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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 20h

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IMF vs SRT: Let’s get systemic

Once more unto the funky securitisation breach

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 20h

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Get ready for another round of regulatory shadow boxing

If the non-banks are banks, who banks the unbanked?

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 22h

Central banks need to learn lessons about supply shocks - on.ft.com/4gYSlOw via @FT

Central banks need to learn lessons about supply shocks

We now know that the inflation that often follows can be persistent rather than transitory

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 23h

It's these managers that exemplify everything wrong with UK HE www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 1d

Too much media attention gives credence to the greenwashing efforts of the airline industry around SAF and CCS @benansell.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Flight from reality: sustainable aviation, Jet Zero, and the technofix

This paper argues that rising aviation emissions, which are disproportionally driven by the wealthy, pose a serious threat to climate goals. Using the UK’s Jet Zero strategy as a case study, it exp...

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 1d

The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE - on.ft.com/4mRUnBm via @FT

The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE

The massive bond purchases are being unwound at a time of fierce political criticism of the monetary authorities. The controversy could limit options in future crises

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 2d

Britain needs a ‘whatever it takes’ moment - www.ft.com/content/7615... via @FT

Britain needs a ‘whatever it takes’ moment

The Bank of England must acknowledge the priority of reviving investment-led growth and stop quantitative tightening

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 2d

Why everyone is talking about food inflation - on.ft.com/3IVZ6UN via @FT

Why everyone is talking about food inflation

Their predictive power on year-ahead core price pressures is worrying central bankers

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 2d

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It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones

In making dissent a privilege, not a right, Labour is crafting a repressive toolkit. Imagine it in the hands of a Farage government, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 3d

Confronting the limits of monetary policy - on.ft.com/3KVx7oH via @FT

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 3d

Reform UK accepting crypto is a pretty good sign that crypto political donations should be banned.- on.ft.com/46BrAfD

Crypto skulduggery isn’t a bug, it’s the whole point

Exploiting regulatory loopholes is the name of the game

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 5d

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Actual Intelligence

I wanted to put down some thoughts on Large Language Models (LLMs), or so-called artificial intelligence.

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 5d

How it started: Capitalism is going to save the planet! How it's going: Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch - on.ft.com/4pTlNcJ

Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch

‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 5d

How romance readers rescued British ice hockey - on.ft.com/46AVfWb via @FT

How romance readers rescued British ice hockey

Rinks are full. Players are stars. A new generation of female fans are to thank

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 6d

Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity - on.ft.com/4pPdCOz via @FT

Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity

The time to act is now

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 6d

Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow's Model as an Artifact by Verena Halsmayer read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...

Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow's Model as an Artifact by Verena Halsmayer | History of Political Economy | Duke University Press

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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · Sep 2

In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 7d

Shadow banks are not outside the banking system - on.ft.com/3ItEEul via @FT

Shadow banks are not outside the banking system

And that is a worry

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 7d

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 8d

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US and Eurozone central bankers divided over stablecoins

Fed governor Christopher Waller endorses digital tokens at Frankfurt conference while Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel expresses caution

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Kevin Carey @kevincareywb.bsky.social · 8d

IMF blog post: "The latest reserves data, once adjusted for exchange rate changes, suggest that the dollar share of central bank reserve holdings has not declined to the extent that unadjusted figures signal at first."
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Jeff Powell @powelljr.bsky.social · 8d

"But it’s curious to see, five years into this business cycle, such a big wedge open up between jobs growth and equipment spending. It’s one that hasn’t been seen in any US expansion in the past 60 years. Perhaps it’s sustainable. Perhaps this time is different." on.ft.com/42kReCR