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When inflation is higher, prices change more frequently – in fact, the frequency more than doubled during the recent inflation spike. More frequent changes increase the flexibility of prices, which enhances the effectiveness of monetary policy. https://t.co/Vx7B1D3cse

Kindleberger Trap: risk that a fading world power lacks the ability but ascendant power lacks the will to provide the world with vital stable int'l money. In 1931, BOE was not able, but the Fed was not willing, to serve as lender of last resort to Austria https://t.co/Fjt9XUK39l

On 9 April, Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs were partially suspended for a 90-day grace period. During this window, a flat 10 percentage point increase will nevertheless apply to all trading partners – excluding Mexico, Canada, China with specific measures. https://t.co/uXj5ux7qic

In the US, the federal government authorised roughly $6 trillion in expenditure through an array of programmes that reached state and local governments, businesses, and households. https://t.co/zr9Yh8ICzZ

From 1922-1923, over 1.2 million Greek Orthodox migrated from Anatolia to Greece. While in 1928, literacy rates & primary school completion rates were lower among refugees & settlements versus native ones, refugees caught up & eventually surpassed natives https://t.co/auVhQSCWXl

Economic sanctions have become an increasingly common instrument of foreign policy as a non-violent alternative to military. In Iran, workers in industries with greater pre-sanctions exposure to trade experienced a significant rise in informal employment https://t.co/C2Gwmaf5tq

In the US working from home has already increased full-time disability employment levels by over a quarter of a million people. Given population ageing, the longer-run impact could be far larger as more working Americans acquire disabilities as they age. https://t.co/0Cra4JeXF5

New @CEP_LSE research shows that while Covid-19 encouraged some remote work technologies, overall adoption of frontier innovations in German firms fell sharply - potentially delaying medium-term growth. https://t.co/Ed6RjooMT6 https://t.co/cjhlfNkinG

Catch my take at 14:25 on the UK-US trade deal and the EU negotiation #skynews

RIP Joseph Nye who coined the term ‘soft power’ to reflect the importance of influence in foreign policy “Soft power is the ability to get others to want what you want.” https://t.co/pwQtDr1dlU

RT @premierleague: 10 years ago, Liverpool were giving Premier League champions Chelsea a guard of honour… Today, the roles were reversed…

Research finds opinions of visibly senior female economists (professors in top economics departments) carry more weight. Credentials (signals of success) may reduce or reverse stereotyped discrimination. But this disappears when the credentials are removed https://t.co/DSG7VP7ajf

US Department of the Treasury reports in 2024 $2.43 trillion was collected in federal individual income taxes representing just under half the $4.92 trillion total tax take. Total amount of tariff revenue collected by US gov in 2024 was around $86 billion https://t.co/VmKtax9902

In recent years, banks’ credit line exposure to shadow banks or non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) has grown significantly faster than to firms. 2013-2023: bank credit lines to NBFIs tripled from $500bn to $1.5T;2023: >20% of credit committed to NBFIs https://t.co/aIb4SoP97U