<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Annunziata + Desai Advisors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boutique advisory offering a unique perspective on economics, innovation and business strategy.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:48:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary Times Call For Ordinary Measures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time to break the extraordinary uncertainty-extraordinary policies vicious loop.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/extraordinary-times-call-for-ordinary-measures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">634d627fc81d93a266ed271d</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:29:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackson Hole's Missed Lesson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Policymakers need to see the whole chessboard, not focus on one narrow goal at a time. ]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/jackson-hole-s-missed-lesson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">630cd9a0608a17d085ad7535</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category><category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:50:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_2145cfa395e641a3be0b2c108714ff07~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation: Mission Accomplished?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Fed’s job gets a bit easier; its love of PCE over CPI gets more awkward]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/inflation-mission-accomplished</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62f6822ec7b5ae6665d84623</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:46:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_69f92262b9ac4cba9704b0c5cb0829d9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_730,h_495,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Jobs Data: Good News or Bad News?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Financial markets don’t really fear a recession – they fear a future without unlimited liquidity.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/u-s-jobs-data-good-news-or-bad-news</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62ee8e59710a6b095f1e2b54</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 18:07:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_8164ab8d455243fc8abe44b4fb68b763~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Long Way From Normal]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been an odd few days. On Wednesday the Fed delivered another large rate hike (three quarters of a percentage point) and indicated...]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/a-long-way-from-normal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62e411a62bf2246def1317ea</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 17:04:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_58ce7d903d5e41d88dc8a980454772dc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Street Cred]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Fed squanders credibility just when it needs it most.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/street-cred</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6278fd10941060d0a821408f</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 11:46:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_5a1766036d704110b8973214218c97dc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_860,h_573,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Silence Of The Doves]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Fed’s biggest challenge is not its dovish reputation – it’s that we’ve lost the sense of what tight monetary policy looks like.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/the-silence-of-the-doves</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62691bc8ed7e1bfc57e8d453</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:46:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_32173ff3ef7545e7a233a00658504099~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 20th Century Comes Back To Haunt The 21st]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sliding back to pre-WW II geopolitics will have massive human and economic consequences. Naive hopes of business as usual won't stop it]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/the-20th-century-comes-back-to-haunt-the-21st</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621a84d7cb435ed7e3e76810</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:12:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_3eee20487ef84af5aa93096f8773be57~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_795,h_596,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Been There, Done That...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surging inflation and never-ending Covid lockdowns stem from the same failure of common sense]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/been-there-done-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61c4123d69d00500163402ad</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:22:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_be7b9c03a09c42778ba6a265ae0eb684~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_879,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsettling Climate Thoughts - Part III]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part III: Apocalyptic predictions vs lack of action, scientists’ responsibility; why we need a far more honest debate to make any progress]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/unsettling-climate-thoughts-part-iii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61823eaa3ad34e001638ac69</guid><category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_b631df2d93654be28001fdde3a873663~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsettling Climate Thoughts - Part II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part II: extreme weather events, data quality, uncertainty and risks, and the costs and benefits of the energy transition]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/unsettling-climate-thoughts-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6180f320ce63a70016e86f3b</guid><category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_2c52825b9065462899e1c61ec084e531~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unsettling Climate Thoughts - Part I]]></title><description><![CDATA[What we know and don’t know about climate change, why action falls so much short of the rhetoric, and why we need a more honest debate]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/unsettling-climate-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617fe6ac7de46d0016c95190</guid><category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:03:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_a18b38defa7e40d1b2d3502079973ba8~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_910,h_607,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supply-Shocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a decade of maniacal focus on stimulating demand, policymakers have been shocked to discover the supply side matters. ]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/supply-shocked</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617a779c702ab30017e92af8</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 10:15:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_24ecb213d7204759bb745ddce1ae37af~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_660,h_440,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Chart, Many Questions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A rather surprising Covid chart]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/one-chart-many-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6173ddb92c596b0016b79d9a</guid><category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2021 10:27:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_86de34e755c0466a964261de791b18da~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden's Cautionary Tale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whatever happened to Sweden? I thought maybe you’d be curious too. For a long time, Sweden was the media’s favorite Covid villain. Time...]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/sweden-s-cautionary-tale</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61615c258feb630016f8cdec</guid><category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:19:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_5c651cf43ce541479ef0280adf523731~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_910,h_607,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give Vaccines An Incentives Booster Shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[We have gotten stuck in a Catch-22. 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This blog talks about a similar...]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/long-covid-the-macro-version</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61051f320e0b500015fb6e53</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 10:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_c4f2dbc975ec43ed9648ba624cb09d15~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_930,h_558,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fed: If Not Now, When?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fed Chairman Powell insists it would be premature to tighten monetary policy. But if not now, then when? The consensus view argues that...]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/fed-if-not-now-when</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f2a7f64e0daa001559a896</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 09:58:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_61e78f1f22a343438c534554dccbf8d5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_750,h_375,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Solution Is The Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[The supply of government-caused crises creates its own demand for government-led rescues.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/the-solution-is-the-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60e83c4d98519100163204ec</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Covid-19]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:13:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_5ac4f461ace54457942b2f42b9fb8f40~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can't Go Home Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[The global economic game has changed - get used to it.]]></description><link>https://annunziatasf.wixsite.com/annunziatadesai/post/you-can-t-go-home-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60d6f645fa1b9a0015c9f5bc</guid><category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:49:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba5e36_85492e25b4c745aabf24811ae9d61345~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Marco Annunziata</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>