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AI Economics Research Podcast
A podcast where AI hosts explain central bank and economics research papers. Each episode breaks down academic work in a clear conversational format, covering monetary policy, inflation, forecasting, macroeconomics, and financial stability.
Episodes
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Federal Reserve: How Peer Influence More Than Doubles Odds of Feminine Pronoun Use in Economics (Explained)
This episode explores a Federal Reserve working paper that analyzes how cultural change, specifically regarding gendered pronoun use, spread within economic…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: Why Simply Simplifying Language Doesn't Make Central Bank Messages 'Get Through' (Explained)
This episode dives into a Bank of England research paper that explores why complex messages from policymakers, like central banks, often fail to 'get through'…
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Federal Reserve: How Ponzi Schemes Build Trust and Why They Unravel (Explained)
This episode delves into a Federal Reserve research paper that develops a new model of Ponzi schemes, focusing on how these frauds operate under asymmetric…
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Federal Reserve: How Survey Wording Changes What We Know About Consumer Spending (Explained)
This episode unpacks a Federal Reserve working paper that reveals why economists get vastly different estimates of the Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) –…
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Bank of England: When Inflation Indexes Misguide Monetary Policy (Explained)
This episode explains a Bank of England research paper that challenges whether the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is always the best guide for monetary policy…
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Federal Reserve: Why Don't More Americans Get Economics PhDs? (Explained)
This episode breaks down a recent Federal Reserve research paper exploring who earns economics PhDs in the U.S. and the structural factors shaping access and…
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Bank of England: Why Did UK Homeowners Choose Pricier 2-Year Fixes After the Mini-Budget Rate Shock? (Explained)
Dive into a new Bank of England research paper that unpacks how UK homeowners reacted to the September 2022 mini-budget's interest rate shock. This episode…
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Bank of England: Why Interest Rate Hikes Hurt Innovation Differently Across Firms (Explained)
This episode delves into a Bank of England research paper exploring how monetary policy's effects on innovation and productivity can be surprisingly…
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports: Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Unpacking "Ordinal Complementarity" for Stronger Economic Policy and Skill Formation (Explained)
This episode delves into a new Federal Reserve Bank of New York research paper introducing "ordinal complementarity," a robust way to understand how inputs…
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Bank of England: Does Higher Productivity Always Mean Lower Inflation? (Explained)
This episode unpacks a recent Bank of England research paper, "Productivity and Inflation Dynamics," explaining in plain English why higher productivity…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: How Cloud Computing Reshapes Competition in the Banking Sector (Explained)
This episode dives into a new Bank of England staff working paper exploring how cloud outsourcing is impacting competition in the UK banking sector. We break…
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Bank of England: Why Interest Rate Hikes Hit House Prices But Not Rents (Explained)
This episode breaks down a new Bank of England research paper on how monetary policy impacts the housing sector. It explores why rising interest rates cause…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS: How Job Switching Drives Inflation and Why Monetary Policy Must Adapt (Explained)
This episode breaks down a recent paper from the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS that reveals how job switching—known as employer-to-employer (EE)…
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports: Federal Reserve: Why Programming Payments is Not the Same as Programmable Money (Explained)
This episode explores a fascinating research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, diving into the critical difference between programmable payments…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: Why Imperfect Expectations Improve Our Economic Models (Explained)
This episode unpacks a Bank of England staff working paper by Jamie Lenney and Biagio Rosso, exploring how economic models can better reflect real-world human…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: How Central Bank Communication Shapes Public Inflation Expectations (Explained)
This episode dives into a Bank of England research paper by Eric Tong and Rennae Cherry, titled "Central bank communications that reach the public." We explore…
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Bank of England: Digital Money, Private Issuers, and Preserving "Monetary Singleness" (Explained)
This episode breaks down a new Bank of England research paper that explores how rapid innovation in digital payments and new private digital monies challenge…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports: Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Decoding Demand Shocks in Retail & Services with Foot Traffic Data (Explained)
This episode dives into a Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report that uses big data from foot traffic to uncover hidden demand shocks affecting…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: Do AI Models Share Our Inflation Attitudes? (Explained)
This episode dives into a new Bank of England research paper exploring whether Large Language Models like GPT-3.5 Turbo can form inflation perceptions and…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS: The Economics of Narcoterrorism – Funding Terror Through Drugs and Countering It (Explained)
This episode breaks down a recent Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis research paper, offering a strategic economic analysis of narcoterrorism in plain English…
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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS: Does the Money Supply Predict Inflation in the US? (Explained)
