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Author Archives: fmpdea
A hiatus in publishing and some parting words for now
After many years of naive hope, I have finally come to accept that I am not, for the foreseeable future, going to be able to update this website. I have been meaning to finalise some thoughts on history, empires, macroeconomics, … Continue reading
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On Brexit – My takeaways (Part 1)
This post pretty much allows me to vent my frustration on this tragicomic epispode of British politics. The discussion in this post is divided into 5 very short sections: What I think will happen after the referendum About that Campaign … Continue reading
Who in the UK wants to leave the EU
There are 4 groups of people that I can identify as supporting Brexit. The first group, which I would argue makes the most part, is made up of normal people who are fed up with the status quo. Nationally, Brexit … Continue reading
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Tagged BREXIT, EU Referendum, UK, Voter intention map, Voter intention polls, Voter intention surveys
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Brexit: Opinions of its effects from Leavers and Remain
As the title of this post would suggest, I’m solely interested in listing and summarising the views of the different sides of the public debate. This post is divided in 5 sections: What Remain says will happen if there’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged BREXIT, Brexit Predictions, EU Referendum, Experts, FT, Great Britain, IMF, Michael Gove, OECD, Prediction, the Economist, UK, UK Treasury
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4 Upcoming Posts on Brexit: The Referendum Day Review
It has been a long time since I posted on this blog. Despite my best wishes, I keep getting busy with real work, so my quarterly, monthly and weekly post best hopes have all been in vain. Hopefully there’s still … Continue reading
ECB Decisions: Deposit Facility rate, APP, Unequal Supply Growth & Oil
The first week of December will probably be remembered as “that time the ECB thought rates weren’t negative enough and decided to drop them by another 15 bps “. However, the central bank did more than just lower the rates: … Continue reading
Giving another shot at regular posting…
If you’ve been reading this website for any length of time (thank you if that’s the case), you’ll be aware that I have tried to experiment with a wide range of posting formats. Evidently, I struggle to find a balance … Continue reading
ECB Report 2015Q3 – Resilience in the face of localised instability
As was the case previously, this post is divided in 4 parts: First, I consider the ECB’s most orthodox policy tools, the policy rates. Secondly, I review the structure of the ECB’s balance sheet. This is then followed by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset Backed Security Purchasing Programme, CBPP, Deposit Facility, ECB, ECB assets, ECB Balance Sheet, ECB liabilities, ECB QE, Euro-zone Update, Marginal Lending Facility, MRO, PSPP, Public Sector Purchase Programme, QE in the Euro zone, QE in the Eurozone, SMP, Target2, Uncategorized and tagged ABSPP
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Where you can find me these days
As expected, I have moved to fresher pastures. I have been the Economics Editor at sister publications NordSIP and Ekonamik since the beginning of January 2019 and want to invite you to check out our content. Both publications are focused … Continue reading →