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Macroeconomics is the study of the entire economy. It looks at how different sectors of the economy interact, how the government affects the economy, and how different economic policies can impact the economy. Macroeconomics focuses on the big picture and can help governments create policies to increase economic growth and reduce poverty. Macroeconomists analyze data from the government, businesses, and individuals to understand how the economy is working and how it can be improved. The news, articles, and videos below provide information about macroeconomics and the current state of the economy. Learn about the different economic policies being implemented around the world and how different countries are dealing with economic issues.
THE PHILIPPINES’ industrial sector is still not operating at full capacity, Pantheon Macroeconomics said, though this has helped tame price pressures. “Underlying price pressures in the Philippine economy remain contained in more ways than one. One main aspect is the fact that heavy industry is still operating below ‘normal’ capacity,” Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief Emerging Asia […]
We analyze 6,400 letters of recommendation for more than 2,200 economics and finance Ph.D. graduates from 2018 to 2021. Letter text varies significantly by field of interest, with significantly less positive and shorter letters for Macroeconomics and Finance candidates. Letters for female and Black or Hispanic job candidates are weaker in some dimensions, while letters […]
Interesting research by Beverly Hirtle and Anna Kovner: We analyze 6,400 letters of recommendation for more than 2,200 economics and finance Ph.D. graduates from 2018 to 2021. Letter text varies significantly by field of interest, with significantly less positive and shorter letters for Macroeconomics and Finance candidates. Letters for female and Black or Hispanic job…
Reuters has hired Wall Street Journal reporter Anna Hirtenstein. She will start next month. Hirtenstein has been covering global financial markets, macroeconomics and geopolitics from the London bureau. She joined the Journal in 2019. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg in London and a clean-energy investment banker at Greentech Capital Advisors in Zurich. In the […]
The UK Investor Magazine was delighted to welcome Marc Kimsey, Director at F&O Research, back to the podcast for a deep dive into a range of US and UK equities. Download Market Navigator Pro View and Chartist Ideas We start with a look at macroeconomics and geopolitics before moving on to individual shares. We discuss […]
Tyler Cowen recent asked o1 Pro this question: What is the biggest problem with the idea of the Fed subsidizing an NGDP futures market, as economist Scott Sumner has proposed? Feel free to give an answer relying on theoretical macroeconomics, agency problems, finance theory, and the like. Here’s part of the response: One of the […]
Simon Wren-Lewis is one of many mainstream economists who staunchly defend the idea that having microfoundations for macroeconomics moves macroeconomics forward. A couple of years ago he wrote this: I think the two most important microfoundation led innovations in macro have been intertemporal consumption and rational expectations ... [T]he adoption of rational expectations was not…
'New Keynesian' macroeconomist Simon Wren-Lewis has a post on his blog discussing how evidence is treated in modern macroeconomics (emphasis added): It is hard to get academic macroeconomists trained since the 1980s to address this question, because they have been taught that these models and techniques are fatally flawed because of the Lucas critique and…