Europeans save 15% of household income, more than three times what Americans manage..Between 2015 and 2021, EU households held 32% of their financial assets in cash and deposits, compared with just 13% for US households, who put almost half their financial wealth into equities and investment funds​.

@bportugal.pt Economic Studies: 10 years of learning about the economy we live in! Today we are releasing the Banco de Portugal Economic Studies – Vol. 11, No. 2 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4w9aw2y5 How many answers can fit into 3436 pages? 🤔 #publications #economy #10years 1/6

If you’re going to San Francisco, please join us at the IBEFA #ASSA2025 session on Bank Lending, today at 12:30 pm. It’s a great line up of papers and discussants and there’s no need to wear flowers in your hair!

Nice conference today at Banco de Portugal, organized with @dianabonfim.bsky.social , @paixaonm.bsky.social and Andre Silva

The IBRN has its winter meeting, with great papers on Climate and Financial Intermediation and Non-Bank Financial Institutions. Thanks to the #BancodeMéxico and in particular #GeorgiaBush for hosting and to all #centralbanks for great papers and presentations. Details at www.newyorkfed.org/ibrn.