Excited to welcome Jordi to the VSME this week. Interested in watching along, joining instructions in the link below.

🚨@cepr_org CB Comms webinar🚨 Thurs 16 Oct: 3pm UK/ 4pm CET / 10am EST Yoon Joo Jo (Texas A&M University) and Pei Kuang (University of Macau) will separately cover their work on the topic of "How politics affects central bank communication". Register: https://t.co/X3XOyFoFYj

Excited for the next @cepr_org & @sffed Virtual Seminar in Monetary Economics. @RefetGurkaynak @KlodianaIstrefi @michaelbauer_hh Ricardo Reis @R2Rsquared will present today at 4pm (UK). If not already signed up, but want to join, registration is here: https://t.co/HvfC83Aiys

🚨 @cepr_org CB Comms webinar 🚨 Thursday 18 September: 3pm UK/ 4pm CET / 10am EST Super excited that @SophiaKazinnik (Stanford) will talk about “Using LLMs in Monetary Economics Research” Register here: https://t.co/hMSi2isRdJ

The new @cepr_org and @sffed monetary webinar kicks off on Thursday. We have an amazing starting line up of speakers for the new monthly seminar with @IvanWerning leading us off. Still time to sign up at the links below.

It’s true! We’ll be hosting a monthly series of technical monetary economics papers. So even if you don’t have access to a regular monetary seminar in your own institution, this should give you a good insight into what the top researchers in the field are working on now.

Congratulations to Alena Wabitsch, winner of this year's #YoungEconomistPrize! Alena’s research focuses on the importance of who communicates policies to the public. The #ECBForum is a great way to connect with young economists. Well done to all the finalists!

🚨@cepr_org webinar 🚨 Thursday 3pm UK/ 4pm CET / 10am EST Carola Binder will talk about “Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve” Register here: https://t.co/CfTULHaeMV

Incredibly proud to have 2 of my PhD students in the final 10 of this wonderful and prestigious prize. Best of luck to both @lw_alena and @LovisaReiche !

🚨 Excited to be welcoming Ellen Meade (Duke University) to the CEPR - Centre for Economic Policy Research Webinar on Central Bank Communication on Thursday June 12th at 15.00 UK time / 16.00 CET / 10.00 EST. Interested in joining? Register here: https://t.co/6VZElBSW77

Excited to restart the CB communication webinars by speaking with Loretta Mester, ex-FOMC member and someone who has both studied CB comms and been at the policy frontier of it. It will be Thurs May 1, 15:00 UK time. Register: https://t.co/CfTULH9GXn

1/10 The Fiscal Council's latest report looks at the prospects for the Irish economy and public finances. We point to the extraordinary levels of corporation tax being collected. These create huge opportunities but also important risks.

My Times piece today, in which I come to the defence of Rachel Reeves and argue that the economy is performing much as expected, despite a difficult budget: Everyone should calm down about both chancellor and economy https://t.co/Bs071es4oj

By this stage of their career they are high-ranking politicians who are charged with selecting and implementing the policies desired by the government. I prefer to live in a world where it is these selected policies that people focus on, discuss and criticise.

I have said before that I think it is useful to have someone with economics training in the position of Chancellor. It makes them better consumers of the briefings they receive and they can challenge views on their desired policies. But...

What to say on Halifax period? I don't know in the sense that I wasn't there. But many people who train as economists go into other areas of the world and bring their economics training to usefully bear on those areas. I'm Ok that they can still think of themselves as economists.

So what does it mean to suggest that she was a junior analyst? Or didn't stand out? Having sat in meetings with Rachel over many years, she was doing the same thing I and other junior people were doing - learning from more senior people in our divisions and the whole MA area.

She absolutely was an macroeconomist - not because of her training but because of what she did day to day. We analysed international macroeconomies and I think we were in a great environment for learning. And we were learning - UG and MSc does not train you as a macroeconomist.

As background - I was also at the @bankofengland at the same time as Rachel and we worked under Governor Bailey in IEAD. We were both new to the job. We also had similar training (UG econ and then MSc from LSE).

I haven't said anything on the Chancellor's CV discussion (I was travelling and didn't pay deep attention). I spoke to @jagjit_chadha but now non-economist friends have mentioned it to me so I wanted to say publicly what I have said to them privately: This is a ridiculous attack.