Brexit is broken. The major parties won’t fix it. But WE WILL with your help. 💪 Volunteer with the Rejoin EU Party ✊ Whether it’s 5 minutes or 5 hours a week you can make a difference. 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 👉 therejoineuparty.com/volunteering/ #RejoinEU #TeamEU #ExitBrexit

Phenomenal achievement against so many odds. Well done #Bulgaria 🇧🇬

In today's uncertain times, European integration is needed more than ever. European leaders have to seize this opportunity and speed up the process of deepening our union. Read my interview to La Tribune www.ecb.europa.eu/press/inter/...

Europe’s survival depends on linking its newfound security and economic imperatives. In other words, writes @nagymohacsi.bsky.social, the defense sector should drive European growth.

The digital euro is not just about creating a new form of money, says Chief Economist Philip R. Lane. It is about ensuring that Europe retains control over its monetary and financial destiny in the digital age against a backdrop of increasing geopolitical fragmentation.

The best Central/Europe political scientist @Ivan Krastev stresses: “Europe should hijack Trump’s revolutionary plans for the world.” Talent to surprise and think out of the box. on.ft.com/3QE2FPH

Please enjoy this Hungarian rap song about a prime minister who loves money. English subtitles youtu.be/f2iQfEcO39A?...

trump announcing tariffs on canada/mexico to begin march fourth, plus additional 10% on china markets have been overly complacent on this

Gain hands-on experience at the heart of global finance: BIS is offering internships (up to 11 months) across the Innovation Hub, Economics, and Banking. These positions are for recent graduates - application deadline is 24.03: www.bis.org/careers/inde...

I talked to Bill Kristol about Germany, Europe, Ukraine, Russia - and the US conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...

CEPR congratulates the winners of the 2025 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics CEPR Fellows Olivier Blanchard, Jordi Galí, & Michael Woodford who won for their work on modern macroeconomics and design of monetary and fiscal policy rules. #EconSky cepr.org/about/news/o...

Our @bofitresearch.bsky.social Policy Brief 3/25 on Russia’s three-year foray into war economy. Structure of the economy has changed as more and more resources are directed to war and military. Some of the changes are permanent, we argue. @laurasolanko.bsky.social www.bofit.fi

In search for strong European unity we should look to the €, based on new evidence. Reiner Martin NBS & I compare inflation fighting in CEE and conclude that Slovakia, an € area member, faired better than outsiders Czech, Poland, Hungary. hitelintezetiszemle.mnb.hu/sw/static/fi...

Anna started posting on bluesky, all debtnerds should follow her @agelpern.bsky.social

Want to hear more about the risks that Trump 2.0 pose to the global financial system? You're in luck 👇 • Tune in next Wednesday for this @piie.com conversation with Charles Goodhart and @veron.bsky.social • More info and registration here (there will also be a replay): https://buff.ly/41560fA

This by @gilduran.com is as efficient summary of the method in Musk's chaos as I've seen. www.theframelab.org/elon-musk-do...

This "partisan bias" in the data mattered during Covid in 2021-22: "...had all expectations become as unanchored as those of Republicans, average inflation would have been two to four percentage points higher for much of the pandemic period" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please repost

I think this is important “Enough is Enough” x.com/davidjlynch/...

Special Counsel report: The incoming president of the United States would have been convicted of violent crimes against the Constitution if his case had been brought in a timelier manner.

💰🇸🇰 Slovakia's latest corruption scandal: PM Robert Fico vanished after his Moscow trip, but his social media video blaming Ukraine for halting Russian gas helped reveal his location—a €5,740+tax/night luxury suite at Capella Hotel Hanoi, Vietnam. For context, Fico’s monthly salary is €11,200. 1/3

Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe | William Keegan

💰Orbán’s multimillionaire daughter: “More and more people are afraid of the word luxury…” This is a PR video of Hotel Dorothea, the Orbán business empire’s crown jewel. Hungary’s EU presidency heavily promoted the hotel to EU delegations as a preferred booking choice: www.direkt36.hu/en/tiborcz-s...

In today’s Sunday Wrap - the last of the year- I summarise my expectations for 2025 across policies, economics and markets. Happy to be told I’m wrong…. www.research.unicredit.eu/DocsKey/econ...

Excellent in @TheEconomist on America’s market rally ⬇️ We see unparalleled fintech innovation, stock market surge &market concentration. But what makes this SO risky is that at the same time regulatory agencies are to be weakened under incoming administration policy www.economist.com/leaders/2024...

The shocking nominee-related news nearly every day is a deliberate tactic by Team Trump to dominate the media—and distract and divide us. (Like today's polio vaccine news.) @anneapplebaum.bsky.social joins Tim Miller for the weekend Bulwark Pod: lnk.thebulwark.com/4gyItcP

I've seen a child with tetanus, I've treated near fatal infections after chicken pox, and I've pronounced children dead from COVID whose parents refused to have them vaccinated. We have lost our minds... and are about to lose so many of our precious children.

What are the prospects for €uro adoption in Central and Eastern Europe? In case you have missed our @LSEEI @CETEx_LSE panel you can now watch the recording here: youtu.be/hB7IThZLlxU?... w/ Reiner Martin, @nagymohacsi.bsky.social, @atanaspekanov.bsky.social and @apsmolenska.bsky.social

Last call for the "Macro at LSE" predoc opportunity - apply THIS WEEK if you would like to work in London on cutting-edge macro with Ben Moll, Joe Hazell, Ethan Ilzetzki, Ricardo Reis, and me! t.co/cBdznWii1Y @econ_ra #EconSky @benmoll.bsky.social

In my note today, I argue: - While weak, EU growth is at the global average, and getting better. US is the outlier, and slowing. - Next year will see European reforms in the right direction. In the US (and probably China) they’ll be in the wrong direction www.research.unicredit.eu/DocsKey/econ...

Oh listen, we aren’t afraid. My response to Trumps threat: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/bring-it-o...

From the indominably truthful Minister of Foriegn Affairs 🇵🇱R Sikorski x.com/polandmfa/st...

Central and Eastern Europe's prospects for € adoption - ⬇️check out our discussion on pros and cons with Reiner Martin, @atanaspekanov, @apsmolenska, @angelo_martelli & myself @LSEEI youtu.be/hB7IThZLlxU?si… via @YouTube

💥New bombshell poll from Hungary: Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz is crushed by opposition leader Péter Magyar’s TISZA party, according to the most trusted pollster, Median. 🔵 voting age population: 34 vs 27% 🟢 committed voters: 44 vs 36% 🟠 committed “sure” voters: 47 vs 36%

BRILLANT course w slides by @edenhofer_ in right wing populism. 🙏👏 for sharing! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3tqy5...

Tariffs don’t *always* lead to inflation.

Many of us love @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social ‘s excellent Sunday Wrap (now only @bsky.app ), & this week’s is particularly insightful on how Europe has handled a series of recent shocks, which bodes well for some optimism for the future ⬇️ 👏👏

Happy to accept this friendly amendment. I've written before about the broader set of steps Europe needs to take to be competitive in digital and agree that capital markets union and digital union are essential for industries that require scale. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Brill conference @oenb on € adoption experience & prospects in Central and Southern Europe. Great success in countries that adopted € early (Slovakia etc) in fighting post pandemic inflation and crisis management. Bulgaria is ready. Time for others to consider 🇭🇺🇷🇴🇵🇱🇨🇿?

Join us if in London for a debate on pros and cons of euro adoption in Central Europe! @LSE www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

If in London join us for a debate on the pros and cons of euro adoption in Central Europe @LSE today! www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...