VoxEU

The economic consequences of the second Trump administration: A preliminary assessment @GaryGensler @baselinescene @upanizza @bweder ow.ly/XMzZ50WbrAk

New VoxTalks - The Bank of England’s capital mistake? Former senior Bank insiders David Aikman @NIESRorg and John Vickers @OxfordEconDept think the committee got it wrong with its December 2025 decision to cut the equity capital requirement. Listen now: ow.ly/cTrO50YzFjm

Chris Sims’ contribution to economics @Francesco_Bia @JHUArtsSciences, @marcodelnegro @NewYorkFed, @gprimice @NUEconomics, Frank Schorfheide @penneconomics ow.ly/xlnj50YzzhJ

Industrial policies, global imbalances, and technological hegemony Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi @AmbrogioCB @bankofengland, Andrea Ferrero @APFerrero @OxfordEconDept, Luca Fornaro @LucaFornaro3 @CREIResearch, Martin Wolf @mw_econ @HSGStGallen ow.ly/iQlM50YzyBT

It may be time for Sweden to join the euro Lars Calmfors @IFN_en @IFN_Stockholm @Stockholm_Uni @IIES_Sthlm ow.ly/iAnY50Yzy9G

The rise and fall of EU labour shortages: Recent developments and some forward-looking considerations Kristine Van Herck, Áron Kiss, Alessandro Turrini @A_Turrini @ecfin ow.ly/CANl50Yz1Cl

New VoxTalks Economics: Will #AI transform economic #growth? @akorinek @UVAEcon & @DardenMBA argues AI could accelerate innovation if it begins automating AI research itself—creating feedback loops between software, hardware, and technological progress. Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/wil…

How interest rates affect spending: Household debt and the role of asset prices Angus Foulis @bankofengland, Jonathon Hazell @JADHazell @LSEnews @LSEEcon, Atif Mian @AtifRMian @PrincetonEcon @Princeton, Belinda Tracey @bankofengland ow.ly/HE7K50Yz1BR

Preparing for a New G20 Alignment Dennis Snower @DJSnower @glob_solutions @ucl ow.ly/VC0z50Yz1BJ

Remote work can blunt the fertility decline Steven Davis @HooverInst @SIEPR, @cevatgirayaksoy, @Jose_MariaRD, @I_Am_NickBloom, Katelyn Cranney @Stanford, @MathiasDolls, @PabloZarate98 ow.ly/OgS550YytVk

Subsidising the supply chain: How China’s industrial policy shapes export competitiveness Wenyin Cheng @ADB_HQ, David Liang @ide_jetro, Bo Meng @ide_jetro, Hongyong Zhang @RIETIenglish ow.ly/XaiV50YytMT

Why did the dollar fall after Liberation Day— instead of rising? Giancarlo Corsetti @EUI_EU explains how financial markets price long-run risk when tariffs are anticipated and retaliation is swift, leading exchange rates to behave very differently from standard textbook predictions. 🎧 Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/how…

Dollarisation waves: Insights from the BIS international bond database Swapan-Kumar Pradhan @BIS_org, Eswar Prasad @EswarSPrasad @Cornell @BrookingsInst, Előd Takáts @TakatsElod @BIS_org, Judit Temesvary @federalreserve ow.ly/gFAj50YxVOU

The economic consequences of a low-skilled immigration sudden stop: Evidence from Korea’s guest worker programme Jongkwan Lee @yonsei_u, Giovanni Peri @giov_peri @ucdavis @UCDavisEcon@UCD_GlobalMC, Hee-Seung Yang @yonsei_u ow.ly/emPt50YxrPC

Business investment in the era of digital transformation Peter Gal @P_N_Gal @OECD @oecdeconomy, John Hooley @IMFNews, Fatih Ozturk @OECD @oecdeconomy, Filiz Unsal @dfilizunsal @OECD @oecdeconomy ow.ly/FngE50YxrP3

Ageing like China: China’s pension reform debate enters a new phase Yongquan Cao, Christoph Freudenberg, Boele Bonthuis @IMFNews ow.ly/FgEj50YxrOa

Our underappreciated international reserve system Serkan Arslanalp @IMFNews, Barry Eichengreen @B_Eichengreen @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon, Chima Simpson-Bell @IMFNews ow.ly/IaNR50YxrNy

Europe 2050: geometries of peace, power & prosperity - @cepr_org initiative seeks to move beyond short-term crises & assess current policy choices against a clearer strategic vision for Europe’s future, @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

New VoxTalks Economics with @timsvengali: What triggered January 6? @k_sonin @UChicago discusses new research with David Van Dijcke and Austin Wright, using anonymised location data from 40 million mobile devices to analyse participation in the protests. Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/wha…

CBDC neutrality, bank liquidity, and the hybrid nature of bank deposits By: Biagio Bossone ow.ly/brNV50YwI2c

Beyond cost-cutting: How foundational process innovations drive sustained growth Salomé Baslandze @BaslandzeSalome @AtlantaFed, Leo Liu @UTSEngage, Elvira Sojli @esojli @UNSW @UNSWEcon, Wing Wah Tham @wingwahtham @UNSW @UNSWEcon ow.ly/9boZ50YwI1e