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The International and Monetary Economics Network covers a broad range of topics in international and monetary economics. The network comprises alums of the Universities of Bern and Basel and everyone interested in international and monetary economics.

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Super interesting!

"International Currency Dominance" by Joseph Abadi, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, and Daniel Sanches.

www.nber.org/papers/w34817

11.02.2026 11:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"Are Government Bonds Safe in Times of War and Pandemic?" by Zhengyang Jiang, Hanno Lustig, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, and Mindy Z. Xiaolan.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

10.02.2026 08:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Food for thought!

"ChatMacro: Evaluating Inflation Forecasts of Generative AI" by M. Jahangir Alam, Shane Boyle, Huiyu Li, and Tatevik Sekhposyan.

www.frbsf.org/wp-content/u...

07.02.2026 22:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Do Central Bank Governor Turnovers Affect Uncertainty and Lending Globally? A conversation with Kristle Romero Cortés and Mandeep Singh “Leadership transitions at central banks raise uncertainty even when policy rates themselves do not change, and that uncertainty reshapes banks' global lending decisions.”

Our interview with the two authors is also highly recommended. For instance, their perspective on the Powell-to-Warsh transition. The full interview can be found here:

open.substack.com/pub/imenecon...

07.02.2026 21:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Do Central Bank Governor Turnovers Affect Uncertainty and Lending Globally? A conversation with Kristle Romero Cortés and Mandeep Singh “Leadership transitions at central banks raise uncertainty even when policy rates themselves do not change, and that uncertainty reshapes banks' global lending decisions.”

Super interesting!

"How Do Central Bank Governor Turnovers Affect Uncertainty and Lending Globally?" by Kristle Romero Cortés and Mandeep Singh.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

07.02.2026 21:19 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

We are looking forward to our next webinar:

EU Industrial Policy in a Fracturing Global Economy (Peter Obinger, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber)

⏲️ March 5, 12:00-13:00 Central European Time

💻 Online via Zoom, link will be sent

Registration here: forms.office.com/r/s1UnxDCWAK

06.02.2026 12:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Super interesting!

"Heaven or Earth? The Evolving Role of Global Shocks for Domestic Monetary Policy" by K. Forbes, J. Ha, and M. Kose.

"the role of global shocks has increased sharply over time and ...their characteristics differ from those of domestic shocks..."

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

05.02.2026 10:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thought-provoking and highly relevant!

"The Doom Loop: Why the World Economic Order Is Spiraling into Disorder" by Eswar S. Prasad.

"The Doom Loop offers ...makes it clear that old solutions cannot pull us out—we need radically new solutions to solve the world’s problems."

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04.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"The Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Policy Uncertainty" by Konstantinos Gavriilidis, Diego R. Känzig, Ramya Raghavan, and James H. Stock.

www.nber.org/papers/w34762

02.02.2026 13:58 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"A Macroeconomic Perspective on Stock Market Valuation Ratios" by Andrew Atkeson, Jonathan Heathcote, and Fabrizio Perri.

www.nber.org/papers/w34748

01.02.2026 13:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Food for thought!

"Monetary policy and private equity acquisitions: tracing the links" by Fernando Avalos, Boris Hofmann, and Jose Maria Serena.

www.bis.org/publ/work132...

31.01.2026 21:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This week's highlights for our active supporters: Global Economy Flash, Kevin Warsh, geopolitics as a monetary shock, job opportunities, and much more..."

open.substack.com/pub/imenecon...

31.01.2026 20:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Super interesting!

"A Behavioral Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian Model" by Oliver Pfäuti and Fabian Seyrich.

sites.utexas.edu/macro/2026/0...

29.01.2026 20:14 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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US economy: We can expect solid GDP growth for the fourth quarter of 2025 despite the government shutdown. The GDPNow model of the Atlanta Fed is 4.2 percent (annualized). The New York Fed Staff Nowcast is 2.7 percent.

Our IMEN nowcast currently stands at 3.3 percent.

29.01.2026 20:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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Wow, super interesting!

