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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 👇🏼

I'm playing with the idea of writing another econ-explainer thread this weekend. Any topic requests?

IMF: a person aged 70 in 2022 had the same cognitive function as average 53-year-old in 2000. Physical health had significantly improved as 70-year-old boasted the same fitness as 56-year-olds 25 years ago based on grip strength & lung functionality tests independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Wouldn't it be funny if the True and Correct model of the economy were just the neoclassical growth model with 25 shocks and convex adjustment costs in 15 places, and the only reason why we didn't find it yet is because we've been doing only up to 20 shocks and 10 adjustments? 🤨

Not where I thought I'd see Arrows impossibility theorem referenced.

Congratulations to all winners and especially to Zach Brown & Alex MacKay for their work on algorithmic pricing.

for those of you not in macro/econ, seeing these three names on a paper is like seeing a movie poster with the names scorsese, pacino and de niro in like 1992

The academic job market has changed just a bit (from Jon Hartley interview with Robert Barro, link in next)

Looking at incoming vessels to the Port of Los Angeles (America's largest port): 1.) This week we're still in frontrunning mode (57%+ YoY). 2.) Next week we're basically at normal (-8% YoY). 3.) Two weeks from now we're in The Bad Place (-44% YoY)

Actually, it’s those who dismiss macroeconomics out of hand who are almost always “ideologically infected,” and stridently, and who often don’t know the first thing about it—just “Keynes—he bad!”In contrast, most macroeconomists are technicians w/ no obvious ideological leanings.

Central bank communication (from my lecture notes)

The latest jobs report, which shows strong monthly payrolls growth and a steady unemployment rate, reinforces the Fed's stance that it can afford to be patient on rate cuts and can wait to gain more clarity on how Trump's tariffs will impact the economy before taking action

That includes additional information about China's pivot to Agencies (which ended in 2023/24 best I can tell) and confirmation that China increasingly uses non US fund managers (making the TIC custodial data a bit less accurate) 2/

I'm trying to figure this one out. If an American movie shoots many scenes abroad (i.e. Game of Thrones-like) is it now tariffed? For animation, does this apply if they use animators in other countries? How does this interact with AI? What is the definition of "produced" here?

I love a paper with a clear and descriptive title.

Blue screens for everyone.

An organized, 151-tweet thread summarizing the new crypto panel section by section.

Germany's largest UBI study funded by 200K donors found that - Everyone kept working, no change in hours - More enrolled in university - More job changes (for better work) - More satisfied with work This is the data critics love to ignore. Let's dive in.🧵