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The continued development of quantum computers has important implications for cyber security and thus the financial system. An important topic for central banks and supervisors to get ahead on.

I would like to introduce the Global and LAC Datahub, a joint project developed by the Georgetown American Institute at Georgetown University. This initiative showcases a commitment to advancing data analysis and understanding of global and Latin American trends.

Looks like a great resource to study an important emerging market! Would be interesting to see how this relates to informality among small businesses.

🚨 New Paper and Public Good🚨 "The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset", joint with Chenzi Xu, Mohammed Lehbib, and Ziliang Chen. We built the most comprehensive macro database ever—covering 243 countries from 1086-today, integrating 110 sources. 🧵

My Alma Mater BYU provides an excellent education in an environment conducive to both faith and academic learning. Glad to see both enrollment supply and demand expanding.

The risk that quantum computers will soon be able to break widely used financial encryption is too significant to ignore. We recently held an event to discuss this threat and how to respond to it: bis.org/events/250212_… Thanks to the...

📢 #CallforPapers: 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics & Finance Conference Submission deadline: 31 March 2025 Hosted by CEPR, Bank for International Settlements & European Central Bank, the conference brings together #WomenInEconomics to discuss new research on #macroecon and #finance. 🔗 Submit here: cepr.org/events/5th-wea…

I am proud to share that we just launched a revamped WTO tariff and trade platform, which enhances access to official tariff and trade figures from over 150 economies. See here for more info: wto.org/english/news_e…

The World Bank Group released decades of proprietary emerging market default and recovery statistics - as a public good - to drive more private sector capital into developing economies.

1/5 What exactly are leveraged cash-futures basis trades? What are interest rate swap spreads, and why have they turned negative? And how do the dynamics in government bond markets connect to both? We delve into these questions in our recent research. Revisit our analysis:

This year for Easter, I have the opportunity to sing in the first German speaking performance of The Lamb of God oratorio by Rob Gardner. Wonderful music, a great way to celebrate Christ during Easter. Performance tonight in Basel and Mon. in St. Gallen. lammgottes.ch

I was at a great conference last week, hosted by the central bank of Türkiye and NBER. Ina Simonovska presented our paper on trade credit and exchange rate shocks, I discussed great research on EME local currency bond markets presented by Pierre De Leo nber.org/conferences/mo…

📢 Call for papers for the 6th joint annual workshop on International Capital Flows and Financial Policies, organized by the IMF, Bank of England, Banque de France, Banca d'Italia, and OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives. ➡️ For more details: imf.org/en/News/Semina… 📅 Deadline to submit: May 16, 2025

📢 Our working paper "What is Needed for Convergence? The Role of Capital and Finance" with Bryan Hardy is out as IMF Working Paper! Check it out! Comments are welcome! imf.org/en/Publication…