Central Bank Watch

by Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com

Posts about central banks' communication and actions; research on central banks. Extended to discussion on inflation.

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International and Monetary Economics Network @intmon.bsky.social · about 8 hours ago
Food for thought! Most participants in our recent polls expect the Fed to keep interest rates unchanged in October. The share has increased slightly compared with September. imeneconomics.substack.co….
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Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · about 9 hours ago
Agora vs mBridge: Why the battle for wholesale CBDC platforms will shape the new international monetary order
Disrupting global money? The geopolitics of cross-border payment systems based on CBDCs

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Disrupting global money? The geopolitics of cross-border payment systems based on CBDCs

This article examines recent initiatives to redesign cross-border payments through wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs), focusing on two flagship projects developed under the auspices...
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis @stlouisfed.bsky.social · about 9 hours ago
Which state in the Fed's Eighth District saw the biggest increase in apprenticeships after the Great Recession? After the COVID-19 recession? bit.ly/4i0b1hK #EconSky
A stacked bar chart shows the percent change in active apprenticeships during two economic expansions, for the U.S. and for states that are part of the Fed's Eighth District. Dark blue bars represent 2009-19 data, and light blue bars represent 2021-25 data. Kentucky shows the highest overall change, while the U.S. average is included for comparison.
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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · about 10 hours ago
at its simplest level, the private equity model was borrowing money at historically low interest rates to buy firms, borrowing more to give themselves extraordinary dividends, and then selling the firm to someone else borrowing at historically low rates. now rates are up and... h/t ritholtz.com
a chart showing how far share prices have fallen for the biggest private equity firms
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · about 11 hours ago
Since 2000, hospital prices have risen 295% — triple the rate of overall inflation.
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Phil Smith @philsmith26.bsky.social · about 12 hours ago
Taking a look at short-term economic growth indicators, real GDP and employment have been steaming upward but recent data on wholesale sales, exports, imports and residential construction have been less favourable. Inflation seems under control, except for energy prices. #cdnecon
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · about 13 hours ago
“Compared to what,” as with all the others things (US bond yields, US inflation, declining trust in universities), is the essential question

“Moral panic” is the right term here, because those raising the alarm make no effort to ask: -how frequently is this happening? -is it more frequent now than in the past? -what do the children of these parents say? -what, exactly, constitutes “cutting off”? -how often are parents disowning children?
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