Macroeconomic Shocks and Economic Growth in Asia

One thing that economists do know is that the study of economics is divided into two fields, "microeconomics" and "macroeconomics." Micro is the study of individual behavior, and macro is the study of how economies behave as a whole. That is, microeconomics concerns things that economists are specifically wrong about, while macroeconomics concerns things economists are wrong about generally.

- P.J. O'Rourke Eat the Rich:

The Becker Friedman Institute hosted a conference in honor of Robert E. Lucas Jr. Oct. 7-8, 2016, followed by a dinner where he received the prestigious Phoenix Prize from the University of Chicago DIvision of Social Sciences.

The CITE conference is designed specifically to encourage sharing of new ideas and early-stage models of financial markets with macroeconomic linkages, particularly by young economists.

Session I: Overview of recent economic and social developments in Africa (agenda item 3) Presentation by Mr. Adam B. Elhiraika, Director of the Macroeconomic and Governance Division of ECA

Jürgen Weller, Economics Affairs Officer at ECLAC's Economic Development Division and one of the main authors of the report.

Photo: Carlos Vera / ECLAC

2022-09-12: (L-R), Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius; Hon. Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning, and Development, in Mauritius; Dr. Hanan Morsy, Director, Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department, African Development Bank attending the AEC - Opening Ceremony.

2023-02-18: President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina speaking virtually during the 36th African Union Summit: 2023 Macroeconomic Report launch.

Macroeconomic Shocks and Economic Growth in Asia

The CITE conference is designed specifically to encourage sharing of new ideas and early-stage models of financial markets with macroeconomic linkages, particularly by young economists.

The CITE conference is designed specifically to encourage sharing of new ideas and early-stage models of financial markets with macroeconomic linkages, particularly by young economists.

Macroeconomic Shocks and Economic Growth in Asia

Portrait of Dr. Paul Fokam, Founding President, Afriland First Bank Group and Dr. Hanan Morsy, Director, Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting, and Research Department, African Development Bank during African Economic Conference (AEC) 2019 - Plenary Session 5 - The Future of Work for Youth Challenges, Opportunities, Policies on December 4, 2019, at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

I spent a good deal of the day reading and avoiding this damn book.

Images from the Becker Friedman Institute's Macro Financial Modeling conference at the NYU Stern School of Business March 6-7, 2015.

This event brought together doctoral students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and UChicago to present their ongoing research in macroeconomics, finance, growth and development, and corporate finance. The aim was to allow students to present their work to a less familiar audience, to get a wider range of feedback, and to interact and build relationships with potential future colleagues. Each paper presented was discussed by a student from the other university. Participants presented to an audience of fellow students.