The Faculty's Distinguished Professor Jagjit Chadha gave his reaction on Sky News that interest rates have been held, adding that he "welcomes" no change and warns "these are very difficult times". www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Business and Trade Select Committee has interviewed the Faculty's Distinguished Affiliated Professor Jagjit Chadha on the state of the economy. Watch him give evidence: www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

Congratulations to Professor Yannelis who has been awarded the Leverhulme Prize 2025 for his work on financial economics, human capital investment, corporate finance & student loans. The prize recognises the achievements of outstanding researchers . www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/pr...

The Faculty's Assistant Professor Benjamin Arold has been quoted in New Scientist magazine about whether AI stocks are over valued. He says examining the ratio of profits to company valuations, technology firms today are a red flag. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty's Distinguished Affiliated Professor Jagjit Chadha is quoted in the UK's Telegraph Newspaper on what is happening in the markets. Steep borrowing costs that would once have seemed improbable are now the reality for the UK. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Emeritus Fellow Michael Kuczynski. As a former Director of Studies in Economics his dedication to teaching and scholarship were deeply admired. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/pa...

Well done to Philippe Aghion, a joint winner of The Sveriges Riksbank Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. He also happens to be giving the Marshall Lecture at Cambridge on 'Rethinking Capitalism: The Power of Creative Destruction' on October 22 & 23. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Congratulations to Professor Debopam Bhattacharya. The Econometric Society has elected him as a fellow. Professor Oliver Linton, the Chair, said “This is great news. It is one of the most prestigious honours of our profession." www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/pr...

Professor Jagjit Chadha is quoted in the Telegraph about the OBR's recent economic forecasts. He says 'The Chancellor has pinned herself into a very difficult position here, heavily reliant on whatever fiscal space the OBR is able to generate.' www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

Can we optimise team allocation by taking into account social values and sources of unequal productivity? Ana Lleó-Bono @econcam.bsky.social explores this question in a NEW JI WP. ➡️ www.janeway.econ.cam.ac.uk/publication/... #KeynesFund #EconTwitter @meredith-crowley.bsky.social

Congratulations to Singh Amandeep who has won The Gladstone Memorial Prize for his dissertation ‘The Highs and the Lows: Unpacking the Consequences of Recreational Marijuana Legalisation’. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/ec...

The Faculty’s Distinguished Professor Jagjit Chadha has been quoted in numerous outlets warning the UK's financial situation is dire. Here is a summary of some of the coverage from numerous outlets over the past few days: www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/pr...

A new Faculty Podcast focuses on a study by Associate Professor Weilong Zhang sheds fresh light on the persistent gender wage gap by highlighting personality traits that shape how people work and how they negotiate pay. Listen and read more: www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/re...

Last week the Faculty of Economics welcomed a lively crowd of prospective students and their families to its annual two day Open Day. Read more about the feature packed event, and if you are still interested in studying at the Faculty, get in touch. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/hu...

Quoted in the UK Observer Newspaper the Faculty's Professor Jagjit Chadha argues that the ONS has made a decision to focus on fast indicators, such as retail or footfall, as a way of getting it more noticed by policymakers. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

It's the Faculty's open day today & tomorrow, and a lovely sunny one too: if you are interested in any of the courses in Economics at Cambridge, or just want to find out what we do, please come along to the foyer of the Marshall Library to find out more.

The Faculty's Prof Sanjeev Goyal has been invited to lecture at the Bogotá Summer School of Economics on the economic theory of networks and its applications. He will extensively use illustrative case studies and laboratory experiments. www.bogotasummerschoolineconomics.co/profesores/s...

The Faculty's Professor Tiago Cavalcanti is interviewed in the latest CEPR VoxTalks podcast. He tells how they managed to double the productivity of schools in Rio de Janeiro and ended up on national TV as a result. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

Are you an Alumni of the Faculty? If so you should already have our latest newsletter on email: * The pay gap: new research links gender, personality and wages * Remembering James Trevithick * Academics honoured by Royal Economic Society * Jordi Galí's Keynes Lecture news.cam.ac.uk/t/cr/AQiQkhI...

The 7th annual POLECONUK conference, organised by the Faculty’s Prof Aidt has taken place at Jesus College Sponsored by The Janeway Institute with international speakers and Nobel Laureate James Robinson it showcased cutting-edge political economics. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/po...

