ADAM TOOZE

This is how far back we have to put the swab to test you for #COVID19. You might want to follow medical recommend… https://t.co/PcAelp1DmN

Some interesting ideas from Concentrated Ambiguity (@stwill1). Concrete proposals for how to modify the swap lines… https://t.co/y0g1wNXw6w

Posadist Twitter: take a break from your dolphin Zoom meetings to check out this piece by @sophiepinkhmmm on physio… https://t.co/JZKU5CjDSS

European governments who think that a massive shock in the range of 12 to 20% of GDP can be absorbed with a few new… https://t.co/K7K9TqpfMN

It was a real pleasure to read and ponder the wonderful history of @TheEconomist by @zevin_a HIGHLY recommended. https://t.co/mytqiHQwJb

During a pandemic, how many homeless people can safely sleep in the space normally reserved for a giant SUV? … the… https://t.co/5MQH1OJiR3

A history of liberalism and the magazine we all love to hate and hate to love, by @adam_tooze https://t.co/BQI5sU24SE

There was huge partisan divide in US over corona until early March. 40% Republicans professed to be unconcerned. Th… https://t.co/6TmNoga3Hu

Even before COVID-19, Italy's fiscal stance was too tight. @adam_tooze, @heimbergecon & I put Italy's output gap a… https://t.co/0BJ7CB8Vwm

In early March Republican areas of the US were much less interested in hand sanitizer than Dem areas. By mid March… https://t.co/m8NaZMzDXr

To cope with the sheer force of the COVID-19 crash the @NYFedResearch is introducing a new rapid weekly index to al… https://t.co/Wh9AAcV1Hl

America’s unemployment insurance system is struggling to cope with the massive volume of applications.… https://t.co/LzYfeirvb0

Guessing Thursday’s unemp number is a grim business: The most dire prediction puts the figure at 6.5 million (Picte… https://t.co/Dwo6sKPJfj

3rd/4th order crisis effects: collapse of confidence -> mortgage lenders face losses -> hedge by shorting MBS but… https://t.co/7dj3RrAo18

NEW: General Electric workers who normally make jet engines have walked off the job to demand that their factories… https://t.co/8sKZw9TK1i

PHYSICAL MELTDOWN: North Sea window sees more than a dozen offers and no bids. In North America, physical oil grade… https://t.co/70qVetOs91

Another amazing colorization by @marinamaral2 remarkable picture. Thank you! https://t.co/PvvBkuBk7f

Credit where credit is due: On 27 March 2020 Trump admin proposed& US Congress approved the doubling of New Arrange… https://t.co/GUKQtLTsmj

To face the corona crisis the IMF has lending capacity of no more than $787 billion and this needs to be renewed.… https://t.co/BcqO7anmEa

Economists expect an additional 3.5 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. That's after 3.3 m… https://t.co/NUwu8LVSgE

Moody's estimates that around 22% of non-investment grade debt in Europe will not be able to service their debt, vs… https://t.co/wUzoAwVOFZ

Go big and stay home: the ECB is surging QE purchases to gross monthly pace of €250bn. Remarkable data from @fwred https://t.co/oaO3viftM2

Almost 630,000 retail outlets in the US have been forced to close. National Retail Federation calculating that $430… https://t.co/DQsKG8JGiO

We need a global response to the global COVID-19 crisis. The Fed can do a lot. But this is a classic task for a 21s…

Can China relaunch the world economy with an appropriately designed stimulus, stable exchange rate & current accoun… https://t.co/70H3N3PLzC

Now we're talking! The ECB bought €15.6bn of bonds under its emergency PEPP… in just TWO days. That'd be €39bn pe… https://t.co/EXFL1QUEiI

It is an oft-repeated point that US banks are stronger in 2020 than in 2008. Under Fed’s worst case stress test th… https://t.co/6A5sLUPYiO

Hilariously apt thread on confinement of Vichy diplomats in the Hershey Hotel Pa during WWII. Some very entertainin… https://t.co/jsImz4Fyzc

Excellent addition to the Fed swap line corona dollar liquidity conversation from @NathanTankus https://t.co/9DaWfanOqk

@humford @ediecontooze Sometimes I wish there was a downer button on twitter ….

The draw on the Fed’s swap lines has been driven by ECB and BoJ with the ECB taking less and the BoJ more than at

@humford Haa … so that is what was exploding off my daughter’s screen! Hilarious. @ediecontooze

@induswaliarch @thewire_in @thecaravanindia Thank you. I am, somewhat predictably, a fan of @thewire_in Great thre… https://t.co/8vkQUV2PIf

“Keep moving, keep moving” – the roads out of Delhi are packed with migrant workers forced by the lockdown to retur… https://t.co/SvOGt8P1zt