Princeton University's Economics Department has been busy hiring in recent months. Now four prominent new faculty members join for the Spring 2025 semester: Simon Jäger, Pauline Carry, Kevin Dano and Fedor Sandomirskiy.

Morris Davis, a professor at Rutgers Business School specializing in real estate, has been appointed to the White House Council of Economic Advisers as the chief housing economist. The news follows the high profile appointment last week of Stephen Miran as head of the CEA.

King Felipe VI of Spain has presented the "King of Spain Economics Award 2024" to economist Roberto Serrano for his outstanding scientific and professional work in the field of economics. 

Dr. Reka Juhasz, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, has been named the recipient of the Bank of Canada's 2025 Governor's Award. 

Winta Beyene, a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in banking and finance at SAFE (Germany), has been granted a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship for her work on household finance and financial resilience. 

Antonio Aranibar of Bolivia has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Equatorial Guinea, effective March 16, 2025, with the host Government’s approval. Aranibar takes over from Anna M. Pont, who, from 2022 to 2024, led the UN's program to implement the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in Equatorial Guinea.

Stephen Miran is the new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). He was confirmed by unanimous vote on March 12 2025 by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

Economists Olivier Blanchard (MIT), Jordi Galí (CREI/CEPR/NBER), and Michael Woodford (NBER/CEPR/CESifo) have been awarded the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in Economics, Finance, and Management for their contributions to modern macroeconomic analysis.