RT @ecb: Congratulations to Alena Wabitsch, winner of this year's #YoungEconomistPrize!. Alena’s research focuses on the importance of who….

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

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:.

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:.

RT @fiscalcouncil: 1/10 The Fiscal Council's latest report looks at the prospects for the Irish economy and public finances. We point to th….

RT @dsmitheconomics: My Times piece today, in which I come to the defence of Rachel Reeves and argue that the economy is performing much as….

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.

Clare Lombardelli’s first speech as Deputy Governor @bankofengland delivered at the Bank of England watchers conference.

RT @fiscalcouncil: We will be meeting the Committee on Budgetary Oversight today to discuss the EU's new fiscal rules and the plans the Sta….

A loss for the @TheIFS and the wider debates on fiscal policy, but a gain for Oxford - always great to have excellent economists around the university. Looking forward to welcoming the wonderful @PJTheEconomist next summer.

Really excited to be going to this event on communication of maths to talk about my work with @MatthewNaylor_ on comms of complex economics.

Our Budget 2025 @fiscalcouncil flash release.

Wonderful seminar visit to @FrancescaVMonti & colleagues in Louvain and the legendary CORE. Really enjoyed all the discussions with faculty and students, comments in the seminar and the conversations over meals. But did they really have to bring me here for lunch? 😁