Giovanni Ricco, Professor at École Polytechnique and member of CREST, has taken over as Programme Director of the Monetary Economics and Fluctuations (MEF) programme at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), effective 1 September 2026. He succeeds Refet Gürkaynak (Bilkent University), who led the programme for six years. The MEF programme is one of […] The post Giovanni Ricco Appointed P…
Interesting news about monetary economics from South Korea: “What I find most heartbreaking and strange lately is the story about the M2 growth rate,” said Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong during a press briefing immediately after the first Bank of Korea Monetary Policy Committee meeting of this year on the 15th, in response to […]
Livio Stracca of European Central Bank has written a recent book titled: Redefining the Monetary Standard in the Digital Age. In voxeu, he sums up the lessons from the book in form of seven questions. The first questiion is Is this the most interesting time for monetary economics in a generation? 1. Is this the most […]
Announcing Expansion of ERN Monetary Economics eJournal We are pleased to announce the expansion of Economics Research Network (ERN) Monetary Economics eJournal into the following eJournals: MONETARY ECONOMICS: CENTRAL BANKS – POLICIES & IMPACTS eJOURNAL View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Monetary-Econ-Central-Bank-Pol-Impacts.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Mo…
Here are some words from David Romer, spoken at the beginning of the NBER Summer Institute, Monetary Economics program: Before we begin, we have a sad milestone to note. Anna Schwartz, who was a towering figure not just in the Monetary Economics program of the NBER, but in the field of monetary economics, died last month. The usual way to mourn someone’s passing is with a moment of silence. I thi…
