Geopolitical Volatility and Macroeconomic Stagnation: A Deep-Dive into May 2026 Forex Markets

The Geopolitical Anchor and Market Stagnation In late May 2026, the global currency markets have become tethered to the mercurial developments of the Middle Eastern conflict. The p

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Geopolitical Volatility and Macroeconomic Stagnation: A Deep-Dive into May 2026 Forex Markets

The Geopolitical Anchor and Market Stagnation In late May 2026, the global currency markets have become tethered to the mercurial developme...

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... of #Economic #Concentration: A Historical and #Macroeconomic Analysis Introduction The trajectory of the American #economy is frequently framed in public discourse as a natural evolution driven by neutral market forces, technological advancement, and the organic, unavoidable ebb and flow of ...
“Because it combines #technological waves with #macroeconomic quantities, this is such an important graph (quibbles about quantification aside)” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Global #temperature correlates strongly with extreme climatic events.

In a new paper, exploiting natural global temperature variability, researchers find that 1ºC warming reduces world #GDP by over 20% in the long run.

This implicates that the #macroeconomic damages from #climate change are an order of magnitude larger than previously thought.

https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/141/2/889/8490467?login=false

www.imf.org/-/media/file... " #oil shocks transmit unevenly through #labor #markets with lasting impacts extending well beyond short-term #macroeconomic fluctuations" This disruption is not a blip - horrifying impacts will continue for the poorest and most vulnerable folks for a long long time!

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https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/publications/wp/2025/english/wpiea2025145.pdf

" #oil shocks transmit unevenly through #labor #markets with lasting impacts across #countries #sectors and demographic groups, extending well beyond short-term #macroeconomic fluctuations"

This disruption is not a blip - horrifying impacts will continue for the poorest and most vulnerable folks for a long long time!

Listened to a very interesting presentation of FINGREEN #model, the under-development Finnish adaptation of the EUROGREEN #macroeconomic #sustainability #transition model. Very good to get alternatives to currently dominant and rather one-sided DSGE models! people.unipi.it/simone_dales...

EUROGREEN MODEL - Simone D'Ale...
The model is intended to study policy interventions & their effects on Circular Economy transition, & endogenously generate scenarios of market evolution. Its outputs are passed to an Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) model, which then computes #macroeconomic and #environmental impacts.
➡️ Find out more about the research mentioned in the article: #Economic uncertainty and intentions to remain #childless: #Macroeconomic worries or individual-level #economicuncertainty ?, by Ann, with Bernice Kuang and Brienna Perelli-Harris: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/res/docs/WP_109_Economic_uncertainty_and_intentions_to_remain_childless.pdf

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

"You cannot reward monsters": US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia -- Russian attack shows Moscow is not serious about peace, NATO chief says -- How Soviet nostalgia and silence enable wartime complicity on Russian YouTube -- How the Kremlin drafted Russia's hackers to attack the West, leading to a rare US court case ... and more

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