The economy of Belarus was slowing down dramatically even before the current crisis hit. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/09/03/opt… https://t.co/fWlq9GmMsH
Nigeria’s trade balance has plunged into deficit. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/09/03/opt… https://t.co/psReWO6FOB
To judge by personal popularity, a German election which pitted @OlafScholz against the CSU’s Markus Söder of Bavaria as the successor to Merkel could be
Hard hitting testimony (in German) on the difficulty of making it out of Hartz IV welfare to College and beyond. H/t @JohnSacarmiko reddit.com/r/de/comments/… https://t.co/DN8BAE7V4F
Hedge funds are pressing their bets against the US dollar. @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/9TO8vUntAc
Lumber prices have surged to all-time highs. Putting huge pressure on construction costs across US. @BofAML via @SoberLook https://t.co/119TGno0OJ
Vietnam’s trade surplus has surged over the summer of 2020. It may trigger trade tension with the US. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/rAr6EhzxFl
RT @crystalbennes: Rereading @shannonmattern's awesome piece from 2017, The Big Data of Ice, Rocks, Soils, and Sediments & mourning loss of…
@Westmoorland83 @cwboebinger It was seen, by the Prussians themselves, as a far more dangerous situation that we generally credit. The French might recover. The Russians/Austrians/Brits
South Africa’s budget deficit has exploded in 2020 to respond to the scale of the COVID crisis. thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/JPKdczUy1Q
The precipitous collapse of the Brazilian real reached its low point in mid-May. There has been a stabilization but no rebound. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/js8ib905H5
Macau the great Asian gambling center has suffered a catastrophic loss of tourist traffic and business. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/08/31/mig… https://t.co/lfzyWlariI
RT @luebberding: In der neuen Ausgabe der @blaetter ist ein bemerkenswerter Artikel von @adam_tooze über das zukünftige Konfliktpotential z…
“A world historic event, a victory we owe to the almighty … who decides wars, even if we have to continue that war against the
RT @Krieg7071: Es ist ein weltgeschichtliches Ereignis, ein Sieg, für den wir Gott dem Herrn in Demut danken wollen und der den Krieg entsc…
After capitulation Of French army at sedan, German forces march on Paris with aim of encirclement. twitter.com/krieg7071/stat…
Excellent @MESandbu piece calling on @ecb to follow Fed in recognizing responsibility for employment. ft.com/content/380e62… Argument even stronger if you lay out the historical origins
RT @bencasselman: Again: Unemployment claims ROSE last week on both a non-seasonally adjusted AND apples-to-apples seasonally adjusted basi…
RT @Krieg7071: Insbesondere das Bild eines toten Uhlanen, in dessen Schoß der abgetrennte Kopf eines Franzosen lag, will ihm nicht aus dem…
RT @MFratzscher: Es mag beim Kurzarbeitergeld auch um eine Machtfrage gehen — aber für mich ist es vor allem gute Wirtschaftspolitik, die s…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: There was a debate earlier in 2020 what policy support the international community needs to give EM. That debate died,…
Has the shift back towards Trump in key US battleground states hit its limit at the level of March 2020? @RealClearNews realclearpolitics.com/elections/trum… https://t.co/hppPADbLty
Dollar slides as bond market signals rising inflation angst @adamsamson @colbyLsmith Great illustration that accompanies this piece. ft.com/content/99e2d0… https://t.co/VNOuHGHjKB
Excellent @MESandbu piece calling on @ecb to follow Fed in recognizing responsibility for employment. ft.com/content/380e62… Argument even stronger I think if you lay out the
ECB should recognize that its mandate does not justify a one-eyed focus on inflation. It Is legally required to “support the [EU’s] general economic policies”
Currencies market have no centralised trading venue -> tricky to determine which types of market participants are, in aggregate, buying or selling at any time.
In August positive bets on the euro surged to an all time high. Markets displayed a “deep infatuation” with idea that $ would keep sliding
The euro rose this week close to all-time highs against a trade-weighted basket of currencies raising fears about deflationary pressures and prompting ECB policy-makers to
Devastating collapse in new tenure track job openings for academic historians on h-net. Thanks to @benmschmidt for compiling the numbers. twitter.com/benmschmidt/st…
"“open strategic autonomy” is clunky moniker devised by EU to sum up its determination to protect companies from aggressive competition and reduce reliance on global
Deadline to join the global Covax programme had been pushed back from August 31 to September 18, with rich countries dragging feet and looking for
India officially recorded more than 1,000 COVID fatalities on Tuesday, and detected more than 78,100 new infections = largest in world > Brazil & US.
RT @oilgaslawprof: Oil and gas service giant, #Schlumberger sells North American #fracking unit. #oilandgas
RT @ProfLWiley: I've been speculating since Feb. abt whether CDC might push the envelope on what Section 361 of the Public Health Service A…
Fintwitter may be interested to check out @bankofengland new Agenda for Research Indeed, one is tempted to remark that monetary policy right now IS a
G20 debt service suspension initiative of April on official debt was supposed to offer $11.5bn in relief to 73 poor countries. But only 42 have
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