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Miguel Faria e Castro
@mfariacastro
Economist @stlouisfed, Açoriano 🇵🇹🇺🇸. Views are my own.
St Louis, MO
fariaecastro.net
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Mar 26
    1/ New with @serdarozkanEN: using the St. Louis Fed DSGE model, we ask whether expectations of future AI-driven productivity gains can raise inflation today. We argue that they can, and that the Fed's response matters a lot. stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy…
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Feb 14, 2020
    Ouch: WB chief economist leaves job after higher officials block publication of internal research showing a correlation between foreign aid to developing economies (including WB aid) and jumps in their deposits in foreign financial havens economist.com/finance-and-ec…
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
    @mfariacastro
    Dec 17, 2024
    Welcome to Portugal, here is a Christmas Tree made of salted codfish
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Jan 2, 2023
    Não está abandonada nem é gótica.
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
    @mfariacastro
    Aug 16, 2025
    GDP is a flawed measure of economic welfare. That's why I use this alternative index which turns out to have a 99.8% correlation with GDP.
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    Khoa Vu
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    Aug 16, 2025
    I took 3 Econ 101 lectures and here's why I think GDP is completely useless yet experienced economists continue to use it.
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Apr 21, 2022
    Zelensky spoke today to the Portuguese Parliament, the 6 MPs from the Communist Party refused to attend 🤡
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
    @mfariacastro
    Oct 31, 2025
    Two papers accepted in the same week! Sharing it here because this probably won't happen again in my career. Thanks to my coauthors, editors, and referees (except for one).
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
    @mfariacastro
    Apr 24, 2025
    Replying to @mikeduncan
    "we don't need the National Weather Service because my iPhone tells me the weather forecast"
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Nov 3, 2024
    O facto de a imagem já ter sido postada por outras contas é irrelevante. O que demonstra que isto não é verdade é que nunca em 10,000 anos passaria pela cabeça de um português ir passar férias ao Michigan
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    Nov 1, 2024
    I'm portuguese, on vacation in Michigan. But since the US doesn't require voter ID, I just voted Donald Trump for President
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    The state of Michigan requires voter ID, therefore this would never have happened. michigan.gov/sos/-/media/Pr…
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
    @mfariacastro
    Sep 25, 2021
    Estive num casamento aqui nos EUA onde um dos vinhos servidos durante o cocktail era vinho verde (Quinta da Calçada Alvarinho). Ao pedir um copo de vinho verde no bar fui imediatamente corrigido "do you mean the vino vierde?"
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Apr 2, 2022
    Consta que o exercito russo matou todos os homens dos 16 ao 60 antes de retirar de Bucha. Problemas insignificantes quando comparados com tragedia da falta de pluralidade e pensamento livre na imprensa e redes sociais em Portugal. Afinal de contas, pensar nao e' uma tarefa facil.
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    May 3, 2022
    Hawaii of Europe 😮
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
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    Sep 15, 2021
    Esta discussão sobre o TC recordou-me de uma conversa que tive com uma beta quando vim estudar para Lisboa. Quando lhe disse que vinha dos Açores, ela saiu-se com um "oh coitado!"
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    Miguel Faria e Castro
    @mfariacastro
    Jan 12, 2022
    My JMP finally got accepted 🙏, after 5 years of work! All three chapters of my Ph.D. dissertation have now been published (well, almost)
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    St. Louis Fed Economic Research
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    Jan 12, 2022
    Research by senior economist @mfariacastro on "Fiscal Multipliers and Financial Crises" is forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics. Read the working paper ow.ly/aOKE50HsmZ8