What Do Policymakers Have to Say?
by Ivan Boldyrev In the midst of a pandemic, economic knowledge is a crucial factor in formulating meaningful policy responses both short...
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Welcome to the Rebuild Macro Blog
Stories and articles made for people who want to rebuild.
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
Artificial Intelligence in a Monetary Model
By Mingli Chen (University of Warwick), Andreas Joseph* (Bank of England), Michael Kumhof* (Bank of England), Xinlei Pan (UC Berkeley),...
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
Who is Leading the Change?
Innovation and influence of applied economists in the new discourse on macro-finance by Matthias Thiemann The transatlantic financial...
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min
Psychological Origins of Market Instability
by Nick Chater, Adam Sanborn, Zhu Jianqiao and Jake Spicer The behaviour of financial markets is, of course, notoriously capricious. Who...
- Dec 21, 2020
- 4 min
Cultures of Model Use
by Ekaterina Svetlova The Economist (14 November 2020) highlighted the, sometimes tetchy, debate between epidemiologists and economists...
- Oct 20, 2020
- 5 min
Third Annual Conference: Understanding Social Macroeconomics
If we were to choose two words to summarise, they would be ‘social’ and ‘interaction’ between people...
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Ethical Guidance for Systemic Risk
by Fabian Schuppert -- The emergence of COVID19 in small corner of our complex global food network and transmitted via human contamination..
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
How to Stabilize the Economy in the Presence of a Pro-Cyclical Banking System?
Yuemei Ji & Paul De Grauwe - A number of pro-cyclical features in the behaviour of banks if left unchecked can destabilize the economy...
- Jul 3, 2020
- 5 min
System-Wide Financial Stress Testing with Heterogeneous Institutions
by A. Kleinnijenhuis, P. Nahai-Williamson, T. Wetzer & D. Farmer - seemingly localised shocks can amplify systemic importance...
- Jun 25, 2020
- 3 min
What Do Policymakers Really Want from Macroeconomics?
Ivan Boldyrev - Policy makers’ response to COVID-19 shows how much they can depend on a scientific advice...
- Apr 9, 2020
- 4 min
Equity Finance: Matching Liability to Power
by Charles Goodhart and Rosa Lastra - The Covid 19 pandemic has once again illustrated the dangers of excessive debt ratios...
- Jul 11, 2019
- 3 min
So. Farewell then PFI, what next for infrastructure finance?
Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Benjamin Bowles & Kate Bayliss - The UK’s infrastructure needs investment. From potholes to HS2...
- Jul 9, 2019
- 4 min
Can Artificial Intelligence be used to Integrate Money Creation into Macroeconomics?
Mingli Chen, Andreas Joseph*, Michael Kumhof* & Aruhan Shi - In our project for Rebuilding Macroeconomics, we bring together two princ...
- Jun 26, 2019
- 4 min
What Is Money Today? Legal and Economic Perspectives
Rosa Lastra, Jason Grant Allen and Michael Kumhof - Money today is different to money even a decade ago. The use of cash is declining and m
- May 13, 2019
- 3 min
Who Leads the Change in Macro-Prudential Thinking?
Matthias Thiemann
What is the role of applied economists working in central banks and international organizations?
- Feb 13, 2019
- 3 min
Financial Regulation in Cyberspace
Ekaterina Svetlova - Rebuilding Macroeconomics’ Finance Hub held its second workshop to discuss the interdisciplinary approaches to finan...
- Jan 22, 2019
- 3 min
Minsky Was a Shadow Banker
Daniela Gabor, Yannis Dafermos, Jo Michell - How did shadow banking contribute to the global financial crisis? Is a stable shadow ban...
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
Central Banking: When Communication is the Policy
The psychological and behavioural economics literatures have had a transformative impact on how we understand people’s financial and persona
- Nov 5, 2018
- 3 min
Financial Resilience
Ekaterina Svetlova - Why ‘financial resilience’ rather than ‘financial stability’? We believe that resilience shows greater appreciation
- Oct 24, 2018
- 5 min
Bringing Psychology & Social Sciences into Macroeconomics: Summary
Rebuilding Macroeconomics held its first annual conference at HM Treasury, bringing together perspectives from anthropology, maths, neur...
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