Over the weekend I began experimenting with a new format, chartbooks that pull together the data, graphs, ideas scattered across my twitter feed. # 1:
25,000 people queuing for food in Dallas is the report I heard. twitter.com/CBSNews/status…
foreign-currency borrowings by non-bank borrowers as a percentage of GDP is a real measure of vulnerability to currency shocks. @SeafarerCapital via @SoberLook https://t.co/JgOg20Y1LD
Flow of foreign funds into Chinese government bonds is a trend that @GoldmanSachs thinks can be predicted on basis of growth in volume and inclusion
China’s property market has bounced back but this means that it returns to a declining trend of activity. @Gavekal via @SoberLook https://t.co/AwSmqZ9ZnZ
Asian-based RCEP/ASEAN v. Pacific-based CPTPP trade blocs. Nice graphic from @FitchSolutions via @SoberLook https://t.co/rL44hrfOlA
In last two weeks rates of Covid ICU hospitalization have risen more rapidly across Europe than in the US. And in Belgium, Czechia and France
RT @zeithistoriker: accidentally got a lukacs cosplay mask https://t.co/WrM6cHPx3l
Giant broadcast revenues make the English Premier League into by far the richest soccer franchise, putting rivals like the French Ligue 1 under severe pressure.
"the UK side is less inclined to prioritize the role of EU Parliament in Brexit ratification -> Chair of the Parl Trade Committee stated early
RT @JenniferJJacobs: Biden's meeting today with business and labor leaders — General Motors' Mary Barra, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Target…
RT @DKThomp: NYT estimates that Manhattan and Westchester, NY, still haven't reported up to 40% of their ballots. The election was 13 days…
RT @imbadatlife: Has The Newsletter Boom Gone Too Far? https://t.co/DXSEuKK9Sd
US pulls out of TPP in Jan 2017 India pulls out of RCEP end 2019. Which leaves …. A bloc in which Japan, S Korea
Eurozone trade surplus, like that of China, is bouncing back into something like a V-shape! @SoberLook https://t.co/pcAsmHTJHz
Delighted to see fin twitter stalwart @Brad_Setser in the mix on the Biden trade team! Along with @JayCShambaugh bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… https://t.co/1vIY8nmTcC
RT @BeijingPalmer: Our review (by @Christn077) of 'Sex With Stalin' has been the second-most popular piece on the site for *days* and even…
RT @ChinaPowerCSIS: [ONLINE EVENT] Can the U.S.-China relationship best be described as a “new Cold War?” Listen to our debate with @HalBra…
On Friday, China PM Li Keqiang told Asean’s annual summit that bloc had overtaken EU to become China’s biggest trading partner in the first three
Total US CO2 emissions rose by only 1.9% btw 1990 and 2017 but there was a huge redistribution between states. The rustbelt shrank v. Large
"dollar is likely to begin a drop of as much as 20% in 2021 should Covid-19 vaccines become widely distributed & help to revive global
Dialectic btw pandemic and vaccine -> huge surge in infection rate in US is great news for trials: "Infections were accumulating so fast in the
RT @niubi: re the people's daily commentary with the characters for jiang zemin in the headline. sure smells like something is up, what it…
If we believe these numbers, there are $1.7trn in congressionally approved funds and $4.8trn in Fed credit in stimulus that remain to be spent. Could
Ahhh … so this is how this works. I’m realizing that I have never been in the US for a change of power btw parties.
If there is going to be a global energy transition, one thing we are going to have to do is to raise investment in …
RT @michaelxpettis: 1/3 The sudden RMB 1 billion default by a state-owned coal mining company in Henan province ("which just last month go…
The balance of American consumer expectations has shifted along partisan lines – Dems up GOP down – reversing the pattern of the previous 4 years.
PS … watch the video. This person is remarkable. Articulate, intelligent, resilient … remarkable. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
RT @Frank_vanlerven: 🔥Breaking🔥 Letter 125 leading influencers responding to @RishiSunak plans for greening finance. 🥁Spoiler Alert🥁: Incr…
Prompted by RCEP @faznet has a great graphic on membership of Asia v. Pacific (include Americas) trade deals. Highlights fact that India is excluded from
Germany’s @faz.net sees RCEP as “wake-up call” for Brussels & Washington! China and Japan consolidating their influence and their bilateral relations. All the usual provisos
In his @ForeignAffairs article, Biden asserts “US must lead the world” on climate change. America will “convene summit of world’s major CO2 emitters” at which
The three worlds of European real estate: UK-France-Germany compared. @natixis https://t.co/pDDaH2R6ZA
"In a world in which power is more evenly distributed, a rules-based order and a US-led world are not the same thing. That unresolved tension
How do Covid deniers deal with their own illness and even death. Ive been wondering about this. So horrifying … twitter.com/NewDay/status/…
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