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What does the Federal Reserve mean when it talks about tapering? brook.gs/3i6NSv2 via @BrookingsInst

Today we launch a website with weekly updates of the euro area GDP now-casts: sites.google.com/view/euroar… This is real-time replication of our paper federalreserve.gov/econres/i…, together with @ThiagoRTFerrei1, Domenico Giannone, and Michele Modugno. +

What are inflation expectations? Why do they matter? brook.gs/3llwQJj via @BrookingsInst Hutchins Center Explains from @TylerEPowell and me

Since @kelseybean14 and I weren't good enough at HS sports to have a signing day, it's #collegedecisionday, and we've now both committed to Michigan State (econ PhD for me, med school for her), we couldn't resist staging a grad school decision event. So excited to be Spartans!

Now-casting the euro-area GDP is an arduous task but we learn from market participants that country-specific data and soft data are very important. In this #IFDPPaper we formalize those lessons! #FinancialMarkets #Economics: go.usa.gov/xH3jq

New from the Hutchins Center Explains: What is potential GDP, and why is it so controversial right now? brook.gs/3sjkIg0 via @BrookingsInst @tylerepowell @lsheiner and me.

Why does the @FederalReserve care about inflation expectations? @TylerEPowell & @davidmwessel answer this and more questions in their new #HutchinsCenterExplains post: brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…

New from the Hutchins Center Explains series (by Tyler Powell and me): What changes did the Fed make in its longer-run goals and what differences do they make? brook.gs/2DsvJYA via @BrookingsEcon