In global shipping industry, major container shipping lines are tied to key terminal operators: APM Terminals/Maersk; Terminal Investment /Mediterranean Shipping Company unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/KGUKHOU4wf
China-US 10 year Treasury spread at record levels: One of stories of 2020. In an age of corona-QE and collapsing interest rates in West, Xi’s
Beijing has prioritized reducing regional disparities that peaked in early 2000s. It did so through huge debt-fueled investment boom. Will disparities return if it backs
The US Treasury is expecting a giant issuance (net of Fed purchases) of $1.8 trn in bonds next year. Will there be a “demand gap”
12 months ago, amidst Trump’s Phase 1 celebrations, EU & China set this week as deadline to complete their own investment treaty. With Biden incoming,
@Dassanowsky @DominiqueReill Hi D, I didn’t know. The rise of historicism is right up my street. :)A
RT @nils_gilman: “Solving financial crimes is not a cat-and-mouse game between cunning investigators and slippery con artists. Most of the…
Not so sudden stop: Btw mid 1990s and 2008 foreign share of US treasuries increased to 55%. It then reversed. Now 35 %. lowest in
Interestingly the weights are, as far as I can tell, in pounds not kgs. And the standard of “healthy weight” is demanding, to say the
90% of world’s shipping is made in shipyards in China, Japan and S Korea 90 % of ship breaking and recycling is done in India
“The market for rates is a global market. People think US is the central market, but look around and it’s on the fringes. It’s a
Uncoupling? Since 2015, 236 regional headquarters of multinational companies and 85 foreign research and development centers have landed in Shanghai. Shanghai absorbed more than USD92
RT @NHendersonWSJ: Four new voters will join the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting panel in 2021, including chiefs of Atlanta, Chicago, Richmo…
92 % of world’s shipping in 2019 was built in the dockyards of only three countries – China, S Korea and Japan! @UNCTAD unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/2nxVYvPMHV
About that IP business in China: "The head of Chinese toy brand Lepin has been sentenced to six years in prison and fined CNY90 million
Red armored train Volga (1919) in the Russian Civil War came complete with a balloon winch operated from an automobile carried on board. weaponsandwarfare.com/2016/08/24/arm… https://t.co/XLfB4SyRam
Newsflash: China has completed allocation plan for its carbon trading system (ETS) an idea first mooted in 2011. Spoiler: it is a soft start. H/t
42% of the world’s shipping is registered in Panama, Marshall Islands, Liberia and Bahamas. @UNCTAD unctad.org/system/files/o… https://t.co/vkEllOokra
RT @Samantharhill: Hannah Arendt reminding herself to order champagne for New Year's Eve, and me reminding you. https://t.co/5cHiQLDPut
Did poverty end in China in 2020? As claimed by Xi on 4 Dec, extreme poverty at $1.70 per day level may have. But applying
@SonyKapoor @BertrandBadre @StephanieKelton @KateRaworth @tomburgis @MazzucatoM @stianwestlake @smekhennet @rcbregman @PikettyLeMonde @sovereignfund @JeanTirole @nntaleb @Yascha_Mounk @CottarelliCPI @jareddiamond @OlaRosling @RayDalio Thank you Sony!
RT @ErikFossing: Great reminder: Italy’s key problem is NOT public debt, and definitely not fiscal balances – but fiscal composition is an…
The “pacification” of the US auto industry – as compared to the rest of the automobile producing world – was one of the striking processes
RT @istuetzle: Aus: Beverly J. Silver – Forces of Labor https://t.co/4YwbgMGzVD
The ebb and flow of US labour militancy 1914-1936 is key backdrop to political economy of the period. twitter.com/istuetzle/stat…
RT @MikaelThalen: Boston Dynamics has released yet another video of its robots dancing that is equal parts impressive, creepy, and cringe h…
The fx debt redemption burdens for Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Benin really stand out in this @IMFNews analysis from early 2020!
We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time Love this piece by @dwallacewells in @intelligencer nymag.com/intelligencer/… https://t.co/k350LReoJd
A really welcome upbeat take on the scientific response to the corona pandemic by @iansample NB: Uk-centric and it is a science-eye view rather than
@jcasal_wb Hi Julian, data in graph on IMF website so I assume they are a half-decent. @KevinAtSave may know more.
RT @abido: @adam_tooze This scale maxes at 15. For @LahoreSmog we found the satellite derived NOx emissions closer to 40 during lockdown. @…
RT @yarbatman: @adam_tooze Tehran, Milan, and Los Angeles have similar issues — lots of road traffic and pollution gets trapped by mountai…
Level of Paris Club lending to DSSI-eligible low income countries is so low, that comparison to EM-lenders bamboozles even @eurodad Units in Table 4 of
How the corona shutdown affected air quality in some of the most polluted cities in the world. I am particularly surprised by the image for
My friend and colleague Vicky de Grazia’s beloved dog was taken from outside a grocery store on the UWS yesterday. Posting this here is the
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