ADAM TOOZE

Terrifying: “Trump described the travel ban as an effort to keep out foreigners who might bring the virus to our sh… https://t.co/Xc50KbcMj0

🔶 W. S. MERWIN Died on this day, in 2019 A NEW SONG “For some time I thought there was time and that there wou…

Now that #Patient31 is trending outside of South Korea, here's my story about her and how South Korea dealt with it… https://t.co/9ZQtSaK45d

South Korea was doing a heroic job controlling #COVID for the first 30 patients. Then #Patient31 did not adhere to… https://t.co/L5xe1qGBX1

It is mistaken to think that the Fed just exhausted its ammunition just now. Yakov Feygin (@BuddyYakov) and I are… https://t.co/25j764kxJa

Remember last Monday when we were all 100 years younger?

The Eurogroup is convening Monday to discuss a coordinated response. https://t.co/Sek5t6VkXK

The Eurozone needs to start talking about how to avoid the corona shock destabilizing its banking system and thus d… https://t.co/E7fl3XRxlh

I’m just going to pop in here and say that my twitter feed is really fucking excellent right now. Bravo, folks. Wha… https://t.co/c1QVxY6ZfS

This is an absolute communications disaster at the Fed. Someone should lose their job.

Jay Powell, answering final question during this historic tele-press conference, says "we're prepared to…" and then the feed cuts out

So in the press conferences of the two most powerful western central banks, Lagarde “misspeaks” & now the Fed can’t… https://t.co/AoZQaydjPL

As @RobinBrooksIIF points out in there are so far no swap lines announced for EM’s. Major omission since EM’s are c… https://t.co/3T0zVms6wH

A broken phone call for an emergency Fed decision. Out. Of. This. World.

And that’s how markets appear to be taking it… https://t.co/1fZOmwIjOB https://t.co/NXIqski2aR

Your reminder, if you need one, that when the Fed is making a big, bold emergency policy move on a Sunday evening b… https://t.co/edjIByqsZZ

Also part of the message from Fed here seems to be: That package that Congress is working on isn’t going to be enough…

@elinaribakova @R2Rsquared Really is a great paper. Thank you!

An Italian hospital ran out of ICU valves. A local biz brought a 3D printer to the hospital, redesigned & produced… https://t.co/fPB0Aompdu

We are facing a global sudden stop of economic activity of unknown duration. @sascha_steffen and I have sketched a… https://t.co/BYsPlEMTCn

Powell was just asked this question. Well played, Bloomberg News! https://t.co/tjXxu8fUCW P.S. – Non-committal answer

The Fed has thrown the whole kitchen sink at this.

It’s QE.

Powell: Treasury market most important in the world. MBS market also critical. Last week’s efforts were not enough.… https://t.co/eNcE98NMMe

At what point does the Fed announce new expansive pre-cautionary dollar swap lines with the likes of South Korea, I… https://t.co/sm7P9AvuFg

@KatyTurNBC @MSNBC @maddow current scene at JFK airport. People in line being told to not to take pictures. No pho… https://t.co/pkw3NmN9RX

@TheStalwart Fed cut has stemmed the collapse presumably but I think the timing is a big deal 5pm Sunday has a lot… https://t.co/CDTFvmgTzh

LISTEN UP YOU FUCKING MORONS MYSELF AND MY TEAM AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS LOST THEIR JOBS THIS WEEK SO PEOPLE DON'T F… https://t.co/9jwxieI593

UK health policy officials are confidentially discussing a corona scenario under which 7.9 m people are ultimately… https://t.co/RazhZBDG2k

Imagine being in a global war where all we need to do to win is stay at home, eat a pack of noodles and binge

Haven't been able to stop thinking about this. A US pharma company with a potential COVID-19 vaccine is in court tr… https://t.co/LiirbxkGfl

35 Italian tourists to Ethiopia 🇪🇹 refuse to return to Italy 🇮🇹 despite the expiration of their visas. European und… https://t.co/prRzOsS06C

BREAKING: Mexico is considering closing their border with the US to prevent Americans from bringing Coronavirus to… https://t.co/d8EALo2pnb

@gabrielwinant Personally I prefer the phone. There is something so abstract about the long silences. And it remind… https://t.co/p4gjmBqZVQ

Breaking: Fed cuts rates to near zero and will purchase $500 billion in Treasurys, $200 billion in mortgage-backed… https://t.co/OLn0K84MY4