And here is the programme! cepr.org/events/belie...

We hosted a fantastic conference on "Beliefs and the Macroeconomy". Lot's of interesting questions to reflect on at the intersection of behavioural and macroeconomics -- ambiguity, cognition, alternatives to rational expectations. With @francescavmonti.bsky.social. See below for a short write up 👇

Does public trust in a central bank matter? We measure trust, applying genAI to ~4mln tweets about the Fed, and analyse the effects of exogenous trust shocks on the macroeconomy, using as a narrative identification approach that maps scandals involving FOMC members into negative shocks to trust.

Does public trust in a central bank matter? We measure trust, applying genAI to ~4mln tweets about the Fed, and analyse the effects of exogenous trust shocks on the macroeconomy, using as a narrative identification approach that maps scandals involving FOMC members into negative shocks to trust.

David Aikman @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @francescavmonti.bsky.social, & Shunshun Zhang @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social introduce a new measure of public trust in the Federal Reserve derived from nearly 4 million tweets about the institution. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 📈📉

UCLouvain, NBB and CEPR invite submissions for the conference "Beliefs and the Macroeconomy", which will take place on 5-6 June 2025 in Brussels, with Cosmin Ilut (Duke University and NBER) as keynote speaker. Don't miss the deadline (23 January 2025) to submit you paper: cepr.org/events/belie...

My new paper with David Aikman and Shunshun Zhang on trust in central banks is finally out! cepr.org/publications...

New paper with Riccardo Masolo is out! cepr.org/publications...