This episode breaks down a research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, exploring whether different measures of the money supply are useful for…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS: Does Money Supply Really Predict Inflation? (Explained)
This episode dives into a Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis research paper asking a crucial question: Do monetary aggregates actually help forecast inflation?…
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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS: How Combining Recursive and Rolling Forecasts Boosts Accuracy (Explained)
This episode dives into a Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis research paper that examines how to make economic forecasts more accurate, particularly in an…
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD: Predicting Recessions – Why 'Wisdom of Crowds' Rivals Machine Learning (Explained)
This episode delves into an OECD research paper that challenges conventional wisdom on forecasting recessions. We explore how a "wisdom of crowds" approach…
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Bank of England: Uncovering 'Non-Standard Errors' – How Researcher Choices Sway Economic Results (Explained)
This episode explains a Bank of England Staff Working Paper, "Non-standard errors," by Albert J Menkveld et al., exploring how variations in researcher choices…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports: Federal Reserve: How to Guarantee Honest Information Disclosure from Regulators? Cryptography is Key (Explained)
This episode dives into a Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report that explores a critical challenge in information disclosure: how to ensure a sender…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: How UK Recessions Make Negative Income Shocks More Likely (Explained)
This episode breaks down a new Bank of England research paper that explores how economic cycles, like recessions, impact the stability of earnings for UK…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank of England: Picking the Right Tools for Macroeconomic Model Estimation (Explained)
This episode breaks down a recent Bank of England working paper, exploring the best econometric methods for accurately estimating structural parameters in…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank for International Settlements: Unlocking Financial Stability with AI-Powered Market Monitoring (Explained)
This episode delves into a groundbreaking research paper from the Bank for International Settlements, exploring how artificial intelligence is being harnessed…
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Bank of England: Understanding Machine Learning in Central Banking (Explained)
This episode delves into a Bank of England research paper exploring how machine learning is being applied in central banking and policy analysis. We break down…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank for International Settlements: AI Adoption in Europe: Productivity Gains, Not Job Losses (Explained)
This episode dives into a new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) research paper investigating Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption across European…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Bank for International Settlements: High-Frequency Trading's Surprising Impact on Company Capital (Explained)
This episode delves into a new research paper from the Bank for International Settlements, exploring how the lightning speed of high-frequency trading (HFT)…
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Bank of England: Boosting Economic Forecast Accuracy by Accounting for Asymmetric Risks and Volatility (Explained)
This episode breaks down a Bank of England research paper that significantly improves economic forecasting methods. It explains how economists use advanced…
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Bank of England: How Bayesian VARs Forecast the Economy and Inform Monetary Policy (Explained)
This episode breaks down a Bank of England Staff Working Paper, explaining how economists use advanced statistical models called Bayesian Vector…
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Bank of England: How Machine Learning Uses Surveys & News to Predict the Economy (Explained)
This episode dives into a Bank of England Staff Working Paper exploring how machine learning techniques can enhance macroeconomic forecasting. We break down…
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Bank of England: Can We Trust AI's Reasons? Exploring Model Fragility in Finance (Explained)
This episode unpacks a recent Bank of England research paper on the often-overlooked 'fragility' of deep learning models in finance. We explore how subtle…
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Bank of England: Interpretable AI for Smarter Economic Predictions (Explained)
This episode breaks down a Bank of England research paper on using interpretable machine learning for economic forecasting. Discover how advanced AI models can…
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Bank of England: Who Really Profited from British Slavery Compensation in the 1830s? (Explained)
This podcast episode explains groundbreaking Bank of England research uncovering the financial mechanics behind Britain's 1833 slavery abolition compensation…
- AI Economics Research Podcast
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Reports: Federal Reserve Bank of New York: How Legal Sports Betting Crosses Borders, Hurting Credit and Creating Fiscal Imbalance (Explained)
This episode explores a Federal Reserve Bank of New York research paper on the economic effects of legalizing mobile sports betting. We unpack how betting and…
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Why Your Grocery Bill Predicts Future Inflation: The Power of Food Prices on Household Expectations
This episode dives into how ordinary households form their views on inflation, revealing a surprising truth: changes in food prices matter most. Discover why…
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Climate Change's Hidden Economic Toll: How Rising Temperatures Are Driving Up Global Trade Costs
New research reveals that rising global temperatures are significantly increasing the costs of international trade, a factor largely overlooked in climate…
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Understanding Inflation's Asymmetry: New Firm-Level Evidence on the Phillips Curve
This episode delves into new research exploring the Phillips curve, a key model linking inflation and economic slack. Using extensive firm-level survey data…