Antoine de Cabanes
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Antoine de Cabanes
@adecabanes.bsky.social
PhD student in Political Science at UCLouvain (ISPOLE)

Political Economy, Monetary Policy, Central Banks (ECB & Federal Reserve // monetary politics, accountability, expertise)

https://uclouvain.academia.edu/AntoinedeCabanes
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Dear President Donald J Trump, can you please let me finish writing my doctoral dissertation on the relationship between the Federal Reserve and the US political field & actors, before transforming these relationship in an unprecedented way?
Many thanks in advance

www.axios.com/2025/07/16/t...
Trump denies reports he's close to firing Powell
Trump has demanded the central bank lower interest rates immediately.
www.axios.com
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
The AxPo Observatory on Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po is offering a 2-year postdoctoral position focusing on socioeconomic polarization and fragmentation.
Ph.Ds in sociology, economics, political science, and related fields are encouraged to apply.
www.sciencespo.fr/axpo/applica...
Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position
Call for Applications for Postdoctoral Research Position at the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po, Paris, FranceGeneral informationPosition Definition: Post-doctoral resea...
www.sciencespo.fr
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The US Supreme Court just announced that it will hear arguments on January 21 in the case Cook v. Trump

The Supreme Court ruling will determine if Trump can remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and will therefore have major implications for the #Fed 's independence from the executive branch.
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Pourquoi une supervision financière centralisée à l'échelle européenne est nécessaire ?

Réponse avec le cas fort parlant de Coinbase (une plateforme étasunienne de crypto-actifs), présentée sous la forme d'une pièce de théâtre en trois actes
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
After Manfred Weber and Jörgen Warborn, now it's Metsola's turn to advocate for the EPP to build parliamentary majorities with the far-right, in order to gut the Green Deal and implement massive deregulation

www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s centrists may have to work with the far right to get things done, warns European Parliament chief
Roberta Metsola says the coalition that has traditionally controlled Brussels may no longer always be able to pass legislation.
www.politico.eu
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
📢 New paper out in New Political Economy: "Depoliticising monetary tightening: how the European Central Bank managed the 2021–2023 inflation shock" Thread here below 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Depoliticising monetary tightening: how the European Central Bank managed the 2021–2023 inflation shock
The 2021-2023 inflation shock fuelled a heated public debate about the role of the monetary tightening strategy as the key strategy to the return to price stability. Central banks' rate hikes were ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Fascinating piece by @politico.com on the remaking of lobbying in DC caused by the authoritarian drive of #Trump 2.0 administration (namely the hyper-centralization of decision making in the hands of the White House, at the expenses of Congress & federal agencies)

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Kinda looks like the September 2019 repo glut :

Quantitative Tightening => depletion of banks' excess reserves > liquidity pressures & ↗️ of repo lending rates => increasing use of Fed standing repo facility

Key question for next Fed meeting : just end QT or restart QE ?

www.ft.com/content/6066...
Banks tap Fed lending facility in sign of short-term market strains
Institutions borrow $15bn from standing repo facility in space of two days in sign of liquidity pressures
www.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
New report out now with @granthamlse.bsky.social CETEx: "A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition"

cetex.org/publications...
A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition - CETEx
This report recommends three principles for coping with the political uncertainty faced by central bankers.
cetex.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Today's decision seems to confirm that the US Supreme Court means to differentiate between the #Fed and the other independent agencies : in Trump v Slaughter (the for-cause removal of an FTC Commissioner litigation), the Court granted the administrative stay while setting oral arguments for December
Just in: The Supreme Court has refused to let Donald Trump immediately fire Lisa Cook, deferring the US president's application until the justices hear oral arguments in the case in January 2026. on.ft.com/3WeV2C2
October 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lisa Cook 1 - Trump 0

La Cour Suprême des États-Unis a rejeté la demande de la Maison Blanche d'application immédiate du limogeage de la gouverneure de la Fed annoncé par Trump le 25/8, et opté pour entendre les plaidoiries des deux parties en janvier avant de statuer

www.ft.com/content/0430...
October 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
📢 Call for Papers — 5th Political Economy Working Group Workshop
🗓️ 30 Jan 2026, Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles

The workshop is divided into two parts:
Morning: PhD research presentations.
Afternoon: open to all, concluding with @benbraun.bsky.social.

Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025

All details below:
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
What a terrific idea to foster economic growth: instead of public investment (in infrastructure, or digital & green transitions for example), let's use public money to incentivise (through costly tax breaks) an increase in households' risk-taking, by putting their savings into bonds & stocks.
September 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Pour tout comprendre au processus de fabrication des sondages d'opinion et à leur utilisation dans le champ médiatique & politique, je vous recommande vivement ce passionnant ouvrage d' @hugotouzet.bsky.social, disponible dans toutes les bonnes librairies :
editions.ehess.fr/ouvrages/ouv...
September 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
Comment expliquer les tentatives de #Trump de prendre le contrôle de la Federal Reserve et de sa politique monétaire ?

J'ai esquissé quelques éléments de réponse sur @franceculture.fr, dans Entendez-vous l'éco ?

Merci @alietteh.bsky.social pour l'invitation !

