My FT op-ed 'Wiping out bad data will not solve China’s economic woes' Given the biggest economic problem is lack of confidence in government, pretending everything is fine will only backfire tinyurl.com/mr2njfjt

The crypto industry’s crisis of trust largely stems from consumer-facing platforms like FTX grafting old ways of doing business onto a technology designed to do away with them, argue Ari Juels and Eswar Prasad. bit.ly/47ftSib

My FT op-ed on India's economy. Some things to celebrate and a few things to worry about. tinyurl.com/5darxm8a

The inflation data from PCE--which is what the Fed focuses on--were much better for August than the CPI data.

We now have three unambiguously good months in a row for core PCE.

Annual rates:
1 month: 1.8%
3 months: 2.2%
6 months: 3.0%
12 months: 3.9%

My NYT op-ed on what ails China's economy (hint: it's not just the property market, high debt, weak external demand...rather, concerns about both direction of policies and policymaking process hurting hhold, business confidence...stimulus alone won't help) tinyurl.com/2t3twfyb

My op-ed in Barron's on why China is slipping into deflation and what the government needs to do (soon) to prevent a worsening spiral of stalling growth, declining confidence, and deflation (hint: it will take a lot more than just macro stimulus) tinyurl.com/3zntpwuj

My discussion with Taimur Baig covering China, the dollar, cryptos, CBDCs, the Future of Money! On Taimur's excellent Kopi time podcast tinyurl.com/225zzj6k

My CNBC interview on the state of China's economy tinyurl.com/ym27ny7p

My FT op-ed on the subtle risks of retail CBDCs...to the integrity of central banks, central bank money...if CBDC loaded with cool features that digital money enables tinyurl.com/2s5n3spx (paywall)

Is the global economy heading for crisis in 2023? Read predictions from Anat Admati (@StanfordGSB), Jim O’Neill, and Eswar Prasad (@Cornell), exclusively in this week’s Big Question. bit.ly/3Wh2WcJ

My interview on Yahoo Finance about how the FTX implosion is a classic case of fraud and greed, with a healthy dose of incompetence added and all of this enabled by a blind faith in technology
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My Financial Times op-ed on why Chinese govt's reversal of zero-COVID policy, even if we get past the disruption that the abrupt reversal itself is causing, will not be enough to set economy on path to decent growth FT Opinion tinyurl.com/4p3835sr

Interview | Speaking to The Hindu, Eswar Prasad, author of “The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance”, elaborates on how Western central banks lost control over inflation and the economic costs of inflation.
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Happening tomorrow (Tue, Nov. 1). I will be speaking at @CNBCevents @CNBCYourMoney at 12:40 pm ET tomorrow. Many exciting speakers including Jim Cramer !

My op-ed in Barron's Barron's 'The dollar's rise shouldn't hold back the Fed' Yes, the rising $ is causing havoc around the world. No, the Fed shouldn't hold back on raising interest rates on account of that. That would only cause more problems later tinyurl.com/2v8m2sh7

Checking in on China’s economy during the 20th Party Congress brook.gs/3eGSF91 via The Brookings Institution Chinese GDP data may be delayed but Eswar Prasad and I find plenty to talk about

Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman (Modi Ka Parivar) in conversation with Mr Eswar Prasad Eswar Prasad on “India’s Economic Prospects and Role in the World Economy” organised by The Brookings Institution as part of its “State of the Global Economy and Global Governance” event Brookings Global.

With little room for maneuver, policymakers must coordinate fiscal and monetary measures to tame inflation and improve long-term growth, argues Cornell University’s Eswar Prasad. bit.ly/3ecPxl8

Oct 2022 update of TIGER (Brookings-FT Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery) just released: 'World economy battered by high inflation, stalling growth, plunging confidence' tinyurl.com/99szpfe4 Coverage in Financial Times by Chris Giles tinyurl.com/4f6k5jnv

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Modi Ka Parivar) speaking at The Brookings Institution on Tue Oct 11 at 2 pm ET. Intro by Brahima S. Coulibaly, Brookings VP. The Minister and I will then have a wide-ranging fireside chat. Register here for event (which will be simulcast): brook.gs/3CsV8gn