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“Covid Impact and Macroeconomic Policy in Asia”
That’s the title of a presentation at the ASSA meetings (YouTube video of the presentation is here) in the ACAES panel “Covid and Recovery in Asia” (see below). Calla Wiemer presented, and I discussed. [Updated 1/19, links to slides added]
Employer Power in Labor Markets, Measured
In recent exchange [1], some exhibited skepticism that monopsony power exists in labor markets. A recent article documents evidence that manufacturers exhibit such power. From Yeh (2022):
Global Economic Prospects – January 2022
From the World Bank report:
Correlations
Suppose the historical correlations between the 7 day moving average of covid deaths and hospitalizations and ICU beds holds. What does that imply for future trends in covid related deaths?
Taking the Value of a Statistical Life Calculation Seriously
It’s often said that economists know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Well, here goes anyway.
US Exports in the Wake of the Trade War
Compiling graphs for a trade course, and lo what did I see:
More on the “omicron dud”
Following up on “omicron is a dud” – From CDC, forecasted deaths of 10 January 2022:
“omicron is a dud”
That’s one assessment of the impact on markets. Certainly in terms of public health impacts, that’s not true.
US Inflation and Chinese Imports
One reason why inflation exceeded my estimates from earlier this year is the price of imports. Since 2020M02, goods import prices from China have risen 5.3%, after declining 5.8% over the preceding six years. The dollar depreciated by 9.4% over the same period, implying a exchange rate pass-through coefficient of 0.56.