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
La Fed est-elle un contrepouvoir ?
Après des mois de pression exercée par Donald Trump, la Réserve Fédérale américaine a consenti à une baisse de ses taux d'intérêts. Alors que sa neutralité technocratique est sérieusement remise en ca...
www.radiofrance.fr
September 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
Très bonne émission d'Endendez-vous l'Eco et @alietteh.bsky.social aujourd'hui.
@adecabanes.bsky.social revient sur la décision récente de J. Powell de ⬇️ les taux après des mois de pression de Trump et sur le débat persistant autour de l’indépendance de la Fed

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
La Fed est-elle un contrepouvoir ?
Après des mois de pression exercée par Donald Trump, la Réserve Fédérale américaine a consenti à une baisse de ses taux d'intérêts. Alors que sa neutralité technocratique est sérieusement remise en ca...
www.radiofrance.fr
September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Comment expliquer les tentatives de #Trump de prendre le contrôle de la Federal Reserve et de sa politique monétaire ?

J'ai esquissé quelques éléments de réponse sur @franceculture.fr, dans Entendez-vous l'éco ?

Merci @alietteh.bsky.social pour l'invitation !

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
La Fed est-elle un contrepouvoir ?
Après des mois de pression exercée par Donald Trump, la Réserve Fédérale américaine a consenti à une baisse de ses taux d'intérêts. Alors que sa neutralité technocratique est sérieusement remise en ca...
www.radiofrance.fr
September 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
Décryptage de la saturation récente de l'espace public par la dette. @blast-info.fr @edladecouverte.bsky.social
youtu.be/R7oaD5Hy_zw?...
CHANTAGE À LA DETTE PUBLIQUE : MENSONGES POLITIQUES, NAUFRAGE MÉDIATIQUE
YouTube video by BLAST, Le souffle de l'info
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nice @bloomberg.com graph depicting the evolution of #France sovereign credit rating since the Eurozone crisis.

It shows the role of the social & political crisis caused by Macron (2023 pension reform, 2024 snap election and subsequent governmental instability) in the current cycle of downgrading.
September 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
Since the start of von der Leyen's second mandate, EU sustainable finance norms face intense dismantling pressures. My new @JEPP article shows this started years ago when the fossil fuel industry “woke up” to the EU Taxonomy. 🧵 #EUTaxonomy #SustainableFinance👇 1/10
September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
🚨 New paper accepted in @JCMS_journal! 🚨

"Central bankers as migrating birds: How inflation shapes the rhetorical strategies of doves and hawks"
With Bart Stellinga and Matthias Thiemann

Paper: doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Blog: lnkd.in/eNAm9NzA
Central Bankers as Migrating Birds: How Inflation Shapes the Rhetorical Strategies of Doves and Hawks
The Eurosystem is built on a compelling promise: shielded from national politics, ECB Governing Council members would be better positioned to deploy their science-based expertise. Far from embodying ...
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fascinating piece by @clemfon.bsky.social on the political struggles surrounding the classification of economic activities as sustainable in the EU Taxonomy. The article explains how the Taxonomy has been watered down by analyzing the conflicts between the Commission & interest groups. A must-read !
💥 Are gas and nuclear sustainable? The EU says yes, but that’s contested.

Clément Fontan unpacks how lobbying shaped the EU Taxonomy and how the Commission managed its own expert group in the process 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
I'm really pleased to be featured in @justmoney.bsky.social's current scholarship post. Looking at the Bank of Japan and Fed archives, I argue that QE was always linked to public-sector support, but that effect was deliberately suppressed in central banks' public research and other comms.
🚨Current scholarship! In this article, Prof. Bateman explores the communication strategies through which central bankers in Japan and the US downplayed the fiscal effects of quantitative easing programs, raising interesting questions about central bank independence and the fiscal/monetary divide. 🏦💸
Current ScholarshipCommunication tools: a genealogy of quantitative easing
Will Bateman
justmoney.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
Bayrou a bouleversé la rentrée politique en annonçant hier la convocation d’une session extraordinaire du Parlement le 8 septembre, durant laquelle le PM engagera la responsabilité de son gouvernement.

Comment lire et interpréter cette décision ? Un thread 🧶

1/23

www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Vote de confiance : François Bayrou joue son va-tout devant un échec annoncé sur le budget 2026
Le premier ministre va engager la responsabilité du gouvernement, le 8 septembre, à l’Assemblée nationale, assurant chercher une « clarification ». Mais la chute paraît quasi certaine, alors que la ga...
www.lemonde.fr
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Bayrou a bouleversé la rentrée politique en annonçant hier la convocation d’une session extraordinaire du Parlement le 8 septembre, durant laquelle le PM engagera la responsabilité de son gouvernement.

Comment lire et interpréter cette décision ? Un thread 🧶

1/23

www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Vote de confiance : François Bayrou joue son va-tout devant un échec annoncé sur le budget 2026
Le premier ministre va engager la responsabilité du gouvernement, le 8 septembre, à l’Assemblée nationale, assurant chercher une « clarification ». Mais la chute paraît quasi certaine, alors que la ga...
www.lemonde.fr
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Antoine de Cabanes
Just received this statement from Lisa Cook:
"President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."
President Trump said he is firing Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, "effective immediately." It's his most direct assault yet on Fed independence -- and a step that it is far from clear he can legally take.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u... #EconSky
Trump Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM