ADAM TOOZE

Dollar buying has become indiscriminate. Currencies of financially strong countries (Norway, Korea) are sliding al… https://t.co/FZyLgNG71Z

Good Morning from #Germany where Merkel eyes emergency powers to unleash massive debt for virus fight. Govt set to… https://t.co/ufTYUMux8F

If Ken Rogoff isn’t worried about debt, I think we can officially say that **not one economist** is worried about d… https://t.co/sCREv5ixT7

Lads, this is like seeing Chris Hitchens conduct mass. #MoneyPrinterGoBrrrrrrr https://t.co/YNTcWHTvIH

At least as far as Korea is concerned we are learning the right lessons from 2008. Give a highly competent state wi… https://t.co/DSQNa8ExK9

So, obviously we’ve been thinking about it, and talking about in a throwaway kind of way, but did anyone really ima… https://t.co/afyxhV6Rnc

Global dollar shortage is reflected in cross-currency basis swap spreads which track the premium that market partic… https://t.co/vNoMNNOnue

The macroeconomic effect of the microeconomic search for liquidity is a surge in the dollar that squeezes the entir… https://t.co/hYYNivBLQf

Bombshell from @nytimes late yesterday. US ran a simulated flu pandemic last year. 110 million Americans were expec… https://t.co/ME4NIilQrL

Polling based labour market data (rather than lagging official data) is giving terrifying glimpse of collapse of US… https://t.co/NfmxCzayCf

@Mfberi @RaviolesalTuco1 I imagine it is survey based.

@Mfberi @RaviolesalTuco1 That press release is for March 14th. All the action is in the last few days. There insane… https://t.co/4TMjLzEBxj

Seriously does anyone have confirmation on these extraordinary numbers for layoffs in the US economy from… https://t.co/weT1pQb6kV

At least as far as Korea is concerned we are learning the right lessons from 2008. Give a highly competent state wi… https://t.co/iaw6KH8sUJ

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE SUPPLY A BLOOMBERG TERMINAL TO @Brad_Setser RIGHT NOW!!!!! WHEREVER HE IS. SERIOUSLY. https://t.co/LqlR7iADPU

One dynamic that pushed the dollar up in the 2008 crisis: foreign investors who has borrowed dollars to buy MBS saw… https://t.co/liZH6tWpPw

I used to call 2008 a heart attack because we were so centered on banks. I’m wondering what medical analogy to use… https://t.co/MvqtjOsnNx

14 m laid off due to corona: Can this be correct? If these numbers are even remotely right, it is the most savage… https://t.co/69mOMzAXG5

.@IrvingSwisher @BuddyYakov et al are right. The Fed is going to have to do American OMT and backstop munis.

So, obviously we’ve been thinking about it, and talking about in a throwaway kind of way, but did anyone really ima… https://t.co/L0auipijVy

Global dollar shortage is reflected in cross-currency basis swap spreads which track the premium that market partic… https://t.co/bXyNYzJujJ

The macroeconomic effect of the microeconomic search for liquidity is a surge in the dollar that squeezes the entir… https://t.co/sxgDaR7UK1

I have to say that when I first saw this uniform I did not immediately think … hey that is the police president of… https://t.co/5paCsX3T5E

"U.S. primacy has come under strain from a rising China. In 1990, the country was a geopolitical afterthought: its… https://t.co/uVK3gwv5LI

BRACE for the release of this week’s labour market data next week. It is going to be a horrifying shock. https://t.co/odoNVW8yJd

The shutdown of the US economy is taking on extraordinary proportions. More people are losing their jobs in a singl… https://t.co/usUTJEk1xc

@zeithistoriker @I_had_a_tweet @StephenKMackSD Only a holding note … then spent best part of a month cogitating and… https://t.co/Ze37QdtGeE

Everything about US markets has been bonkers: VIX, correlations, speed of sell off, trading volumes. All data via… https://t.co/35VI3t6Bwc

Wonderful thread of great essayistic writing! Thank you @colinmarshall https://t.co/xG5BzYvUPm

As expected, the FED announced a third liquidity facility, this one related with Money Market Funds. The playbook o… https://t.co/xJxftPBA2o

The pushback begins! Nameless “policy makers” at ECB are "unhappy that this week’s emergency bond-buying plan cou… https://t.co/5tiGGWUy7H

“Totally broken” – State unemployment websites around US are crashing because of high traffic from workers suddenly… https://t.co/JnoSzKnqxZ

In Pennsylvania, 121k people filed unemp claims Monday-Wednesday this week. Nothing in 2008-09 recession came even… https://t.co/Lcmfd7maCj

“The system isn’t really designed for an onslaught like this” Will US labour offices cope with HUGE wave of job lo… https://t.co/9dCfkoBR6j

In the pile of corporate debt we are worried about, to my surprise, it is European car makers who faced the most se… https://t.co/25R825capc