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Digital currencies and the soul of money
What holds the monetary system together at its core? In a speech at @goetheuni, Agustín Carstens takes inspiration from Germany’s literary giant Goethe to reflect on the soul of money in the digital era. https://www.bis.org/speeches/sp220118.htm.
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(BOJ Review) Use of Alternative Data in the Bank of Japan’s Research Activities
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Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on December 16 and 17, 2021
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Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (Jan.)
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Each Category’s Amount Outstanding of the Interest Scheme to Promote Lending (November 2021)
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Reserve Bank and FMA finalise FMI regulatory framework
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Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (January 2022, full text)
Amol Agrawal: Mostly Economics
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Reports from China: Joan Robinson as Observer and Travel Writer, 1953-78
Mauro Boianovsky of Universidade de Brasilia and Gerardo Serra of London School of Economics in this paper discuss Joan Robinson’s infatuation with China: Joan Robinson’s infatuation with Mao’s China remains the most controversial episode of the Cambridge economist’s life. Drawing on the literatures on observation in science and economics, and economists’ travels, we aim at overcoming the dichotomy between Robinson as a ‘political pilgrim’...
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MARTIN Gets a Bank Account: Adding a Banking Sector to the RBA’s Macroeconometric Model
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Bank of England to release a pop-economics book to increase public understanding about the economy and the Bank’s role
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The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumer Confidence in India
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How will taper impact Indian economy this time?
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Platform-based business models and financial inclusion
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Indian Agriculture @ 75: Past achievements and future challenges
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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Business Outlook Survey―Fourth Quarter of 2021
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Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations—Fourth Quarter of 2021
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Bank of Canada/OSFI pilot helps Canadian financial sector assess climate change risks
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Building on success
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Opening statement by Tiff Macklem
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Joint Statement of the Government of Canada and the Bank of Canada on the Renewal of the Monetary Policy Framework
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Keeping our eyes on inflation
Bank of International Settlement
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Digital currencies and the soul of money
What holds the monetary system together at its core? In a speech at @goetheuni, Agustín Carstens takes inspiration from Germany’s literary giant Goethe to reflect on the soul of money in the digital era. https://www.bis.org/speeches/sp220118.htm.
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Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Informational switching costs, bank competition, and the cost of finance
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Helvetia Phase II – short version
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Project Helvetia Phase II: Overview
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Project Helvetia Phase II: Settling tokenised assets in wholesale CBDC
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The premia on state-contingent sovereign debt instruments
Bank Of Japan
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(BOJ Review) Use of Alternative Data in the Bank of Japan’s Research Activities
January 21, 2021 KAMEDA Seisaku Research and Statistics Department Full Text [PDF 768KB] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has recently launched a new page on its website titled, "Alternative Data Analysis." In light of the launch of this page, this paper outlines initiatives taken by the BOJ's research divisions (including but not limited to the Research and Statistics Department) in the field of alternative data analysis. Since the spread of...
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Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on December 16 and 17, 2021
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Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (Jan.)
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Each Category’s Amount Outstanding of the Interest Scheme to Promote Lending (November 2021)
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Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (January 2022, full text)
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Average Interest Rates by Type of Deposit
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Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (January 2022, The Bank’s View)
David Andolfatto: Macro Mania
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On the Necessity and Desirability of CBDC
Remarks prepared for P2PFISY Panel Discussion, December 1, 2021 At a conceptual level, CBDC is a compelling idea. It envisions everyone having an account with the central bank consisting of a direct claim against digital fiat currency that can be used as a safe and efficient form of payment. Since all debiting and crediting of accounts occurs on the central bank’s balance sheet, all the costs and counterparty risks associated with...
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Run-Proof Stablecoins
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EEA-ESEM Panel: Macroeconomic Consequences of the Pandemic
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Forex – #266 David Andolfatto: The Impact of Central Bank Digital Currencies on the Banking Sector
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Macroeconomic Consequences of the Pandemic with David Andolfatto, Beata Javorcik and Ricardo Reis
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The Fed Comes to MakerDAO | Speaker Series feat. Dr. David Andolfatto
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Labor Force Participation Gaps Between the U.S. and Canada
ECB Press Releases
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Isabel Schnabel: Interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung
Interview with Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Markus Zydra, Bastian Brinkmann and Meike Schreiber on 10 January 2022 14 January 2022 Ms Schnabel, inflation in the euro area now stands at 5% – a record high. When are you finally going to intervene? We view these figures with some concern, as they are higher than we initially expected. And we fully understand many people’s worries about the drop in...
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Civil Society Seminar Series: The ECB’s role in tackling climate change
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Christine Lagarde: Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC)
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20th Anniversary of the Euro – ECB Main Building Light Show
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European Central Bank expresses condolences following the death of European Parliament President David Sassoli
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Christine Lagarde: Remarks by Christine Lagarde at a virtual ceremony marking the change of office of the President of the Bundesbank
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Philip R. Lane: Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore
FRED
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The St. Louis Fed’s Financial Stress Index, version 3.0
In 2010, the St. Louis Fed introduced its St. Louis Financial Stress Index (STLFSI), which quantifies financial stress in the U.S. economy using 18 key indicators of financial market conditions—7 interest rates, 6 yield spreads, and 5 other indicators. This index, of course, can be found in FRED. The STLFSI uses principal component analysis (PCA) to calculate the “factors” most responsible for the co-movement of several variables. By relying...