"Money Beyond Borders: Global Currencies from Croesus to Crypto" by Barry Eichengreen

"In Money Beyond Borders, the leading authority on international currencies, Barry Eichengreen, puts the dollar’s prospects in deep historical perspective..."

amzn.to/4qCkXRz

24.01.2026 14:58 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"Financial Globalization: Risk Sharing or Risk Exposure?" by E Mendoza and V Quadrini

"We study how the increased cross-country ownership of financial assets between advanced and emerging economies impacted their financial and macroeconomic volatility"

www.nber.org/papers/w34689

22.01.2026 17:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Global Economy Flash – January 2026: Resilient amid headwinds, yet fragile

open.substack.com/pub/imenecon...

22.01.2026 14:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On January 28, the Fed will decide on its interest rates. What will it do? Keep interest rates constant or cut by 25 bps?

On January 28, the Fed will decide on its interest rates. What will it do?

open.substack.com/pub/imenecon...

18.01.2026 10:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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German economy – How are you doing?

In our recent survey, a majority of our community expects gross domestic product to increase by about 1% in 2026. We are slightly more optimistic and expect a growth rate of 1.2%.

open.substack.com/pub/imenecon...

18.01.2026 10:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Super interesting!

"The Transmission of Foreign Shocks in a Networked Economy" by Pablo Aguilar, Rubén Domínguez-Díaz, José-Elías Gallegos, and Javier Quintana.

www.joseeliasgallegos.com/uploads/7/5/...

17.01.2026 22:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Do Anecdotes Matter? Exploring the Beige Book through Textual Analysis from 1970 to 2025 The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.

Super interesting!

"Do Anecdotes Matter? Exploring the Beige Book through Textual Analysis from 1970 to 2025" by Shengwu Du, Flora Haberkorn, Isabel Kitschelt, Seung Jung Lee, Anderson Monken, Dylan Saez, Kelsey Shipman, and Sandeep Thakur.

www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds...

16.01.2026 21:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Monetary policy and political pressure: It's high time to have another look at interesting analyses like this one!

"Political Pressure on the Fed" by Thomas Drechsel.

econweb.umd.edu/~drechsel/pa...

13.01.2026 21:36 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Food for thought!

"Fiscal Inaction as Monetary Support" by George-Marios Angeletos, Chen Lian, and Christian K. Wolf.

www.nber.org/papers/w34654

12.01.2026 09:05 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"Tariffs as National Security Tools: Rethinking Comparative Advantage and Framing National Security" by Gianluca Benigno.

National security "is about meeting subsistence needs under disruption risk."

gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/tariffs-as...

11.01.2026 21:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"Northern insights: Measuring geopolitical risk through Finnish news media" by Gene Ambrocio, Zuzana Fungáčová, Joni Heikkinen, Eeva Kerola, Iikka Korhonen, and Anni Norring.

cepr.org/voxeu/column...

10.01.2026 12:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly recommended!

"The future of the Fed: Central bank independence and fiscal dominance," speech by Janet L. Yellen.

www.brookings.edu/articles/rem...

09.01.2026 15:20 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly recommended!

"Financing the AI boom: from cash flows to debt" by Iñaki Aldasoro, Sebastian Doerr, and Daniel Rees

www.bis.org/publ/bisbull...

07.01.2026 15:08 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"You only live twice: Financial inflows and growth in a westward-facing Ukraine" by Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Maurice Obstfeld.

"The monumental task of rebuilding postwar Ukraine requires early planning and identification of growth strategies."

www.piie.com/publications...

07.01.2026 12:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Super interesting!

"Expanding the Landscape of Cross-Border Flow Restrictions: Modern Tools and Historical Perspectives" by Katharina Bergant, Andrés Fernández, Ken Teoh, and Martín Uribe.

www.nber.org/papers/w34615

06.01.2026 15:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Highly relevant!

"The Incidence of Tariffs: Rates and Reality" by Gita Gopinath and Brent Neiman.

"...tariff pass-through to U.S. import prices is almost 100 percent, so the United States is bearing a large share of the costs..."

www.nber.org/papers/w34620

05.01.2026 19:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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