Reposted by Risto MurtoAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 31/03/2026#BREAKING Indonesia announces fuel rationing, orders civil servants to work from home one day a week, amid price hikes due to Mideast war 34736
Reposted by Risto MurtoMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 24/11/2025This is a very cool paper with a clever identification strategy to test the causal impact of the opioid epidemic on various political outcomes. A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy. 3285
Reposted by Risto MurtoMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 06/09/2025“In Victorian mill towns, workers saved up to buy books. In one Scottish locale, a boy noticed a ragman reading a book. The book—which the ragman lent him—was Thucydides. The boy was Ramsay MacDonald, who would go on to become Britain’s first Labour prime minister.” 15419
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Kesän keskusteluihin. www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...hs.fiVanhukset | Risto Murto: Aikuiset lapset saattavat jatkossa joutua ottamaan enemmän vastuuta vanhemmistaanJulkisen talouden heikkeneminen voi johtaa tilanteeseen, jossa vanhuksille ei ole riittävästi ympärivuorokautista hoitoa, Murto arvioi. 550
Reposted by Risto MurtoArthur Leichthammer @aleichthammer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Bernd Lange stressing an important point that still sometimes gets lost: For the EU, sectoral tariffs are much more important than a general baseline - most of the EU exports into the US are concentrated in few key sectors. 04512
Reposted by Risto MurtoBruegel @bruegel.org · 05/07/2025🎥 ICYMI: Who should be charged? The challenge of fairly allocating electricity system costs Rewatch the event with Benoît Esnault, Anna Stürgkh, Derk Swider & @gzachmann.bsky.social on European challenges of electricity costs and the relative policy trade-offs. 🔗buff.lyWho should be charged? The challenge of fairly allocating electricity system costsCan Europe lower electricity costs without deep compromises? 001
Reposted by Risto MurtoAntti Karkiainen @anttikarkiainen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025"Jos emme ole koulutuksen suurvalta, niin mikä me sitten ollaan?" @rmurto.bsky.social peräänkuuluttaa panostuksia T&K-toimintaan, koulutukseen ja työperäiseen maahanmuuttoon. Lue Murron haastattelu tuoreesta Työeläke-lehdestä tyoelakelehti.fi/2025/06/tapa... #koulutus #tulevaisuustyoelakelehti.fiTapasimme Risto Murron: Murroksessa kohti parempaa — Työeläke-lehtiHistoriallisen suurta osakepainon nostoa ei kannata ajoittaa yhteen päivään, sanoo Risto Murto. Varman toimitusjohtajan mukaan eläkeuudistus tulee saattaa voimaan asteittain. 043
Reposted by Risto MurtoVoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 19/05/2025Strong coordination of wage setting in Nordic countries has been maintained through pattern bargaining. However, this may come into conflict with the future needs of labour reallocation due to aging populations & higher demand for military personnel. Lars Calmfors cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 034
Reposted by Risto MurtoErik Fossing Nielsen @erikfossingnielsen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Auch!!!! 0122
Reposted by Risto MurtoAdam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Weapons maker Rheinmetall is now worth more than VW. 1131585
Reposted by Risto MurtoNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Far-reaching statement by the EPP on European defence and Ukraine, calling inter alia for - seizing Russian assets - sped up accession of Ukraine - broad use of joint procurement - joint EU debt instruments for defence (!) www.epp.eu/news/epp-sum... 723870
Reposted by Risto MurtoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/03/2025Powell on price stability: "I think we were getting closer and closer to that ... I do think with the arrival of the tariff inflation, further progress may be delayed. The SEP doesn't really show further downward progress on inflation this year and that's really due to the tariffs coming in." 50974182
Reposted by Risto MurtoOras Tynkkynen @orastynkkynen.vihreat.fi · 14/03/2025Trumpin motiivit ovat mitä ovat, mutta lopputulos on silti hyvä: energiapakotteiden tiukentaminen Venäjää vastaancbsnews.comTrump administration toughens sanctions on Russian oil, gas and banking sectorsThe stiffer restrictions come as the Trump administration is trying to convince Russia to accept terms of a proposed 30-day ceasefire. 1594
Reposted by Risto MurtoFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/02/2025EU to offer lower tariffs on US cars www.ft.com/enrichedcontent/bed348ee…ft.comEU to offer lower tariffs on US carsBloc hopes olive branch will help to shield Europe’s ailing car industry from Donald Trump’s trade measures 18206