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Racial inequality remains after MLK : Data on gaps in unemployment and homeownership
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Top FRED Blog posts in 2021
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Time for a new calendar
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A change in measuring active real estate listings : Comparing data methodologies in ALFRED
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On the relationship between unemployment and late credit card payments
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Christmas trade : Guano in your stocking from Christmas Island
FT Money Supply
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Best Cell Phone Plans 18
Verizon Shared Data 5 GB: Verizon’s Shared Data 5 GB plan starts at $65 and gives you 5 GB of high-speed data and unlimited data at slower speeds. You can add 1 GB of high-speed data for $15 per month. A Verizon plan gives you access to the largest network in the U.S. and reliable 4G coverage. Although 5G provides the fastest connection, note that 5G service coverage is not yet widespread.T-Mobile Magenta: The T-Mobile Magenta plan offers...
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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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World Economic Outlook Update, January 2022
Omicron variant, inflation, rising energy prices, supply disruptions – what do these mean for the global economy? Join us on Tuesday, January 25, at 9:00 AM ET as IMF's Gita Gopinath, Petya Koeva Brooks, and Malhar Nabar present an update to our projections for the global economy. IMF.org/WEO-jan22 #WEO
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Chart of the WeekGlobal Shipping Costs Are Moderating, But Pressures Remain
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Support for Africa’s Vaccine Production is Good for the World
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Crypto Prices Move More in Sync With Stocks, Posing New Risks
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Emerging Economies Must Prepare for Fed Policy Tightening
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Emerging-Market Central Bank Asset Purchases Can Be Effective but Carry Risks
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Top 10 Blogs of 2021 Show Breadth of Global Policy Challenges
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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Tether vs the New York stablecoins
Stablecoins are the world's newest payments option. But not all stablecoins are the same. There are safe stablecoins and there are sketchy stablecoins. The safest ones are the New York stablecoins: Paxos Dollar, Gemini Dollar, and Binance USD (BUSD). The New York stablecoins are issued by financial institutions supervised by the New York Department of Financial Services. Measures such as segregation, bankruptcy remoteness, and a trust company...
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A tax on proof-of-work
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Should central bankers be afraid of crypto?
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Is money a ponzi?
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Play Bitcoin: Remember, It’s Just a Game
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Tornado.cash and money laundering
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A CBDC, eh?
New York Fed
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The Fed’s Latest Tool: A Standing Repo Facility
Gara Afonso, Lorie Logan, Antoine Martin, William Riordan, and Patricia Zobel In July 2021, the Federal Open Market Committee announced a new tool for monetary policy implementation: a domestic standing repurchase agreement facility. In the last post of this series, we explain what this new tool is and how it will support the effective implementation of monetary policy in the floor system through which the Fed implements policy. What Is...
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How the Fed Adjusts the Fed Funds Rate within Its Target Range
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How the Fed’s Overnight Reverse Repo Facility Works
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How the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Policy Implementation Framework Has Evolved
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The Effect of Inequality on the Transmission of Monetary and Fiscal Policy
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The Effect of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Inequality
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A New Barometer of Global Supply Chain Pressures
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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 and FMA finalise FMI regulatory framework
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko have released their finalised framework for assessing the systemic importance of Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) following consultation with industry and stakeholders.
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Urban myth spoiling Christchurch Christmas Cash
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Three new appointments to the RBNZ Executive Leadership Team
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RBNZ Head of Supervision and Head of Financial System Policy and Analysis departing
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Updated weights for Trade-Weighted Index
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Stress tests show strengthening bank resilience
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Deputy Governor reflects on time at RBNZ
FT Money Supply
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Best Cell Phone Plans 18
Verizon Shared Data 5 GB: Verizon’s Shared Data 5 GB plan starts at $65 and gives you 5 GB of high-speed data and unlimited data at slower speeds. You can add 1 GB of high-speed data for $15 per month. A Verizon plan gives you access to the largest network in the U.S. and reliable 4G coverage. Although 5G provides the fastest connection, note that 5G service coverage is not yet widespread.T-Mobile Magenta: The T-Mobile Magenta plan offers...
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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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On the Necessity and Desirability of CBDC
Remarks prepared for P2PFISY Panel Discussion, December 1, 2021 At a conceptual level, CBDC is a compelling idea. It envisions everyone having an account with the central bank consisting of a direct claim against digital fiat currency that can be used as a safe and efficient form of payment. Since all debiting and crediting of accounts occurs on the central bank’s balance sheet, all the costs and counterparty risks associated with...
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Run-Proof Stablecoins
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EEA-ESEM Panel: Macroeconomic Consequences of the Pandemic
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Forex – #266 David Andolfatto: The Impact of Central Bank Digital Currencies on the Banking Sector
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Macroeconomic Consequences of the Pandemic with David Andolfatto, Beata Javorcik and Ricardo Reis
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The Fed Comes to MakerDAO | Speaker Series feat. Dr. David Andolfatto
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Labor Force Participation Gaps Between the U.S. and Canada
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