simeon bischl

I'm curious how you will model the ideological playoffs the investors may get from undermining the current monetary system🫠

Cool! But can you beat this strategy? I doubt it!

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Surprisingly, I found no meaningful impact on real GDP, inflation, or debt. Caveats apply, but this suggests central bank independence may indeed shield monetary policy from harmful political interference.
For details, see: (2/2)
centralbanktalk.eu/files/simeon/Summer_Report_EUI_2025.pdf

With Trump saying to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, debate over central bank independence is back. While that's clearly a bad idea, I ran a basic synthetic control exercise in my EUI summer report to study how political attacks on central banks affects macro outcomes. (1/2)

Can't wait for central bankers to read this and introduce «Narrative Discipline» as their new policy tool!

The last breath of central bank independence - and how simple talk can save it Using LLM analysis of 18000+ speeches I reveal three fundamental threats to central bank independence beyond the populist headlines. The lifeline? Simple talk.

Long overdue: I finally wrote a blog on the topic of my PhD thesis (and links to all papers) on central bank independence and communication. Check it out if only to see my data visuals! open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

How central bank independence shapes monetary policy communication: A Large Language Model application Although central bank communication is a core monetary policy and accountability tool for central banks, little is known about what shapes it. This pa…

New publication (co-authored with @simeonbischl.de)! Excited to see Chapter 2 of my PhD published in EJPE: How Central Bank Independence Shapes Monetary Policy Communication: A Large Language Model Application. A thread below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I also heard the rumor many more will follow!

X is almost reaching the heights of this page;) centralbanktalk.eu/memes

Can the time it takes to count votes be used as an indicator of local administrative quality? Bavaria of course is going strong. #btw25 #Bundestagswahl

U30 Wähler die ihre Wahlentscheidung fällen auf Basis der TikToks die sie am Wahltag sehen.

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Just keep updating your audience's attention weights and they'll *transform* into LLM exports in no time!

I'm hereby officially declaring my support for Team R!

Looks like EUI econ is (mostly) still on Twitter

More evidence that Austria is the best country in Europe ;)

Introducing ‘central bank talk’ Thirty years ago, central banks simply did not make transparent public statements. Now, communication with the public and the media is crucial to their operation. Lauren Leek has developed an interact...

🏦 30 years ago, central banks simply didn't make transparent public statements, but now they are crucial to their operation.
💶 @laurenleek.eu discusses the interactive website, Central Bank Talk, which offers users insights into central bank communication.
👉 bit.ly/49lfDKA

Check out our new blog on our recently developed website (with @simeonbischl.de):) centralbanktalk.eu which offers some cool interactive tools to explore central bank communication!

Großartige Folge! Austrian economists are the best economists.

Macroeconomics PhD course ending with the exam

New pre-print! osf.io/preprints/so... All methods/political economy enthusiasts: check my paper /w @simeonbischl.de: How Central Bank Independence Shapes Monetary Policy Communication: A Large Language Model Application. Key take-away: financial pressures are more of a concern after a CBI event (1/8

It’s live! The past few days @simeonbischl.de and I have had some intense coding sessions and we are happy to share the result: centralbanktalk.eu this website includes tools to explore central bank communication (1/