by Ivan Boldyrev In the midst of a pandemic, economic knowledge is a crucial factor in formulating meaningful policy responses both short...

By Mingli Chen (University of Warwick), Andreas Joseph* (Bank of England), Michael Kumhof* (Bank of England), Xinlei Pan (UC Berkeley),...

Innovation and influence of applied economists in the new discourse on macro-finance by Matthias Thiemann The transatlantic financial...

by Nick Chater, Adam Sanborn, Zhu Jianqiao and Jake Spicer The behaviour of financial markets is, of course, notoriously capricious. Who...

by Ekaterina Svetlova The Economist (14 November 2020) highlighted the, sometimes tetchy, debate between epidemiologists and economists...

If we were to choose two words to summarise, they would be ‘social’ and ‘interaction’ between people...

by Fabian Schuppert -- The emergence of COVID19 in small corner of our complex global food network and transmitted via human contamination..

Yuemei Ji & Paul De Grauwe - A number of pro-cyclical features in the behaviour of banks if left unchecked can destabilize the economy...

by A. Kleinnijenhuis, P. Nahai-Williamson, T. Wetzer & D. Farmer - seemingly localised shocks can amplify systemic importance...

Ivan Boldyrev - Policy makers’ response to COVID-19 shows how much they can depend on a scientific advice...

by Charles Goodhart and Rosa Lastra - The Covid 19 pandemic has once again illustrated the dangers of excessive debt ratios...

Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Benjamin Bowles & Kate Bayliss - The UK’s infrastructure needs investment. From potholes to HS2...

Mingli Chen, Andreas Joseph*, Michael Kumhof* & Aruhan Shi - In our project for Rebuilding Macroeconomics, we bring together two princ...

Rosa Lastra, Jason Grant Allen and Michael Kumhof - Money today is different to money even a decade ago. The use of cash is declining and m

Matthias Thiemann What is the role of applied economists working in central banks and international organizations?

Ekaterina Svetlova - Rebuilding Macroeconomics’ Finance Hub held its second workshop to discuss the interdisciplinary approaches to finan...

Daniela Gabor, Yannis Dafermos, Jo Michell - How did shadow banking contribute to the global financial crisis? Is a stable shadow ban...

The psychological and behavioural economics literatures have had a transformative impact on how we understand people’s financial and persona

Ekaterina Svetlova - Why ‘financial resilience’ rather than ‘financial stability’? We believe that resilience shows greater appreciation

Rebuilding Macroeconomics held its first annual conference at HM Treasury, bringing together perspectives from anthropology, maths, neur...