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By Willem H. Buiter - Feb 08,2022
NEW YORK — The price of Bitcoin has undergone yet another wild gyration, rising from $41,030 on September 29, 2021, to $69,000 on November 10, 2021, before falling back to $35,075 on January 23.
By Willem H. Buiter - Nov 30,2021
NEW YORK — One way or another, central banks’ behaviour will have to change with the climate. But it should evolve only because climate change will create new constraints and drive new forms of public and private economic activity.
By Willem H. Buiter - Jul 31,2021
NEW YORK — How much slack is there in the US economy? In economics, the “gap version” of Okun’s law holds that a one-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a two-point decline in the real (inflation-adjusted) GDP growth rate below its potential.
By Willem H. Buiter - Apr 08,2021
NEW YORK – In a recent commentary for the Financial Times, economist Dambisa Moyo makes a case for why business leaders should invest in Bitcoin.
By Willem H. Buiter - Jan 30,2021
NEW YORK  —  The unprecedented fiscal stimulus unleashed in the United States since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic calls for commensurate additional monetary stimulus.
By Willem H. Buiter - Apr 11,2020
NEW YORK – Ironically, just as the “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders has suspended his presidential campaign in the United States, many of his policy proposals are becoming necessary around the world.
By Willem H. Buiter - Mar 18,2020
NEW YORK – When interpreting the US Federal Reserve’s weekend  HYPERLINK "https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20200315a.htm" \t "_blank" announcement of new measures to mitigate the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important not to confus
By Willem H. Buiter - Feb 11,2020
NEW YORK — Despite the buzz around climate action at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the world’s current environmental prospects look grim.
By Willem H. Buiter - Jan 14,2020
NEW YORK — A new chapter has been written in the history of risk-free global interest rates. In a recent study, Paul Schmelzing of the Bank of England tracks global real (inflation-adjusted) interest rates over the period from 1311 to 2018.
By Willem H. Buiter - Dec 29,2019
NEW YORK — The United Kingdom’s general election this month not only settled the question of Brexit, but also put paid to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s extreme vision of socialism.

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