Romesh Vaitilingam

Household responses to the 2022 European energy crisis differed sharply by income, with low-income families showing the least scope to cut electricity use & the greatest signs of financial strain, @voxeu evidence from #Finland cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Effects of broadband adoption on lending in #Italy 1998-2008: credit supply & branch efficiency boosted by improving the efficiency with which banks collect, process & transmit borrower information, @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

NEW on the Economics Observatory – How can the West of England contribute to UK economic growth? By Lucy Martin 👇 buff.ly/Lk0oVcP

The inflation of 2021-23 has reignited debate about the impact of labour market tightness on inflationary pressures - the #PhillipsCurve; @EconUCL research warns that assuming a nonlinear relationship could lead to significant policy mis-steps, #EconBrief ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/lab…

Evidence from three centuries of US & UK history shows that wars & pandemic-scale emergencies have consistently produced large real losses for bondholders, challenging the conventional notion that government bonds are safe assets, @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Global economic shocks account for half the variation in interest rates, more than double their role in earlier decades; compared with domestic shocks, there's greater volatility, more persistent effects on inflation & often more monetary tightening @voxeu cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

The #WestofEngland has a highly educated & skilled workforce, globally competitive universities & leading industrial clusters; but there are wide inequalities & growth potential is constrained by transport, housing affordability & lack of investment economicsobservatory.com/how-can-the-we…

Economic shocks create different effects across firms & sectors - eg a financial crisis affects firms differently from an inflation spike, supply chain disruption or trade dispute; understanding differences in firms’ responses is key for good policy design ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/how…

Recent productivity growth has been lacklustre in most advanced economies; but standard measures ignore the progress that some economies have made in terms of lowering carbon emissions; factoring this in could change the narrative entirely, @EconUCL ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/ret…

Decisions we make today (incl on health) are influenced by our expectations - @EconUCL research shows how a change in Chile’s pension system altered men’s lifestyle choices: those whose expected wealth at retirement increased started living healthier lives ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/wou…

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/…

Relationships between economic & financial variables change over time, but many analytical models used in decision-making assume constant underlying parameters; @EconUCL research offers a more flexible framework for research, forecasting & policy design ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/dyn…

The outbreak of war after Russia's invasion of Ukraine acted as a ‘silent monetary tightening’; exposed banks faced immediate higher funding costs & reduced credit supply (equivalent to a policy rate hike of nearly 60 basis points) well before @ecb acted cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

#Blockchain was launched amid the global financial crisis with the goal of decentralising money & payments,to avoid the problems associated with their delegation to central authorities: has this goal been reached & is it even possible to reach it? cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

We recently polled our US Economic Experts Panel on Energy Prices. The confidence-weighted answer to the 1st question is as follows: kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/energy…

Hidden networks of influence shape the world: economic research is opening up new ways to understand how these connections spread through society – with potential applications in policy design, crisis prevention & business strategy #EconBrief @EconUCL ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/soc…

Policy-makers need to know that the research evidence on which their decisions are based is reliable: a powerful new testing method can assess the strengths & weaknesses of instruments used to analyse complex webs of cause & effect relationships, @EconUCL ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/02/02/ens…

⚡️JUST PUBLISHED⚡️ The latest #DirectorView is out now📈 In this week's 'Dean Trench' Memo our Director David Aikman outlines five lessons for the current #MonetaryPolicy response to the #energyprice shock ⬇️ #UKeconomy #BankOfEngland #InterestRates hubs.la/Q047v-Bz0

Putting the finishing touches to my Public Lecture this evening at 5pm. British Economic Policy dissected....see you there! 🎩 @CamEcon @cepr_org @MMF_research @CFMUK @AnthonyNolan Charles Clarke @NIESRorg festival.cam.ac.uk/events/boom-bu…

A co-ordinated effort across UK higher education is needed to integrate #AI into economics education in a way that enriches students’ learning experience while maintaining the rigour & value that makes degrees in the subject so much in demand, @EconUCL ucleconbrief.co.uk/2026/01/26/ret…