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#economicsfest #EconTwitter: "What next for central banks?" with @bankofengland's Chief Economist Huw Pill and @jagjit_chadha. First Q: where is inflation coming from and what should central banks do about it? The panel
Huw: "we would have acted differently with the benefit of hindsight... but I think we got the big picture right" also talking about the need for humility, and that "big things" have happened. "The big story is about gas prices".
Huw: "We've acted decisively... that action is not over".
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‘...polling data and interviews with voters and political analysts suggest that a confluence of factors are raising Mr. Trump’s standing on the economy issue, which remains a centerpiece of his pitch for a second term...’. #economicsfest 1/2 nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/…
2/2 And Trump’s polling on the economy is influenced strongly by polarisation of the electorate: Image
This is damning on the state of the Trump American economy: ‘What we have is an economy in shambles.’ nytimes.com/2020/08/23/opi…
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Will we get the equivalent of the Federal Arts Project to employ writers and artists?
thetimes.co.uk/article/new-de…
Guardian reports on Johnson’s “Rooseveltian” speech: theguardian.com/politics/2020/… Image
Anand Menon in The Guardian: ‘The notion that he’s going to turn himself into FDR seems absolutely fanciful....FDR surrounded himself with experts, and drew on what they had to say, in a way that Boris Johnson so far has not.’ #economicsfest
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Will there be a phased end to the lockdown to avoid economic catastrophe? Sunday Times today:
thetimes.co.uk/article/minist… #economicsfest Image
More from The Sunday Times on the British economy and CV19: ‘PM’s lockdown dilemma — risk killing the economy or thousands of people?’
thetimes.co.uk/article/pms-lo… 2/ Image
They add (though these are anonymous sources): 3/ Image
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Adam Tooze: ‘This is a global crisis...has exposed stark differences between the major economic blocs, such that it is now more difficult than ever to understand how the thing we call the world economy actually fits together.’ #economicsfest 1/2 lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/…
2/2 Adam Tooze: ‘The worst is just beginning.’ Image
Adam Tooze has another good piece on the economy and the pandemic in Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/09/une… Image
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