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Gianluca Benigno

@gianlucabenigno.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics at the University of Lausanne. Former Head of the International Studies Department at the NYFed and a tenured Professor at the LSE. gianlucabenigno.substack.com sites.google.com/view/gianlucabenig…;

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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This is an important post on debt sustainability. We often treat debt as a purely fiscal issue, searching for magic numbers (38T, 45T) or debt-to-GDP ratios (90%, 120%) beyond which everything unravels. But that misses the bigger picture. #debt #US #fiscalpolicy open.substack.com/pub/pierpa61...
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Is U.S. Government Debt Unsustainable?
The $38 trillion U.S.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
In my column for Herald Insight Collection, I explore how swap lines could evolve into geopolitical instruments of strategy and power. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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#geopolitics #swap_lines #united_states #china | Herald Insight Collection(#HIC)
Professor Gianluca Benigno at the University of Lausanne took an in-depth look at global currency swaps, which have emerged as a key issue in #geopolitics. He offers the insight that the geopolitics o...
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Quick Fed Update: 2025 rate cuts: The median projection still sees 2 rate cuts by end-2025. Rising support for “no cuts”: In March 2025, 4 FOMC participants saw no cuts in 2025. In June, that number has increased to 7, showing increased caution within the committee on easing policy further.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Japan Inflation (Apr): CPI steady at 3.6% YoY; core CPI up to 3.5%. Food eased, but rice +98.4% YoY. Goods—not services—drive inflation. BoJ likely to stay cautious amid external risks. #Japan #CPI #BoJ #inflation #economy #Yen
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
UK data: CPI rose to 3.5% YoY (vs. 3.3% expected), led by services inflation at 5.4% YoY, up from 4.7%. With wage growth sticky at 5.4% YoY, the current release might lead to a further cautious approach by the #BoE. #UKinflation #CPI #wages #BoE #interestrates #monetarypolicy
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I presented "The Flip Side of UK Monetary Policy" last week at the BoE's Watchers Conference. The main message is that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy is not mechanical, but depends on state-contingent and institutional country-specific factors. #BankofEngland 1/3
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
No signs of tariffs-induced price increases yet for the U.S. economy. open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...
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US April-25 CPI Inflation Report
Disinflation continues, as tariff-driven inflation fears have yet to materialize. The current release suggests no change in the "wait and see" monetary policy approach.
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Nathan Converse @nathanecon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Finally, in my own paper with @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social and @lucafornaro.bsky.social, we show that the Financial Resource Curse is not merely a theoretical possibility by presenting careful empirical evidence that it is a general phenomenon www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 4/n
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Large capital inflows, sectoral allocation, and economic performance
This paper describes the stylized facts characterizing periods of exceptionally large capital inflows in a sample of 70 middle- and high-income countr…
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Nathan Converse @nathanecon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
In an AER paper w Martin Wolf (of U.St.Gallen) @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social and @lucafornaro.bsky.social show that the Financial Resource Curse has even larger negative implications when flows go to the world technological leader, I.e. the US (ungated here: www.newyorkfed.org/research/sta...) 3/n
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The Global Financial Resource Curse - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK
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Nathan Converse @nathanecon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I like that Brunnermeier and Merkel at least nod (without citation for some reason) at @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social and @lucafornaro.bsky.social ‘s work on the Financial Resource Curse (e.g crei.cat/wp-content/u...) 3/n
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
When tariffs become a financial shock inducing feedback loop in asset prices @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
My teaching notes on the new U.S. Trade regime. What are tariffs? Who pays for it? Do they increase prices? what policy actions have been adopted, their implementation and possible legal challenges. open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...
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A Quick Guide to the New U.S. Trade Regime
This is a major structural shift to the global economy, here I review the basics.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
January CPI inflation release surprised on the upside. Core inflation seems to be stuck above 3% showing little progress. As trade tensions increase, goods prices will likely add to inflationary pressures rather than contribute to disinflation as in 2024. gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/us-january...
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US January-25 CPI Inflation report
An unexpected rise in inflation will likely dampen expectations for rate cuts, reinforcing the Fed's cautious stance and increasing the likelihood of a prolonged higher-for-longer rate environment.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Interest Rates Politics: can Trump Pressure the Fed? open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...
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Interest Rates Politics: can Trump Pressure the Fed?
It is still inflation that matters
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Nice article by @martinsandbu.bsky.social on Draghi's proposal. "Demand creates its own supply" this is what happens in the Keynesian growth framework (libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2019/04/the-...)
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The Keynesian Growth Approach to Macroeconomic Policy and Productivity - Liberty Street Economics
Productivity is one of the key determinants of potential output—that is, the trend level of production consistent with stable inflation. A productivity growth slowdown has occurred in several advanced...
