The proceedings of the Reimagining the Economy program Harvard Kennedy School conference on 'What do global experiences in industrial policy teach us?' are recorded and will be available online subsequently. hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Application DL is approaching! Apply for a research visit at BOFIT. We are especially interested in research relating to macroeconomic and financial topics concerning China, Russia, India, Ukraine and Turkey. Apply before 28.4.2024. Read more and apply: bofit.fi/en/visiting-re…

Even China is moving to service-led development?✍️ Fabrizio Zilibotti etal
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OIL MARKET: International Energy Agency continues to predict very healthy oil demand growth, with its first forecast for 2025 at 1.1m b/d (vs 1.2m in 2024).

That's, as the IEA points out, 'largely in line with the pre-Covid trend, even amid muted expectations for global economic growth' and more EVs.

Inequality in the UK is overwhelmingly *within* generations, not between them. .

Not about old vs young/'privileged boomers', but income and wealth inequality.

(As I've been saying for last decade..)

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Great to see Joan Robinson commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque. She is recognised as one of the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th century, and one of the first women to establish herself in the discipline. ow.ly/hkJB50Re9lL

One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most important research and data is locked away behind paywalls.

I wanted research and data to be a public good, accessible to *everyone*.

If you find our work…

Rewards to millennials who chose their parents wisely?🤷‍♂️ ✍️John Burn-Murdoch
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I spoke with Bruce Edwards about How Politics and Economics Interact. Listen at
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UK monthly GDP growth of 0.1% in Feb. And Jan revised up from 0.2% to 0.3% growth. That recession, such as it was, v much looks to be over

Today’s BU post constructs and explores a new data-driven metric of UK monetary conditions that synthesises information about both conventional and unconventional policies. bankunderground.co.uk/2024/04/11/to-…

BOFIT Weekly Review 15/2024:
- Russia’s overall economic performance steady in February; construction investment has supported wartime growth

Read more 👉bofit.fi/en/monitoring/…

#Russia #economy #BOFITWeeklyReview

Developing Asia is forecast to grow 4.9% this year and next, supported by robust domestic demand.

Exports of goods may have bottomed out during 2023 and are slowly recovering. We also see a continued recovery in tourism.

Stronger growth in South and Southeast Asia will offset a…

Crafting climate policies is no easy task for elected leaders. What starts as unpopular can, with time and education, become a cornerstone of environmental progress. Lan Marie N. Berg

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25th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference “Rethinking the Policy Toolkit in a Turbulent Global Economy” November 14-15 - IMF

*** Call for Papers ***

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From Jonathan Levin column, “Inflation Is Becoming Politics Nightmare for Fed.”

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OECD #ODA stats out for 2023. Some positives - a real overall increase; driven by 🇯🇵 + 🇺🇸.

Still, refugee spend at home still dominant - more spent on that ($31bn) than provided bilaterally to Sub-Saharan Africa ($28bn), or to LDCs ($30bn).

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“The chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Sherrod Brown, wrote 'Chinese electric vehicles are an existential threat to the American auto industry'” 🤔 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Africa imported $43bn of food in 2019, according to World Bank estimates. That figure is set to rise to $110bn by 2025. The continent’s agriculture is generally inefficient; average yields from cereals are half those of India and a fifth of those of the US. Political insecurity,…

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are rushing to build infrastructure as they vie to become the regional tech superpower -- Data centers are energy super consumers, subject to local regulation (and govt access), huge part of general infrastructure expansion and connectivity from Gulf to…