Standards of Living?
« Is There a Taylor Rule for All Seasons? | Main Editor's note: We have updated macroblog's location on our website, although archival posts will remain at their original location. Readers who use RSS should update their feed's URL to https://www.frbatlanta.org/rss/macroblog.aspx. ...
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Is There a Taylor Rule for All Seasons?
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Faster Wage Growth for the Lowest-Paid Workers
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Is Job Switching on the Decline?
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Private and Central Bank Digital Currencies
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New Evidence Points to Mounting Trade Policy Effects on U.S. Business Activity
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Digging into Older Americans’ Flat Participation Rate