George Waters
@gawater.bsky.social
Professor focused on Macroeconomics (mostly)
Author of primeronmacro.blogspot.com/
Substack at https://gdubbbb.substack.com/
Occasional posts on #Chess and #ClevelandCavs
Author of primeronmacro.blogspot.com/
Substack at https://gdubbbb.substack.com/
Occasional posts on #Chess and #ClevelandCavs
In any case, the President does not have the authority to dictate Fed policy anyway. If the Fed ever has to ask Congress for money that could change.
June 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In any case, the President does not have the authority to dictate Fed policy anyway. If the Fed ever has to ask Congress for money that could change.
The Fed has been in the red for the last couple years, though it's in a "deferred account" so it hasn't cost Treasury anything yet. Post-Great Recession, the Fed acquired a huge amount of assets. To go back to open market operations, they'd have to sell off a big chunk. How big is anyone's guess.
June 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Fed has been in the red for the last couple years, though it's in a "deferred account" so it hasn't cost Treasury anything yet. Post-Great Recession, the Fed acquired a huge amount of assets. To go back to open market operations, they'd have to sell off a big chunk. How big is anyone's guess.
Time to become a priest….
June 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Time to become a priest….
You should canoe across the Straits of Messina to show them how easy it is.
May 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You should canoe across the Straits of Messina to show them how easy it is.
Reposted by George Waters
10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation!
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Re-Analysis of Ciacci, R. (2024). Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation!
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...
He’s going to hop into bad with Modern Monetary Theory without realizing it.
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
He’s going to hop into bad with Modern Monetary Theory without realizing it.
Reusable milk bottles and lottery tickets….gotta diversify.
April 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Reusable milk bottles and lottery tickets….gotta diversify.
Waiting to use it might not be a bad idea, as long as you do eventually.
March 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Waiting to use it might not be a bad idea, as long as you do eventually.
That’s in a scene in Broadway Danny Rose
March 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
That’s in a scene in Broadway Danny Rose