New working paper with Edmund Crawley and @BlomhoffHolm: "A Parsimonious Model of Idiosyncratic Income" The thread below gives you a good intro to the paper.

I 1. mai toget i Bergen satset de på paroler med bred appell

Fin kronikk fra kolleger i SSB. Generelt sett bør de som er kritiske til Norges Banks rentesetting være tydelige på om de er kritiske til NBs tolkning av sitt mandat eller til utformingen av selve mandatet. aftenposten.no/meninger/debat…

New #FEDSPaper: We assess the effectiveness of three fiscal stimulus policies employed during recent recessions using a heterogeneous agent model. federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/w… (1/2)

Neste uke kommer Samfunnsøkonomen #1-23. Leder ved Lars-Erik Borge. Ellers: bidrag om strømstøtte; IEAs Net Zero by 2050 scenario; lokaløkonomi vs naturkostnader ved hytteutbygging; samt forskningsnytt om prisbelønnet artikkel og intervju med jørn rattsø @Samfunnsokonom

Siden mine første formuleringer var for lange for en tweet og jeg derfor måtte omskrive dem, ser jeg at jeg kom i skade for å utelate den glimrende artikkelen om regionfordelingen i SPU av Henriksen og Tretvoll. Som plaster på såret får de en egen tweet her, med navn.

Genial plassering av reklame på Dagens Næringsliv

Interesting (but long) article about Ukrainian special forces and their efforts in Ukraine and Afghanistan theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Today we commemorate the victims of Holodomor, a crime of unfathomable proportions. During the years 1932-1933, millions of Ukrainians were starved to death by the Soviet authorities. The horrors of Holodomor must never be forgotten. #StandWithUkraine 📸:President.gov.ua

Everybody Loves FRED: How America Fell for a Data Tool St. Louis Fed (gift link) nytimes.com/2024/12/06/bus… "FRED — whose name stands for Federal Reserve #Economic Data — was born in 1991." Federal Reserve

If you want a measure of the scale of the transatlantic rift, consider this: I am told yesterday was the 1st time since 1945 the US voted with Russia & against Europe at the UN on an issue of European security. Just let that sink in. 1/4

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Erica is 1,000% correct. Talking about the Trump campaign proposal during the campaign brought charges of Trump Derangement Syndrome, but now it’s the moderate version!

Great conference, deadline May 1st👇👇👇

Today’s GDP number, like always, will be revised many times in the coming years with better source data. Based on historical revision magnitudes there is a 49% chance it gets revised to a positive—but also could be more negative. Here is what the “final” number could look like.

A paper that I previously cited here for it's cool results (described below) was just retracted for fraud. It was entirely made up and the experiment never happened. The author has been kicked out of MIT.

Congrats Tottenham Hotspur !!

The macroeconomics community in Oslo recently lost an important member as Marcus Hagedorn passed away. I didn't know him well myself, but here are some words in his memory from those who did. sas.upenn.edu/~manovski/Reme…