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Speech by Governor Waller on the economic outlook Thank you, Constance, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. 1 Let me commend NABE for focusing this year's conference on economic disru

Fed governor Chris Waller conditions his support for a March cut (or hold) on the February payroll data due for release on March 6. “As things stand today, I rate these two possible outcomes as close to a coin flip.”

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An excellent read from @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social
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Well connected outer zone 2 ftw

Besides location you mean, right?

A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.

New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF

Lolllll only @ironeconomist.bsky.social can inspire a caveat like that on housing 🤣🤣🤣

Such a good piece today from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com which shows that the declining graduate premium is very much a UK problem rather than a general (or inevevitable) consequence of more people going to uni www.ft.com/content/649d...

A public-private partnership: central banks as a funding backstop Matthieu Chavaz, David Elliott and Win Monroe Large-scale provision of long-term funding to banks has become a central bank tool to support credit supply during downturns. However, scholars have wo…

A short summary of our recent working paper on central bank lending facilities as a backstop to the bank lending channel:

bankunderground.co.uk/2026/02/19/a...

Thanks for taking a look at it Moyeen!

A public-private partnership: central banks as a funding backstop Matthieu Chavaz, David Elliott and Win Monroe Large-scale provision of long-term funding to banks has become a central bank tool to support credit supply during downturns. However, scholars have wo…

A short summary of our recent working paper on central bank lending facilities as a backstop to the bank lending channel:

bankunderground.co.uk/2026/02/19/a...

lol yeah "if we respond sensibly" is really a high bar these days

I know that this is well known, but the fact that eggs and avocados are healthy for you really feels like a cheat code

The truth about population decline Arguments about the dangers of falling fertility deserve much closer scrutiny

Interesting piece on population growth and dependency ratios by Martin Wolf

The truth about population decline - www.ft.com/content/0ae2... via @FT

No one hates innovation & competition more than those on top.

They strive to quash it to prevent loss of status.

@dacemoglumit.bsky.social & @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social just won the Nobel Prize for work including this theme.
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ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...

Attorney John Hayden: “This whole campaign of just going out and finding vulnerable people, good people, people who are following rules, it's just another example of blowing the pretext of this whole operation.” (2) share.google/6jLXKUEtusHJ...

Spain first to enter race for Lagarde succession at ECB Spanish government seeks ‘influential and meaningful position’ at helm of Eurozone central bank

"The race is on"

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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

Feel like this is a bit of expost justification for Chase. Like it’s also literally the only way it can grow its retail bank b/c it’s not allowed to buy anyone any more.

JPMorgan plans branch opening spree as peers bet on in-person banking Push by US lenders to open new physical locations reflects competition for customers’ deposits

JPMorgan plans branch opening spree as peers bet on in-person banking - www.ft.com/content/6fd2... via @FT

The corsica studios Fred again raffle is a clever bit of price discrimination. My guess is they raise close to a million. They deserve it all and I hope it helps create a great and lasting new version of whatever it becomes.

i once confronted one of these people at a public event with direct evidence that "gender surgery for minors" isn't a thing that happens and it made no impact.

Think we need to talk about BSDS again.

"Balance Sheet Derangement Syndrome", where every economic problem is considered to be a function of the size of the central bank's balance sheet.

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I'm hiring a full-time predoc to work with me at UC Berkeley, supporting my research on labor economics, the economics of education, and public policy.

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