“About a million people move to urban areas every week,” said Mr Jha at @WorldBank “That's explosive, and mostly unplanned”. Concentrated in small & medium
Despite container fleet being near capacity, order book for new ships is down to a low of 7% of the existing fleet. New alliances are
"Back in 2016 I suggested that you consider buying a small stake in the Iranian stock market.” Index up from 50k to 2m. Little bother
Virtually every country in the world has responded to the corona shock with fiscal policy. But even within EM world there are HUGE differences in
As global trade has rebounded, and spare shipping capacity has shrunk, container rates have surged well above last year’s rates. economist.com/business/2020/… https://t.co/p0rggMnv6s
Fortune & Freedom: It is time to take back control of your money with Nigel Farage! "I have spent decades fighting for your political freedom.
Turkey’s TB2 drones have been highly effective this year both in Syria and Armenia. economist.com/europe/2020/10… This @theintercept story on Turkish drone program is utterly fascinating!
Looking at this scatter plot of Covid mortality and GDP loss across EU, rather than a trade off, you might be tempted to say that
RT @StuartSmeds: @marcgeddes @redhistorian An excellent article – and an excuse for me to post this superb cartoon I came across many moons…
RT @KiwiEV: Now, if this isn't the coolest thing you've seen today then you need to close the refrigerator. It's an animation of how bridge…
RT @Regina_Kenney: I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind. – Edgar Allen Poe #Poetry https://t.co/SPHE20uqS7
RT @LinkotRacing: La construction de la Ford RS200 https://t.co/y245XRC6VM
RT @georgeeaton: This is terrifying: “Deforestation in south-east Asia is expected to force 99% of the region’s bats to migrate by 2050 (th…
Lee Vinsel (co-autor of The Innovation Delusion) interviews Adam Tooze (autor of Crashed) about the financial outlook of the COVID crisis, the future of the
Ship tracks of all ships of all ship types in September 2019 PAME – Arctic Shipping Status Report#1 From excellent myth busting @FriendsofEurope report on
RT @TheNewNedLudd: @adam_tooze @jdcmedlock @JWMason1 @SoberLook I know David M. Kennedy (author of 'Freedom from Fear') argues that while B…
"As we say at home when the capitalist world catches cold we catch pneumonia …” Maurice Bishop, leader of the Grenadian revolution, executed following a
One the of the truly remarkable facts about WWII US war economy is that consumption may have actually risen. Puts a new spin on the
Care Jobs National health Affordable housing The @WorkingFamilies People’s Charter is succinct and the priorities are spot on. Not saying it is the final word,
Post-GFC, China vacated about $140 billion in exports in unskilled-labor intensive sectors, including apparel, clothing, leather and footwear. Who benefited? @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/5Rnew1sgoS
RT @PIIE: Daniel Tarullo, Jon Cunliffe, and @nicolas_veron are discussing leverage ratios and Fed actions going into 2021. Watch #PIIEFinan…
RT @olgatuleninova: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish Born: April 26, 1865, Pori Died: March 7, 1931, Stockholm, Sweden “View of Lake Jamajar…
No trust in the system: 80 % of Republicans and 60% of independents think that there would be fraud if all Americans voted by post.
Mulltifamily housing unit loans are part of material that feeds into CMBS. GSEs backstop a chunk of this market. The bit they do not backstop
You might expect country’s share of global exports of low-skilled exports and its share of global unskilled labor force to be broadly aligned. But China
Bond market anticipates a Democratic sweep by steepening the yield curve. @nationalbank via @SoberLook https://t.co/wEIUvGJVMg
Looking for an urgent but level-headed social democratic agenda for a progressive future in America? The People’s Charter of the @WorkingFamilies is very well thought
There is a hump of delinquent CMBS loans working its way through the system. But is $25bn enough to cause the kind of ructions that
The grotesquely off-putting quality of America’s (deliberately) broken voting system is engendering new forms of solidarity! twitter.com/BarryHundley/s…
From 2013 appreciation of Indian rupee helped to squeeze exports. But nevertheless export as a share of GDP are twice what they were in the
A delight to be on this panel supporting the brilliant Catherine Schenk an exemplary scholar ever since our grad student days at LSE. twitter.com/BIS_org/status…
Fun conversation with @STS_News twitter.com/LinoCamprubi/s…
The collapse in fracking has cut demand for frack-sand, the material that is blasted into the rock -> spreading economic fallout across US rural economy
RT @rgpoulussen: 14-15 October 1944, operation Hurricane. A Lancaster B Mark I, releasing bundles of "window" (thin pieces of aluminium) -…
The outlook for business insolvencies in the US in 2021 is horrifying. And Brazil, UK and China are all looking rough too. The China number
Most rapid rise in export of manufactured goods 1995-2018? Vietnam … by a mile! Then China obs. THEN INDIA #3! @shoumitro_c @arvindsubraman ashoka.edu.in/static/doc_upl… https://t.co/YWrTbiXaqC
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