Professor Aytek Erdil has been quoted in the Economist. Britain's newly qualified doctors often get their first choice of location in a new lottery but he says the algorithm encourages “a complicated game” of guesswork among applicants. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty's Professor Flavio Toxvaerd in the Economics Observatory writes about the consequences of market power in supply chains. which could harm consumers as much as when they sell goods. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty's Tiago Cavalcanti writes in CEPR's VoxEU that the US-China trade war has created jobs - elsewhere. He says that while the trade war with China has failed to create jobs at home, it did boost employment in Brazil. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

Professor Jordi Galí from the Barcelona School of Economics delivered the 2025 Keynes Lecture on ‘Rethinking the New Keynesian Model’. In case you missed the lecture in the Spring, or want to watch again, here is the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Qd...

The Faculty's Professor Jagjit Chadha takes a new look at the British Long Twentieth Century, in a NIESR occasional paper which draws back the curtain on our understanding of longer runs of British historical economic data. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/ne...

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Mr James (Jim) Trevithick, who was an academic in the Faculty from 1976 to 2002. Jim was interested in macroeconomic issues such as inflation and unemployment. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/re...

The Faculty's Professor Meredith Crowley has appeared on @DeutscheWelle TV discussing the US court’s so called 'Liberation-Day' tariff ruling that Trump overstepped his authority, and the potential implications for global trade. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

Congratulations to Professor Meredith Crowley who has just given 2025 IFS Annual Lecture on "Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation". The IFS/CPP annual lectures feature some of the world's top economists discussing policy issues of global importance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPIA...

Congratulations to Prof Chryssi Giannitsarou who has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust research fellowship for 10 months for a project titled "The role of executive compensation for firm investment and monetary transmission". www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/le...

The Faculty's Assistant Professor Stefan Bucher has been interviewed by the Young Scholars Initiative. He explained how AI could tilt the balance of power to big firms. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

Congratulations to the Faculty’s Professor Jagjit Chadha and Professor Sriya Iyer who have been honoured as Founding Fellows of the Royal Economic Society in recognition of their contribution to economics! www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/fa...

The Faculty's Professor Constantine Yannelis, the Janeway Professor of Financial Economics, is quoted in the New York Times about why Europe is less panicked about the US Stock Market than Americans. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty's Professor Meredith Crowley has continued to provide in depth analysis of US President Trump's Trade Tariffs. On the German World Service TV channel Deutsche Welle she discusses how much further the US and China can escalate. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

New working paper by the Faculty's Tiago Cavalcanti & Felipe Puccioni. "The Impact of Cost-Effective Management Practices on Student Learning: Using Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomised Field Experiment". www.econ.cam.ac.uk/publications... . Video about the program www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oQu...

The Faculty's Affiliated Professor William Janeway writes in Project Syndicate how the new US administration is targeting the institutions that made the United States the world’s leading technological, military, and economic power. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty of Economics is continuing to welcome so many new faces to our renown building, one of whom is Assistant Professor Sebastian Graves. In the alumni magazine, he explains his journey through economics from banking to academia. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/ba...

Are you an alum of the Faculty of Economics? If so, you should have received our latest alumni newsletter on email. It features * Podcast with Seb Graves * Podcast with Paul Seabright on times in the Faculty * Tariffs Analysis by Prof Meredith Crowley news.cam.ac.uk/t/cr/AQiQkhI...

Congratulations to the Faculty's Professor Jagjit Chadha who had become one of the most cited authors in the Economic History Review. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/pr...

What do you think of the chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement? The Faculty's Professor Jagjit Chadha is quoted by the BBC's Chris Mason who quoted Prof Chadha's previous Opinion Piece about why we need to stop tinkering and adopt a credible economic strategy. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty's Professor Jagjit Chadha Op-Ed is in the Guardian, and has been quoted by the BBC among other media. In it he argues we need to stop tinkering and adopt a credible economic strategy. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

The Faculty's Professor Meredith Crowley has continued to provide in depth analysis of US President Trump's proposed Trade Tariffs on numerous media outlets with an in depth feature on the BBC Website by the BBC's Chief Economics Correspondent Dharshini David www.econ.cam.ac.uk/faculty-news...

The Faculty's Professor Meredith Crowley has provided more in depth analysis of US President Trump's proposed Trade Tariffs. She has been interviewed by UK Sky News' presenter Wilfred Frost www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

US President Trump's proposed Trade Tariffs have been much in the news. The Faculty's Professor Meredith Crowley @MeredithCrowle1 was interviewed by the BBC's Chief Economics Correspondent, Darshani David, for the BBC1 News at 6 and 10pm. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/media-mentio...

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