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
How can Central Banks manage the post-pandemic world with increased macro variability, geopolitical tensions, and shifting interest rate dynamics? Building on the BoE, I explore how scenario analysis could emerge as a new communication device for CBs. gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/scenario-a...
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Scenario Analysis as Communication Device for Central Banking
Reshaping Communication: The Bernanke Review will affect Central Banks’ communication beyond the Bank of England.
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Lukas Mergele @lukasmergele.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
@andreasbeerli.bsky.social @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social @kenzabenhima.bsky.social @fuster.bsky.social @eyquem2.bsky.social @dominic-rohner.bsky.social @marcbruetsch.bsky.social @karstenjunius.bsky.social
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Today’s CPI inflation report suggests that progress towards the 2% target is slow. My interpretation is that inflation has reached a plateau, gravitating around 2.5% at the headline level and around 3% at the core CPI level. (gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/october-24...)
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October-24 U.S. CPI Inflation Report
Still persistently high Core Inflation
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
The Global Financial Resource Curse is now a forthcoming paper in the American Economic Review. lnkd.in/gXEVV4ym The Global Financial Resource curse is a depressed growth outcome under financial integration, resulting in low growth, low productivity, and super-low real interest rates
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Is inflation no longer a problem? While inflation in many advanced economies has moved closer to central bank targets, significant differences remain between various measures of inflation. For example, services inflation is in general higher than pre-pandemic with more variations across countries.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
Does the recent interest rate cut by the Fed influence the U.S. election? In my blog, I argue that American consumers' dissatisfaction with the economic outlook is more closely tied to high prices than the control of inflation. I explore how behavioral factors might explain this connection.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
The upcoming FOMC meeting is marked by significant uncertainty regarding the magnitude of the Federal Funds Rate cut. I suggest that a 50bps reduction could result from a split vote within the FOMC. (open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...)
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
Following yesterday's CPI report, the likelihood of a 50 basis point rate cut has decreased significantly. In the U.S. CPI report, we highlight the persistence of core inflation and core services as key factors contributing to this market adjustment. (open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...).
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
It's Inflation Report Day today, starting with the UK CPI report. Our supercore inflation measure has shown a marked decline, both on a m/m basis (0.3% in July, down from 0.5% in June) and on a y/y (4.8% in July, down from 5.4% in June). (gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/uk-july-24...)
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UK July 24-CPI Inflation Report
Marked decline in supercore inflation would justify continuation of easing cycle in September
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
The blog post, "The Bank of Japan's Put," (gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/the-bank…) explores the role of the Bank of Japan and the yen's reversal in understanding recent developments.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
In the blog "Post-FOMC Update: The Fed and Market Shifts,"(gianlucabenigno.substack.com/p/post-fom…) I examine the differing interpretations of the labor market by the Federal Reserve and the market following the July FOMC meeting.
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 20/04/2024
It was an interesting conference at the Federal Reserve Board last Tuesday and Wednesday with interesting keynotes and panel contributions by Vice-Chair Philip Jefferson, Mark Gertler, Isabel Schnabel, Silvana Tenreyro, Olivier Blanchard, and James Bullard. open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
The Swiss National Bank has started its easing cycle. It might face a challenge in limiting the strength of the Swiss franc. I discuss the policy decision and the SNB's future challenges here open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...
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The SNB sets the time
To depreciate the Swiss franc
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
In my latest post, I discuss why the U.S. economy might be running at a different speed than pre-pandemic thanks to fiscal policy. open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...
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The Fed’s Trap and Fiscal Primacy
The Fed’s trap is its backward thinking!
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
In this BIS article (bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/...) jointly with Boris Hoffman, Galo Nuno and Damiano Sandri, we discuss where the natural real interest rate is heading in the post-pandemic world. We suggest that it might be possibly higher than pre-pandemic. #interestrates #Rstar #monetarypolicy
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 21/02/2024
My interview at MNI with David Robinson on how BoE hikes drive rental inflation in the UK (marketnews.com/mni-intervie...) following up on my substack blog (open.substack.com/pub/gianluca...)
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MNI INTERVIEW: Rising Rents Shouldn't Defer BOE Rate Cuts
Elevated rental inflation poses a challenge to Bank of England communications as it approaches an easing cycle, but it should resist any temptation to delay cuts due to concerns over shelter costs, fo...
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Gianluca Benigno @gianlucabenigno.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
"Is the Bank of England (@bankofengland) worsening inflation by raising rates? High rates may inflate rental costs, impacting service inflation. More in my blog: shorturl.at/cuIM8 #Inflation #BankOfEngland #monetarypolicy #interestrates #UKhousingmarket
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