ADAM TOOZE

One of those threads where the military history community displays its phenomenal erudition …. https://t.co/mOlOKUWxXF

Modern history as a history of volume and intensity … by @njtmulder https://t.co/LY9HU1LMjh

BofE gilt purchases have been huge but not on track to absorb all new debt. Isnt that where Ways and Means comes in… https://t.co/8ZrsFU1QQq

Why the handy Ways and Means account with the Bank of England looked attractive to HM Treasury. Huge funding spike… https://t.co/KcR32aQmZ2

Macroeconomic uncertainty is at levels not seen since WWII. Dispersion in economists' GDP forecasts is at record le… https://t.co/MMuRmgfaFz

Credit squeeze: those with lowest credit scores are now paying 15-16% for auto loans in the US. Expect those payme… https://t.co/yOkrNtCuwz

Introducing the 'Ostrich Alliance' – four world leaders who deny the threat of coronavirus https://t.co/rW3BBpGOvs

$275bn will flow from US Treasury to households in April, 150bn in May and June … nowhere near enough to compensate… https://t.co/3FQ47XKhDC

Turkish Lira is near levels last seen in Aug. 2018. The monthly current account deficit of -$1 bn is smaller than i… https://t.co/huhg8xFVlG

Possibly one of my favorite Soviet Military Power Report graphics: 1981's Nizhny Tagil tank factory area superimpos… https://t.co/Kq4574z8pf

What to do with the debts – pay them down, devalue them – or simply ignore them. @schieritz on point. In German https://t.co/EgxeTGftK2

Forget. About. Inflation. For. Now. https://t.co/JbOmtivHQr

@schieritz “Fiscal space” könnte man in den USA, UK oder Japan als die Höhe des fiskalischen Schocks beschreiben, d… https://t.co/2tvZ1rf0bP

“I think there is room for capital flow measures . . . as a prerequisite for many Asian economies to use more aggre… https://t.co/Ri6KBqgfbj

@simongerman600 I remember Erdäpfel being used in Heidelberg in 1970s and 1980s. See RheinNeckarZeitung from 2014 u… https://t.co/wNCyCJKNE8

Die in der Schuldenbremse vorgeschriebene Verpflichtung zur Tilgung der in der Krise aufgenommenen Schulden führt… https://t.co/4XExrIm0HK

Anything that has the recommendation of @AntonJaegermm @zeithistoriker @dbessner …. I'm ordering. Looks fascinatin… https://t.co/L6QzfNHvah

You gotta love a conversation that ends up with someone admitting “I’m hardly some kind of hardcore ranked I’m just… https://t.co/dy4OgF3NJU

OpenTable bookings had declined 70% before US restaurants were closed. Swedish movie theaters are open but revenue… https://t.co/hB1jQU4Fx6

BTP-Bund spread has been widening every day since the Eurogroup “deal”. Markets understand that ESM/OMT and PEPP ar… https://t.co/aO39o2JEKQ

The first new ventilator is a modified existing device. Does anyone know if earlier versions are in use in the NHS… https://t.co/yw4ouD1t8n

BTP spreads have widened quite sharply. It's Wednesday. Better don't go to bed too early. #ECB

If the Fed’s interventions have on the whole been prompt, massive and effective, will its propping up of HY ETF com… https://t.co/9K3WvhGM2H

Arabica coffee and uranium (?) may be the only commodities to benefit from the COVID-19 crisis.… https://t.co/n8Rq6ABjLf

What defines EM? 1. @teasri & @TheStalwart say it's lack of fiscal space 2. Inability to do fiscal stimulus here w/… https://t.co/IrU2Q2Ezsp

“2008 was a banking crisis, but this has been a capital markets crisis.” @RobinWigg on why 2020 is not 2008 really… https://t.co/T4TtBikcPb

Really telling graph about recent history of the global auto industry Stagnation in the oughts 2008 shock Then Chin… https://t.co/HxfbsQcOQB

World merchandise trade is set to plummet by btw 13 and 32% in 2020 – either of these numbers would be shocking &… https://t.co/2hkuwOaXdC

The Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota closes. Supplies about 5 % of US pork production… https://t.co/wvkorUWKEM

Is Zambia on the edge of default? The economy of Africa’s second biggest copper exporter is “on the verge of collap… https://t.co/Julf4aP1rx