Labour productivity growth: "It’s not everything, but in the long run it’s almost everything.” Paul Krugman. Since 1980 the advanced economies have been on a
A second Russian pipe laying ship has arrived in Baltic to resume work on Nord Stream 2 pipeline stalled by US sanctions. offshore-energy.biz/second-russian… https://t.co/uxvlc9cA0M
ECB has given itself permission to depart from “capital key” that governs balance of its bond purchases. But it has done so only very slightly
Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has reached a coal transport deal with Tohoku Electric Power, using a coal carrier equipped with a hard sail wind
The financial pressure on Brazil for much of 2020 centered on the abrupt and savage devaluation of the real. It has stabilized and is recovering
Is Xi’s new emphasis on rule of law merely a gloss on his personal power as this piece in @NikkeiAsia123 suggests? asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… Or as @TheEconomist
When containers fall … a LOT of containers! twitter.com/gCaptain/statu…
RT @TheDreadShips: Theory checks out… twitter.com/JMNurick/statu… https://t.co/N2Z2se24jc
Urbanization has been one of the megatrends driving China’s phenomenal economic growth. But by comparison with countries like Spain/South Korea that modernized late in 20th
The pace of China’s growth may be slowing. But as its size increase so do the absolute increments. Projected growth by 2035 = total achieved
ECB’s inflation forecasts have been consistently at odds with reality. The "eyelash graph" made famous by @fwred has now taken on an even weirder look!
ECB’s inflation forecasts have been consistently at odds with reality. The "eyelash graph" made famous by @fwred has now taken on an even weirder look!
Urbanization has been one of the megatrends driving China’s phenomenal economic growth. But by comparison with countries like Spain/South Korea that modernized late in 20th
The pace of China’s growth may be slowing. But as its size increase so do the absolute increments. Projected growth by 2035 = total achieved
China’s recovery from the shock of 2020 is more rapid than in either 2009 or 2016. @bcaresearch via @SoberLook For the background to china’s economic
How much new debt have European governments issued in 2020? How much has the ECB bought? @commerzbank data suggest that net new issuance paused in
Thanks to the decisions taken last week, the ECB’s bond buying program now stretches deep into 2022. Similar timeframe over which the EU’s Recovery program
Combination of Brexit and corona shocks are producing remarkable instability in UK’s balance of trade. Has there been any previous period with such wild swings?
Minority of American households with equity in their homes and substantial stock portfolios saw $3.8trn in wealth gains in Q3 2020. In K-shaped recovery those
RT @public_friend: https://t.co/K8vRU41GzH
RT @Oliver_WOJ: A garagem do @PanzerF4ust … twitter.com/FAFBulldog/sta…
RT @70sBachchan: Rich account by professor from China's Central Party School on party repression, political oligarchy & Xi's princeling-ref…
Hedging American Decline: Ray Dalio gets attention for his outspoken views on China’s future prospects, but the position clearly runs right the way through Bridgewater
Maurice Merleau-Ponty: The body as mediator This nice piece by Dan Nixon @the_sky_above made me think of this charming photograph aeon.co/essays/the-phe… https://t.co/D6kFHOk5Mo
“Poverty is not socialism; development is the hard truth.” Deng Xiaoping foreignaffairs.com/articles/china… https://t.co/CunfLkMG87
“Mixed-ownership reform” – @Lingling_Wei for @WSJ sees the new trend in China as being state encroachment on private sector, not the other way around ->
"Do societies and cultures have a sell-by date? On "The Economist Asks" @Harvard evolutionary biology professor” … Ill just repeat that: "Do societies and cultures
Protests in West Midlands England against fundamental changes to Indian farming regulation with procession consisting of a tractor, some kind of super sports car, and
It is not exactly an investment strike (check the scale on the left axis) but there has definitely been a dramatic slowing in growth rate
The contrast btw 2 corona waves and 2 lockdowns in France suggest how targeting and measures (like masks) can improve the economy/containment trade off. @greg_ip
"unlike during Cold War with Soviets, investors can have a stake in both sides. You can say, “I’m sure U.S. is going to come out
Total worldwide spending on corona vaccine development/procurement. Does anyone know of a good attempt to compile spending around the world? With thanks in advance!
RT @archillect: https://t.co/e1ITIDSUP6
In 2019 33.4 m people were displaced from their homes: 2/3 due to natural disasters. 1/3 due to political conflict. Floods matched wars and civil
China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China Sought to Bar Critics European organizers rejected China’s demands to exclude certain participants – specifically @merics_eu & @bueti –
It could take until 2024 for US labour market to recover to the low levels of unemployment it was at in January 2020. @sffed via
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