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Fiscal theory update

Whew. The penultimate draft of The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level  is now done, and in the hands of the cop…

The ECB's dilemma

I have been emphasizing the Fed's dilemma: If it raises interest rates, that raises the U.S. debt-service…

FTPL article

I wrote a short-ish article for the Journal of Economic Perspectives on Fiscal Theory of the Price Level. It…

Debt Video

This is a short video summarizing papers r<g?  and (better) section 6.4 of Fiscal Theory of the Price Le…

Inflation speculation

I'm working madly to finish The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level . This is a draft of Chapter 21, on how …

Build back sausage

Inspired by Casey Mulligan's blog post,  I went to read some of the "Build Back Better" bill .…

Treasury holdings

Another great graph from Torsten Slok at Apollo Foreigners hold less, Fed holds more. However, the Fed doesn…

What about Japan?

What about Japan? It's a question I often hear from advocates of fiscal expansion. Japan has huge debts a…

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