Opening with my coauthor Kyle Dempsey presenting our research on relationship lending!
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Remembering the glory and scary days of Hong Kong’s old Kai Tak Airport.

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Economists talk about this a lot. See this article for example and the references that it cites:
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Finally, it's happened: in 2023, Slovenia was the first former communist economy to overtake Italy in terms of average salaries in Euro per hour (by 40 Cent)...

From St. Louis Fed economists Miguel Faria e Castro and Juan M. Sanchez (@vediense) and coauthor Pascal Paul: Banks with a larger share of a distressed firm's debt provide that firm with more credit at lower interest rates, published in Journal of Financial Economics

The macroeconomic modeling team European Commission EU Economy & Finance is looking for a #DSGE modeler! This is a super friendly and skilled team, and I know for a fact that the job will also involve work on #HANK models with BASEforHANK :-)

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Fed History nerds: in 1915, the BoG approved a plan to abolish the FRBs at Atlanta, Boston, KC and Minneapolis, move the Dallas Fed to NOLA and move the Cleveland Fed to Pittsburgh. This was stopped by the Attorney General who ruled that only Congress could move or abolish FRBs.

next time you’re worried about the american economy, take a look at this graph

In our first extended episode, we sit down with the show’s creator and host John Wilson. atlasobscura.com/articles/podca…

Facto fascinante que reapareceu por aqui nos últimos dias: William Wesley Peters, arquitecto americano, foi genro de Frank Lloyd-Wright e de Estaline por via dos seus dois casamentos

Nice new report from JPMorgan Chase showing that household cash balances are back to pre-pandemic levels: jpmorganchase.com/institute/rese…

Ao que se acresce um enorme número de pessoas que emigrou para evitar, directa ou indirectamente, o alistamento. Nos Açores, a população caiu mais de 11% durante a década de 60

Entre 1961 e 74, foram destacados 800 mil portugueses para a Guerra do Ultramar. No auge da mobilização, em 1973, estavam estacionados mais de 160 mil soldados portugueses nos três teatros. Os EUA, no pico da guerra do Vietname, em 1968/69, tiveram 540 mil soldados no terreno.

The Portuguese dictatorship, one of the longest in Europe, ended in April 25th 1974.

50 years later, it has never been more important to remember this day, why it was needed, and all that it changed.

#25deAbrilSempre ❤️