Reposted by Risto MurtoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025JD Vance on Trump's push to "acquire" Greenland: "He doesn't care what the Europeans scream at us ... you've got probably 55,000 people living on Greenland who are not actually happy with Danish government." 532843158
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 02/02/2025No, tullien noston aloittaminen naapureiden kanssa on niin älytön ajatus, että markkinoilla on vieläkin vaikeuksia uskoa, etteikö siitä vetäydyttäisi nopeasti. 1221
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 01/02/2025"There’s a sense we’re living through times we’ll understand only in retrospect. But the collapse of the old international order and the break in America’s old domestic order are shaping this young century." www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...wsj.comOpinion | Trump and the Collapse of the Old OrderA disquieting Washington visit leaves me with a sense that America is making a big break from the past. 0150
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Suomi ei ole erikoisuus syntyvyyden laskussa, vaikka taso onkin suhteellisen alhainen. Talous huono selittäjä tälle. 2171
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Tuottavuuoden ja talouden kasvulla on hyvät puolensa. 180
Reposted by Risto MurtoRoss Allen @allenross.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Joint Expeditionary Force activates UK-led reaction system to track threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor Russian shadow fleet 🇬🇧🇪🇪 www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukJoint Expeditionary Force activates UK-led reaction system to track threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor Russian shadow fleetJoint Expeditionary Force partners and NATO will be alerted by the system of any ships deemed a risk to key areas of interest 48133
Reposted by Risto MurtoFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 06/01/2025Finland fuels children’s future with financial literacy and food www.ft.com/content/26c56174-76ab-49…ft.comFinland fuels children’s future with financial literacy and foodWorld-beating ambition drives real-life business practice and free lunches for kids 57025
Reposted by Risto MurtoSimon van Teutem @simonvanteutem.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Between 1990 and 2020, the share of immigrants in high-income countries doubled, rising from around 7% to 14%. This means that today, one in seven people in high-income countries was born in a different country. 181
Reposted by Risto MurtoMichael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 25/12/2024What happens when techno-optimism meets energy system realism? My latest for @BloombergNEF is a long read on AI, called The Power and the Glory. So that's Boxing Day sorted! about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...about.bnef.comLiebreich: Generative AI – The Power and the Glory | BloombergNEFThis year will go down in history as the year the energy sector woke up to AI. This is also the year AI woke up to energy. Is the data center power frenzy just the latest of a long line of energy sect... 2115652
Reposted by Risto MurtoLiam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Exxon's gas+CCS play for datacenters offers a way to: - Monetize low-value gas - Capture premiums being paid for speedy connection - Get Big Tech to underwrite pilots - Capture (and maybe protect) IRA subsidies Read today's column here @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comExxon's AI Power Play Aims to Beat NuclearThe oil major is betting Big Tech’s need for speed will open up a bigger market for gas-fired plants. 1126
Reposted by Risto MurtoMike Bird @birdyword.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Some great charts from HSBC - China's *direct* export exposure to the US has slumped and is now at the lowest levels since in modern history, and does not stand out relative to other Asian economies. 2338
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Jos Suomessa halutaan koulutusastetta ylös, se käytännössä tarkoittaa miesten koulutusasteen nostoa. 1318933
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Isot, näyttävät tappiot Northvoltista tulevat vaikeuttamaan seuraavien isojen hankkeiden pääomanhankintaa. 090
Risto Murto @rmurto.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy in Blow to Europe’s Battery Hopes www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comNorthvolt Files for Bankruptcy in Blow to Europe’s Battery HopesNorthvolt AB filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after failing to secure a lifeline for its battery-cell business in a faltering market for electric vehicles. 030
