YouTube video by CNBC Television BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: U.S. is very close to a recession and may be in one now

youtu.be/BMHri_jZx64?...

Thanks for expanding my music knowledge!

Friends, I am writing a survey paper on Foundation Models for time series forecasting with an eye for economics and finance. So far, these models are covered: TimesFM, Chronos, MOIRAI, TimeGPT, Lag-Llama, Granite TinyTimeMixer, MOMENT, NeuralProphet, and Timer. Am I missing one you have seen?

Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?

This is a non-technical discussion of risk and uncertainty in economics

www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/frbp...

This one is technical review of recent advances in uncertainty and macroeconomics (joint with Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde)

www.nber.org/papers/w26768

I can't believe that I am using RATS and GAUSS in 2025! Old good code never dies.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Brooks and Capehart on Republicans facing backlash over federal cuts

youtu.be/WE8JGCNJYmA?...

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Congratulations. Great hire by Notre Dame.

Macro Midwest, I believe in Kansas City.

When we started working in uncertainty to study emerging economies, we thought it was a one-shot affair. Fifteen years later, uncertainty is main stream macro.

This reminds me of the old Spanish saying "Mal paga el diablo a sus devotos"

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company Philosopher Michael Sandel on What Trump’s Win Says About American Society | Amanpour and Company

youtu.be/Um017R5Kr3A?...

Prices are the same as yesterday but mexican avocados are no where to be found at the local store.

It will be hard to achieve anything with the incoming administration.

Krugman?

YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk Cohere is "not an AGI company" - Nick Frosst (co-founder)

Transfomers (LLMs) are not AGI. Watch this short video by Cohere's co-founder.

youtube.com/shorts/n4mIK...

Recently at JIE: "On regional borrowing, default, and migration" by Grey Gordon and Pablo Guerron-Quintana (@pabloguerron.bsky.social)

doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...

As it turns out, our macro agents in DSGE models are part of ALife, which is the study of life through simulations. Very interesting paper on ALife

arxiv.org/pdf/2412.177...

Lately, I sign my reports. It is a commitment device to be constructive.

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever says the way AI is built is about to change — The Verge

apple.news/AnI15HPDYQoK...

I was just telling my Econ friend about the limits of internet.

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company Are We Ready for the AI Revolution? Fmr. Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says No | Amanpour and Company

youtu.be/tMNyroDl9_k?...

It doesn't matter. Rationality or common sense are long gone from politics.

Homeboy stopped the wrong lady

(H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )

Just had an idea

This is a very useful website with commands for many languages such Matlab, Fortran, C, and Julia
hyperpolyglot.org

Moore's law in action.