Jagjit S. Chadha
@jagjit_chadha
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Professor of Economics, Cambridge University | Macroeconomics | Contributory Editor Central Banking | DJ on Jazz Funk Soul Radio | Photographer
Faculty of Economics, CB3 9DD
Joined May 2018
Central banking will continue to dominate much of the agenda. If you want to understand some of the principles that underpin thinking. My book may help. @NIESRorg @CFMUK @CambUP_Econ @MMF_research @RoyalEconSoc @CamEcon @MaghicU @LSEEcon @BoE_Research @CentralBanking_ @cepr_org
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10 days to go.....excited....! 1 December at 10pm on #jfsr
https://t.co/RvHrDdNbqB Just cleaning my LPs this afternoon and checking the various feeds and leads.
Thrilled to be re-joining the @jfsrlive crew from 1 December for more musical journeys. Join me at 10 pm on Monday nights. 20 days to go! Theme for 1 December is.... "Love". https://t.co/xk2MZndWDU "People Get Ready" - Monday Night Vibes at 10pm.
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That the delays cost lives was all known at the time..... 3/3
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Delay and poor leadership over the management #Covid19 was all too clear at the time. My 2021 paper for @NIESRreview with two snippets to follow: 1/3 @covidinquiryuk @NIESRorg
https://t.co/QOzJpKxRMm
cambridge.org
COMMENTARY: WHITHER AFTER COVID-19 AND BREXIT: A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE - Volume 255
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That the delays cost lives was all known at the time..... 3/3
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Delay and poor leadership over the management #Covid19 was all too clear at the time. My 2021 paper for @NIESRreview with two snippets to follow: 1/3 @covidinquiryuk @NIESRorg
https://t.co/QOzJpKxRMm
cambridge.org
COMMENTARY: WHITHER AFTER COVID-19 AND BREXIT: A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE - Volume 255
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Commenting on the mismanagement and shenanigans around #Budget2026 has become a parlour game for all economists. 🎩 @MauricioFCA_
@CamEcon @EconObservatory
cityam.com
Briefings have suggested that Rachel Reeves has been saved by a kinder OBR fiscal forecast. Economists are doubting those claims.
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🚨This week – FESTIVAL OF ECONOMICS 2025🚨 Join us for four days of panel discussions, book talks and live podcast recordings. Check out the programme and get your tickets 👇 https://t.co/EMW6PYUYUI
economicsobservatory.com
Economists and experts from around the world debate the key economic questions of our time.
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Call for papers: Global Monetary History and Policy Lessons Lewis Lab Conference #8 To take place at the University of Manchester on May 15, 2026 Keynote by Nathan Sussman (Geneva Graduate Institute) Policy session with Jagjit S. Chadha @jagjit_chadha (Univ. of Cambridge) 👇
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Yesterday we held the first edition of the London Macro PhD Workshop! 14 great presentations and lively discussions with PhDs from around London. Thank you to everyone who came and contributed. We hope to repeat it next year!
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Double header in @ObserverUK today. 🎩 @williamnhutton and then @barneymac
@CamEcon @econromesh
@RD_Economist @CFMUK
@hmtreasury Forecast? A fiscal mess.
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Here is a new study evaluating the impact of Brexit on the U.K. economy produced by an experienced group of U.K. and US based economists. The total effect is eye-watering. The Economic Impact of Brexit | NBER
nber.org
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Good to chat the #Budget2026 implications through with @emmaftaggart from @Telegraph. Fiscal consolidation has now become the main objective of economic policy. @LiamHalligan @econromesh
https://t.co/8bnqydcTew
telegraph.co.uk
Chancellor’s Budget income tax raid U-turn fuels caution and uncertainty among investors
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Good idea or perhaps "whippets"?
@jagjit_chadha @EconObservatory @AntonMuscatelli @Sam1Fleming @ProfGraemeRoy @UK_DMO @econromesh We shall have Yorkshire flat caps!
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Nothing wrong with re-examining options. But I re-state strongly my preference for all this to and fro to have been done in private and not over such an extended period. This noise has created unnecessary volatility in markets and huge political and economic uncertainty.
Treasury put out this statement… And I think at that time gilt markets calmed a bit - 5 or 6 bps up, below 4.5% on the yen year, rather than 11-12 bps but earlier in the week it was briefly below 4.4%… after expectations of lower rates on the back of soft economic data. As I
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The government's indecision is final. @hmtreasury @OBR_UK
"Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to raise income tax rates" (FT) Good grief... 1️⃣ This latest and biggest U-turn is presumably a political decision, made by No.10 to try to save Starmer, which risks shredding any credibility with the markets... 🧵
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I outlined the questions on Scottish debt management and issuance of "kilts" in this @EconObservatory piece. @AntonMuscatelli @Sam1Fleming @ProfGraemeRoy @UK_DMO
@econromesh
https://t.co/O8IX8fS0wA
economicsobservatory.com
How public debt is managed is a critical question for any national government acting on behalf of its current and future citizens. It is of particular importance to a newly independent country making...
Scottish kilts set to enter the bond market
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Looking forward to discussing #Budget2026 with Tomasz Wieladek from @TRowePrice at the Pensions Expert Annual Conference on Budget Day. We live in interesting times, no? @CamEcon @hmtreasury @cepr_org @RoyalEconSoc
@econromesh
https://t.co/e4m2uJ8cFs
pensions-expert.com
Chadha will give his reaction to the chancellor's Budget speech, as well as casting a critical eye over the UK's economic prospects, alongside T Rowe Price's Tomasz Wieladek and former pensions...
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