Iñaki Aldasoro
@aldasoro.bsky.social
Principal Economist at the Bank for International Settlements. Views are my own, so is the silly sense of humor.
"You don't want a criminal lawyer... you want a 'criminal' lawyer”
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"You don't want a criminal lawyer... you want a 'criminal' lawyer”
Almost atomically, makes you think doesn’t it?
February 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Almost atomically, makes you think doesn’t it?
Forewarned is forearmed 🤷♂️
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Forewarned is forearmed 🤷♂️
Oh Sean, so many threads start with that first domino…
February 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Oh Sean, so many threads start with that first domino…
Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro
🚨Behold, the story of the Fed balance sheet in a single chart
www.ft.com/content/cbe2...
www.ft.com/content/cbe2...
Behold, the story of the Fed balance sheet in a single chart
More Fed history (sorry), briefly put
www.ft.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
🚨Behold, the story of the Fed balance sheet in a single chart
www.ft.com/content/cbe2...
www.ft.com/content/cbe2...
Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro
That’s how they do it, before you know it you are unapologetically tweeting that “blockchain fixes this”
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
That’s how they do it, before you know it you are unapologetically tweeting that “blockchain fixes this”
I like how you have extended this bit to encompass the crossing of lines in a two-axis chart. Real innovation there that revives what otherwise was becoming stale.
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I like how you have extended this bit to encompass the crossing of lines in a two-axis chart. Real innovation there that revives what otherwise was becoming stale.
Whoa huge if true.
Reporting from 2015, back to studio in 2026.
Reporting from 2015, back to studio in 2026.
STABLECOINS OUTPERFORM OTHER CRYPTOS AS MONEY MUFG Bank’s Lee Hardman says stablecoins are better suited than Bitcoin and other cryptos to act as money. Their stable value makes them more acceptable for transactions, enables faster global payments, and often carries lower fees
February 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Whoa huge if true.
Reporting from 2015, back to studio in 2026.
Reporting from 2015, back to studio in 2026.
Indeed, they just looked old.
Jason Alexander was 29 when the pilot of Seinfeld was first aired…
Jason Alexander was 29 when the pilot of Seinfeld was first aired…
a man in a red shirt is holding a glass of soda and laughing .
ALT: a man in a red shirt is holding a glass of soda and laughing .
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Indeed, they just looked old.
Jason Alexander was 29 when the pilot of Seinfeld was first aired…
Jason Alexander was 29 when the pilot of Seinfeld was first aired…
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AI adoption increases labour productivity levels by 4% on average in the EU, w/ no evidence of reduced employment in the short run. Productivity benefits, however, are unevenly distributed.
@aldasoro.bsky.social, L Gambacorta, R Pál, D Revoltella, C Weiss, M Wolski
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
@aldasoro.bsky.social, L Gambacorta, R Pál, D Revoltella, C Weiss, M Wolski
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
February 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
AI adoption increases labour productivity levels by 4% on average in the EU, w/ no evidence of reduced employment in the short run. Productivity benefits, however, are unevenly distributed.
@aldasoro.bsky.social, L Gambacorta, R Pál, D Revoltella, C Weiss, M Wolski
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
@aldasoro.bsky.social, L Gambacorta, R Pál, D Revoltella, C Weiss, M Wolski
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Check out our new VoxEU piece
AI adoption increases labour productivity levels by 4% on average in the EU, w/ no evidence of reduced employment in the short run. Productivity benefits, however, are unevenly distributed.
@aldasoro.bsky.social, L Gambacorta, R Pál, D Revoltella, C Weiss, M Wolski
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
@aldasoro.bsky.social, L Gambacorta, R Pál, D Revoltella, C Weiss, M Wolski
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
February 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Check out our new VoxEU piece
Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro
Bitcoin
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Bitcoin
I do recognize the skill of course, but man do I find figure skating utterly boring
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I do recognize the skill of course, but man do I find figure skating utterly boring
Shocking; it is clearly the T+1 lobby
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Shocking; it is clearly the T+1 lobby
The implication is that making a good investment out of many (with other people’s money) exonerates you from stealing many more people’s money.
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The implication is that making a good investment out of many (with other people’s money) exonerates you from stealing many more people’s money.
Robotically evil as well
a man in a suit is holding a glass of water in his hand .
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a glass of water in his hand .
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Robotically evil as well
Reposted by Iñaki Aldasoro
do you think they were twirling their moustache while writing that memo?
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
do you think they were twirling their moustache while writing that memo?