
Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi
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Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi
@AmbrogioCB
Economist at Bank of England. CEPR fellow. LSE Guest lecturer. EER associate editor. Views are my own. When not here I'm often here https://t.co/Axj7hlrUkS




📢 Excited to share the Call for Papers for the 12th BdF-BoE-BdI International Macro Workshop 📢 🌟 Keynote: Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki 🗓️ Date: 13 Nov 2026 ⏳ Deadline: 28 June Details & submission: bankofengland.co.uk/events/2026/no… @RicDegasperi @marco_pinchetti





Tune in tomorrow for the BoE annual research conference 'The Interconnected World' (7–8 May) 🌍 Stellar line-up: Keynote by @helene_rey, fireside chat btw @martinwolf_ and Governor Andrew Bailey, and policy panel featuring @MyStephanomics, Alan Taylor & Livio Stracca (moderated by Clare Lombardelli). Alongside many great papers. Livestream link and programme 👇 bankofengland.co.uk/events/2026/ma…




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By popular demand, here is my Beamer theme that allows annotation of text, figures, and tables using arrows and handwritten-like text: github.com/ambropo/Jambro… A 🤓 thread on what the theme allows to do 👇🏼

This post by @adam_tooze is excellent. There's one point missing: global imbalances are part of a struggle for technological hegemony. When China puts in place policies that foster trade surpluses in high-tech sectors, it is not only boosting its own technological development,

Industrial policies (IPs) are rarely connected to global imbalances. Yet, IPs are a key feature of many surplus countries. This new paper tackles three questions: Can IPs shape global imbalances? What are the spillovers to deficit countries? What policy responses are available?
