ADAM TOOZE

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

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

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

@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

"More than 1,400 bonds—43% of those tracked in an influential $2.1 trillion index of global junk bonds—are currentl… https://t.co/H810dsOFV8

“What is the difference between a Texas oilman and a pigeon? The pigeon can put down a deposit on a new Mercedes.”… https://t.co/MIvm1b6Jbr

Many EM central banks have cut policy rates. But are they cutting enough, given Fed cuts of 150 bps & open-ended QE… https://t.co/gnqSznxPjq

Clear signs Fed easing & swap lines reduced the Dollar crunch in EM. Mexico's cross-currency basis back to a month… https://t.co/ZUVyzSTByN

Were its message not so alarming, I would find the ratio of copper/gold prices, production/hoarding, one of the mos… https://t.co/D4d7DdmEGj

There has been something akin to a global market for oil since the early 1980s (That is why this series for WTI fut… https://t.co/dF4UedB4ks

This is a great thread of reading on the unfolding corona crisis in India. https://t.co/B8yru2bPVB

“We have to go to our village — we will starve here,” “We haven’t eaten for two days,” “We are scared of this dis… https://t.co/5MhMG5fxTw

Nearly one-in-four U.S. workers – 38.1 million out of 157.5 million – are employed in the industries most likely to… https://t.co/ztWesmiDKc

Must listen if there ever was one! https://t.co/vckHYs7ugW

Nice breakdown of the $2trn stimulus. Strikingly small share goes directly to public health. $425bn for big busines… https://t.co/0CE8J1um9X

The amount of #COVID19 related research being produced within the last days is impressive and it’s hard to keep tra… https://t.co/eaghwJOtYz

@adam_tooze @JMSchles @no_such_zone yup – it had to come quicker, because things were breaking in the financial and… https://t.co/aLG93JResW

Looking forward to the discussion of the global financial panorama with the excellent @SchickGerhard tomorrow. Than… https://t.co/BGfTD8qziu

Fed’s intervention in Treasury market 15 March was important but it was the easy bit. Hard part is repricing all as… https://t.co/agWlEAUsXP

@etbadabim @boell_stiftung @SchickGerhard English … and I promise to try to talk at a normal pace and not gabble!

@atanaspekanov @fwred @VMRConstancio @gavyndavies @nghrbi This is wonderful. Thank you @atanaspekanov

I reviewed @zevin_a excellent history of @TheEconomist for @prospect_clark Better late to the party than never.… https://t.co/W2thaQElG2

@BergAslak @fwred @Shahinvallee @VMRConstancio @gavyndavies @nghrbi @FT For European friends wondering about the lo… https://t.co/F8xj5IJU1a

The US fiscal response to the 2020 crisis came extraordinarily fast and it was huge, larger even than the cumulativ… https://t.co/BZQ39S0bbn

@alanbeattie @gavyndavies Hi @alanbeattie @fwred also queried data. Have asked @FT @gavyndavies to clarify.