Macroeconomic Imbalances in the EU

The new EU surveillance mechanisms are now in operation.  The first “Alert Mechanism Report” is available here, while a background paper is here.

Response of Households to the Economic Downturn

The CSO has released a report on its recent module in the QNHS that asked households some qualitative questions about the impact of the downturn on expenditure patterns – the report is here.

The 2012 Geary Lecture: ‘Skill, Job Control and the Quality of Work: the Changing Research Agenda’

Details here.

Consolidated Deposit Trends at Irish Covered Banks

The DF has released a new note on deposit trends at the Irish covered banks – it is here.

Lovenomics

The NYT profiles Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers here.