The International and Monetary Economics Network covers a broad range of topics in international and monetary economics. The network comprises alums of the Universities of Bern and Basel and everyone interested in international and monetary economics.
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How strong is the U.S. economy?
Several nowcasts for U.S. GDP growth in the second quarter of 2026 point to a solid expansion. Currently, they are remarkably close to each other.
imeneconomics.substack.com/p/how-strong...
Highly relevant!
“The Triangle of Power: Rebalancing the New World Order" by Alexander Stubb.
"In The Triangle of Power, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argues that we are living through a hinge moment in history, akin to 1918, 1945, or 1989."
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U.S. inflation: How high will it go?
We will know the May CPI inflation rate on June 10. Most analysts expect the headline inflation rate to be somewhat above 4% (y/y). Our nowcast currently stands at 4.1%.
imeneconomics.substack.com/p/how-strong...
Highly relevant!
"The AI-GPR Index: Measuring Geopolitical Risk using Artificial Intelligence" by Matteo Iacoviello and Jonathan Tong.
www.matteoiacoviello.com/ai_gpr.html
Super interesting!
"Reconciling Micro Elasticities with the Macro Decline in Labor Supply" by Loukas Karabarbounis.
sites.google.com/site/loukask...
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Super interesting food for thought!
"Financial Conditions and Green R&D" by Luca Fornaro, Veronica Guerrieri, Will Hotten, and Lucrezia Reichlin.
willhotten.com/pdfs/fornaro...
Highly relevant (again)!
"Strike while the Iron is Hot: Optimal Monetary Policy under State-Dependent Pricing" by Peter Karad, Anton Nakov, Galo Nuño, Ernesto Pastén, and Dominik Thaler.
conference.nber.org/conf_papers/...
International & Monetary Economics: What Caught Our Eye
Supply shocks and monetary policy, the art of monetary policy, multinationals and knowledge diffusion, and much more…
imeneconomics.substack.com/p/imen-treas...
Highly relevant!
"Macroeconomic and Fiscal Consequences of Quantitative Easing" by Tobias Adrian, Christopher Erceg, Marcin Kolasa, Jesper Lindé, and Pawel Zabczyk.
www.nber.org/papers/w35297
Highly relevant!
"Reassessing Proxy-based Identification of Multiple Monetary Policy Shocks for the Euro Area, the US, and the UK" by Martin Bruns, Helmut Lütkepohl, and James McNeil.
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
