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Pirms 20. februāra ekspertu sarunas esmu sagatavojis blogu, kurā apkopoju savus galvenos vēstījumus:
www.makroekonomika.lv/blogi/vai-va...

My home for 2 days…

20. februārī uzstāšos ar prezentāciju par valdības parādu, kam sekos politiķu diskusija. Interesenti aicināti piedalīties klātienē vai sekot diskusijai tiešsaistē.
www.makroekonomika.lv/ekspertu-sar...

📢CALL FOR PAPERS

8th annual conference of the Baltic economic association
📅Deadline: 15 March 2026
👨‍🏫Keynote: Yuriy Gorodnichenko (University of California – Berkeley)
📖Special issue in two journals
➡️Learn more and submit: conf2026.balticecon.org/call-for-pap...

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My weirdest Christmas: it was our first year in Sweden – but I insisted on having a big British celebration When my family emigrated to Malmö, I wanted to stick to our traditions, but my husband was keen to embrace the local customs. Why were we butting heads?

My weirdest Christmas: it was our first year in Sweden – but I insisted on having a big British celebration

Labs!

My SUERF Policy Brief on the importance of state-dependencies and non-linearities in the response of public debt to macroeconomic shocks:
www.suerf.org/publications...

@arkadijs.bsky.social on the market this year!

Ir izveidots publisks Whatsapp kanāls, kur sekot līdzi informācijai par protestu. Īpaši svarīgi tas būs tieši pirms protesta un protesta laikā - saukļiem, koordinācijai, aktuālākajai drošības informācijai uz vietas utt. Ja nāksi uz protestu, noteikti pievienojies: ej.uz/nke4

Tuvojas Latvijas Bankas tautsaimniecības konference. Šoreiz - par kreditēšanu. Esam paveikuši lielu darbu, kreditēšana strauji aug. Ko darīt, lai tā būtu vēl straujāka un palīdzētu ekonomikai augt sekmīgāk? Aicinām ekonomikas interesentus pievienoties diskusijām 21.novembrī.

“If you have a question about the universe, you always have a few possibilities—in particular through language. The power of the word is, for me, the only way to get closer to this hidden reality.”

We’ve unlocked our Art of Fiction interview with László Krasznahorkai.
buff.ly/5rxtimk

Where could I buy the magazine in London? Is it available at newsstands?

Man liekas Kalve ir domāts tiem, kam garšo tieši skabākās kafijas. Ja nē- tad īstāka vieta būtu Rocket bean

Presenting today at the Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet 2025 conference in Marseille #lagv #amse

Long awaited 7th Baltic economic association conference. Thrilled to participate and be part of the organizing team. #econsky

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

a man in a suit and tie is eating popcorn from a pink box ALT: a man in a suit and tie is eating popcorn from a pink box

Now, more than ever

I’ve never listened to @pkrugman.bsky.social as often as I have in the past few months. Smart, clear, concise

For no particular reason, it might be a good time to repost my Starter pack of academic economists who study international trade

go.bsky.app/G3dqAYg

Brīdinām par krāpniekiem, kuri izmantojot "WhatsApp", uzdodas par Latvijas Bankas pārstāvjiem. Aicinām ignorēt šādus ziņojumus un brīdināt tuviniekus, īpaši tos, kas varētu būt vieglāk pakļaujami šādām krāpnieciskām darbībām. Latvijas Banka šādā veidā nesazinās!

Plašāk: www.bank.lv/aktualitates...

👋 Sveiciens visiem Blue Sky iemītniekiem! Turpmāk šeit varēsiet uzzināt par ekonomiku, finanšu sistēmu, naudu un ne tikai.

Lai gan platforma daudziem no mums ir jauna, lielai daļai kā centrālā banka esam labi pazīstami. Tomēr padalieties – par kādiem tematiem jūs gribētu dzirdēt no Latvijas Bankas?

#EconSky #EconConf

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Great VoxEU column by my colleague

Trump's 2nd Trade War Begins A Detailed Look at the Economic Impacts of Trump's Wide Ranging New Tariffs on China, Mexico, Canada, Steel, Aluminum, and Much More

A highly professional, albeit somewhat lengthy, explanation of where we currently are in the trade war:
www.apricitas.io/p/trumps-2nd...

Based on these impacts, the study estimates that the JRS cost between €2,260 and €5,950 per job-year saved. This is notably lower than similar programs in other countries, likely due to differences in income levels and JRS design.

Participation in the JRS demonstrably influenced both the likelihood of firm survival (extensive margin) and employment dynamics within surviving firms (intensive margin).

Our findings reveal a clear positive impact: firms that participated in the JRS maintained higher employment levels than those that did not, with this effect lasting at least until the end of 2021.

In this study, my co-authors (Konstantīns Beņkovskis & Kārlis Vilerts) and I explore the short- to medium-term effects on employment of the job retention schemes implemented in Latvia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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I’m excited to share that our latest research has been published in the @scandjecon.bsky.social

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