Foreign ownership share of Mexico’s peso-denominated debt peaked in 2015 at 40%. It has since declined to 25%. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/yebBmpW6OT
The UK’s furlough scheme has supported over 9.4 million workers. ANZ Research via @SoberLook https://t.co/uez5v3NyRz
Both Refinancing and Delinquencies Soar in Divided Mortgage Era bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/0d0OLE1uSF
The Indian central bank’s balance sheet has expanded only modestly in 2020. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/J9nQsuHY8f
Of the 12 cities with the most surveillance cameras per capita in the world, 11 are Chinese, #3 in London. statista.com/chart/19256/th… https://t.co/HjXH7AkTal
South Africa’s GDP decreased by 51% (annualized) in the second quarter. It was the fourth consecutive decline. @SoberLook https://t.co/NYrbU5D6gm
RT @writersdoing: Donna Haraway, telling jokes to her companion. https://t.co/uDEGQ6kQJm
South Korea is experiencing nuclear reactor outages after being hit with typhoons. @SoberLook https://t.co/0xfpoj6TLn
Your weekly update from @hshierholz on the disaster in the US labour market. Another week of increasing and hugely elevated unemployment insurance claims. twitter.com/hshierholz/sta…
"On the day the power went out, her priority was making sure no one died.” @GregJaffe on the motels outside Disney World where one can
Idiosyncratic shocks: under shadow of Brexit, the @bankofengland inflation targeting problem is not like that of other central banks! @PantheonMacro via @SoberLook https://t.co/QZ08OlpNHG
"drawing on a half-century of experience in triangulation, Biden has regaled audiences at the Democratic National Convention and on the campaign trail with a masterful
Googling "currency wars" turns up some great graphics! https://t.co/kevCn5zw5q
RT @EricHolthaus: This is what happens when wildfire smoke is so thick it literally blocks out the sun. Temperatures in the Bay Area yeste…
RT @JedKolko: Core unemployment has risen much more for likely Democrats than likely Republicans. Core unemployment removes temporary layof…
RT @SteveMatthews12: Important fiscal update: The $600 extra weekly unemployment benefits ran out in July. Now, the $300 extra jobless bene…
RT @TheStalwart: Wow! daily cases of COVID in Europe are now surpassing the US bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/JPpDevaGCw
Copper: In 2009 China’s demand surged. In 2020 it has surged again. New level? Spike? @DavidInglesTV via @SoberLook https://t.co/XZ2e1Q70kA
Remember that back and forth in the @FT about sterling trading like an EM currency, Brexit etc … here is GBP/USD in first week of
Demand for new office space has COLLAPSED. Moody’s data finds zero respondents wanting to add office space. @MoodysAnalytics via @SoberLook https://t.co/tC3RoJT7kr
RT @poltheoryother: @adam_tooze @SoberLook Mark Thatcher's botched 2004 Equatorial Guinea attempt a clear case of the decline and decadence…
RT @RajaKorman: @adam_tooze @SoberLook I was once at an event in Ferris Booth Hall as an undergrad in the early 80s. Making casual conversa…
Vehicle production in Brazil has bounced back from zero. But what is the new plateau? @SoberLook https://t.co/rROFGqVf9b
Cold War was the golden age of the political coup: For much of 60s, 70s and early 80s there was one a month across world.
Over the last twenty years the cost of daycare/childcare in the US has doubled = twice the rate of general consumer price inflation. @chris_rexrode @laurenweberWSJ
Turkish lira has now fallen well below 2018 trough. And little sign of any developments that would suggest a recovery. @SoberLook https://t.co/QQQsX5gWPH
If you care about the US economy you should care about child care. In 2018 America’s parents spent $55bn out of pocket on daycare, babysitting
COVID has driven a surge in US demand for bicycles imported from … China. Data S&P via @SoberLook https://t.co/GBOxlARBrX
There has been a major shift in direction of credit growth in Chinese economy: away from real estate, to manufacturing and SME. @Gavekal via @SoberLook
Central bank liquidity swap lines wind down to zero by October according to @jpmorgan Via @SoberLook https://t.co/IGhnr7NvJX
RT @KFF: NEW POLL: 62% of Americans worry the FDA will rush a #CovidVaccine approval before it's safe & effective — due to political press…
“They agree on the concept. The ‘what’ is clear. The ‘how’ is not so clear,” @NickTimiraos on the struggle to define the new Fed policy.
BHP’s Scope 3 emissions – from the use of its coal and other minerals by customers – totaled 566.8m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent last
At 230 pm European time @ecb will start press conference. As @MAmdorsky lays out it will be eagerly watched: ft.com/content/8b626c… Will ECB comment on EUR
RT @owenhatherley: working on a thing about housing and planning in the great satan, not usually my chosen subject, and still wondering why…
RT @COdendahl: The best picture yet to describe German underinvestment. From #Berlin, of course. Below the warning sign it says Road damag…
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