COVID-19
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"Thousands of rules need to bend to help thousands of businesses and millions of people," says SIEPR Senior Fellow John Cochrane.
March 17, 2020
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"Even at a time when you may be physically more isolated than ever before, you can maintain economic connection to those who rely on you, and create new connections to people[...]"
March 16, 2020
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China鈥檚 coronavirus lockdown likely saved tens of thousands of lives by slashing air pollution from factories and vehicles, according to new analysis by Marshall Burke.
March 16, 2020
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On occasions last week, the price of Treasuries fell alongside those of risky assets. Unusual gaps emerged between the prices of closely matched securities [...]
March 16, 2020
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SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor discusses the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy amid the coronavirus outbreak.
March 13, 2020
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"Banks retain creative powers to embellish their books by moving liabilities elsewhere. 'Balance sheet numbers look better, but they fool you,'" said SIEPR Sr Fellow Anat Admati.
March 13, 2020
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It's hard to know the mortality rate of COVID-19, since we don't yet have a test that can tell who has had the virus and recovered without knowing they were infected [...]
March 09, 2020
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Expect sales to increase in areas outside travel and leisure amid coronavirus outbreak, says SIEPR Senior Fellow John Taylor.
March 06, 2020
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John Taylor, a Senior Fellow at SIEPR and the Hoover Institution, discusses what鈥檚 ahead for the Fed and global interest rates.
March 03, 2020
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The epidemic鈥檚 widespread nature and related uncertainty will put a hold on large corporate investments, mergers and hiring, according to SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom [...]
March 01, 2020
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A two-year study by SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom found that telecommuting resulted in remarkable productivity gains鈥攂ut there are even more potential benefits, beyond that.
February 26, 2020
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鈥淣othing like this has ever happened before,鈥 says Nicholas Bloom. 鈥淭he coronavirus could end up being the key spur for the development of working from home in Asia.鈥
February 12, 2020