Benjamin Born
@bornecon
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Professor of Macroeconomics @UniBonn & Research Director @ifo_Institut. Views are my own.
Bonn, Deutschland
Joined November 2015
Thrilled to start as Professor of Macroeconomics at @UniBonn — back to my alma mater and many friends. Thanks to @FrankfurtSchool for 7 great years of research & teaching. Excited for the next chapter!
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20695 The impact of interest: Firms' investment sensitivity to interest rates Lea Best @ifo_Institut @LMU_Muenchen, @bornecon @UniBonn, @ManuelMenkhoff @uni_copenhagen @UCPH_Research
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#CEPR_IMF #CEPR_MEF #EconTwitter
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🔎 Key takeaways • Inflation near 2%, risks balanced with slight upside tilt • Policy stance close to neutral; QT partially offsets rate cuts • Meeting-by-meeting strategy appropriate; clearer reaction-function guidance would reduce uncertainty Report: https://t.co/m1uxC3yLIQ
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As part of the @Europarl_EN's #MonetaryDialogue, we contributed a report that summarises the euro-area outlook, evaluates the ECB’s stance, and reviews its communication strategy. @UniBonn @FrankfurtSchool 📊 #ECB #EuroArea
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🚀 Join us in Bonn! We have 2+ postdoc openings in macro at @UniBonn’s Institute for Macroeconomics. Join a vibrant group studying heterogeneity in macro. 3-year posts starting Sep 1, 2026. Questions? Ping @christianbaye13 or me. #EconJobs #EconTwitter
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This is so embarrasing for local politics in Frankfurt: "political support for the site [of the new European school] dwindled after local protests over the relocation of a popular local funfair that currently uses the area twice a year." https://t.co/NGHjCQ0dNP
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Central bank provides emergency help to oversubscribed Frankfurt European school after plan for new premises fails
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Just a few more days to register. Hurry up if you want to participate in our winter school in Berlin this December!
Level up in HANK modeling! BASEforHANK Winter School @DIW_Berlin, Dec 8–17, 2025. Week 1 online, Week 2 in Berlin. Hands on with BASEtoolbox.jl + Julia. @christianbaye13 @bornecon @RalphLuet. Apply by Sept 21—details in the tweet below. #HANK #Econ
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Germany in 2019Q4 = 100. Germany in 2025Q2 = 100.
New CEPR-EABCN Euro Area BCDC report! Our committee’s key points: GDP growth has picked up but remains modest; employment still expands; unemployment at record low 6.2%. Beneath surface, growth diverges—Spain resilient 🇪🇸, Germany stagnating 🇩🇪; Ireland adds noise to aggregate 🇮🇪
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New CEPR-EABCN Euro Area BCDC report! Our committee’s key points: GDP growth has picked up but remains modest; employment still expands; unemployment at record low 6.2%. Beneath surface, growth diverges—Spain resilient 🇪🇸, Germany stagnating 🇩🇪; Ireland adds noise to aggregate 🇮🇪
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Freue mich wahnsinnig für meinen Freund und Koautoren @bornecon ! Und für die Makrogruppe in Bonn, die sich damit ein weiteres “Schwergewicht” holt.
Thrilled to start as Professor of Macroeconomics at @UniBonn — back to my alma mater and many friends. Thanks to @FrankfurtSchool for 7 great years of research & teaching. Excited for the next chapter!
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Deutschland 🇩🇪 tritt wirtschaftlich 5 Jahre auf der Stelle & hat alle großen #Trends der letzten 4 Jahrzehnte verpasst: Chips, IT, Batterie, KI. Wir müssen weg von Sozialgeschenken & wieder hin zu Investition in Innovation & Zukunfts-Tech! Bahn & Infrastruktur reicht nicht! 🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Sign up with the masters of HANK. Should not only be instructive but also fun with these three guys. @christianbaye13 @bornecon @RalphLuet
Level up in HANK modeling! BASEforHANK Winter School @DIW_Berlin, Dec 8–17, 2025. Week 1 online, Week 2 in Berlin. Hands on with BASEtoolbox.jl + Julia. @christianbaye13 @bornecon @RalphLuet. Apply by Sept 21—details in the tweet below. #HANK #Econ
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Holger Klein von @wrint_de und ich haben ein Experiment gemacht: Wir haben eine Makrovorlesung als Podcast aufgenommen. Wer also Makrooekonomik hoffentlich etwas kurzweilig lernen will, der kann das jetzt. Die Folgen werden von Holger jetzt in recht hoher Frequenz publiziert.
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Level up in HANK modeling! BASEforHANK Winter School @DIW_Berlin, Dec 8–17, 2025. Week 1 online, Week 2 in Berlin. Hands on with BASEtoolbox.jl + Julia. @christianbaye13 @bornecon @RalphLuet. Apply by Sept 21—details in the tweet below. #HANK #Econ
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Germany is racking up big deficits while squeezing discretionary spending; the economy is flatlining while modest calls for labour/welfare/pension reform encounter giant shitstorms. Perhaps this will turn out to be the darkness before dawn, but the bear case isn't hard to grasp.
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The @IMFNews October Outlook report for Europe had this stunning graph. Every single office in the @EU_Commission should have a print-out of this figure on the wall. Every working day should be spent on it. That is the best response to US trade policy. https://t.co/4llUqhreXi
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Monetary economists, please take note.
Starting Sept 2025: CEPR & @sffed launch a monthly Virtual Seminar on Monetary Economics. Focus: central bank goals, policy design, transmission, & international dimensions. 🗓 First session: 4 Sept | 5PM CET Details 👉 https://t.co/B3WvniaNb0 Organisers: @michaelbauer_hh
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