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Erasmus University: “The 25th anniversary ECB Symposium”

Taking place on January 16th in Rotterdam, this is the second part of the symposium at the Erasmus School of Economics & Rotterdam School of Management on this topic, organized by  Mary Pieterse-Bloem and Sylvester Eijffinger. The first part took place last July.

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This entry was posted on January 13, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Consumer Prices

Show differing trajectories, depending on coverage, construction.

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This entry was posted on January 11, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Weekly Measures of Growth, into the New Year

WEI accelerates, while WECI decelerates.

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This entry was posted on January 11, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Inflation in December: Instantaneous, Core, Supercore, Services supercore, Trimmed, Median

From the December release with headline and core slightly above Bloomberg consensus.

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This entry was posted on January 11, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

FX Reserve Holdings – 50 Years of Data

And 30 years of turnover data. Currently doing regressions on data on reserve bank holdings, in a project with Jeffrey Frankel and  Hiro Ito. In terms of aggregates, we have 50 years of estimates (about 25 years of actual data, and yet fewer years on (selected) individual central bank data)

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This entry was posted on January 9, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

History, According to Some

In commenting on this post comparing the post-Great Influenza and post-Covid period, Mr. Kopits asserts:

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This entry was posted on January 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Inflation Nowcasts and Expectations

NY Fed median expected y/y CPI inflation at 3%. Nowcast for core y/y at 3.9%.

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This entry was posted on January 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Is the Inflation Experience of 2021-23 Like that of Post-Great-Influenza (1918-19)?

Reader Steven Kopits, commenting on inflation now vs. Korean war post:

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This entry was posted on January 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Are We in Recession? The Sahm Rule Now & 2007

Here’s 2007-08:

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This entry was posted on January 8, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

Transitory Now vs. 71 Years ago

Follow up on this post from two and a half years ago:

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This entry was posted on January 7, 2024 by Menzie Chinn.

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James D. Hamilton is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego

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