ADAM TOOZE

As the implications of corona, oil, recession sink in, investors began to offload high yield US municipal debt. The… https://t.co/AoOHFFB1Ed

Since days of Obama US military have been gaming how to fight a limited nuclear war with Russia triggered by NATO-R… https://t.co/Hp7LOJaYvT

Boeing is now facing a really nasty double squeeze on its credit: corona PLUS 737 Max … has finally sent spreads so… https://t.co/ELQFSAYBXJ

After holding the line for a few days, investors are dumping high yield (high risk) energy bonds -> sending yields… https://t.co/VFV2jsAPzr

Sanjay Gupta just had Don Lemon read the CDC’s coronavirus testing stats off of his phone. ZERO tests conducted to… https://t.co/x32M5xQbOO

In the US there are currently c. 30k unoccupied ICU beds. 98.5k total. Numbers that may soon come to dominate the… https://t.co/DXMeL2RRyk

"underground”, “hidden”, “shadow” or “grey”, or simply “missing” – estimates of the informal economy. In Nigeria it… https://t.co/RQFrveudAo

In 1665, the University of Cambridge temporarily closed due to the bubonic plague. Isaac Newton had to work from ho… https://t.co/lR5PKsV6Do

Cormac O Grada’s piece on Ebola and Plague is a highlight of the @BaldwinRE @bweder volume on economics & COVID-19.… https://t.co/tBFWBj47TD

More than 1.9 million residents from Schengen countries crossed the border to go to work in 2018 -> a large-scale b… https://t.co/0vwBo6C7YX

Economics in the time of COVID-19 @BaldwinRE & @bweder have done a phenomenal job pulling this urgent book together… https://t.co/uDT6scJyWq

Over time each generation of Americans becomes less religiously affiliated and each generation is less attached to… https://t.co/Gw5SOvM4Bg

NBC NEWS: The attending physician of the U.S. Congress & Supreme Court, Dr. Brian Monahan, briefed Senate Staff yes… https://t.co/Buxrxj87ID

The Markets Are Awful, But at Least They Work—for Now There are few signs of $ funding stress for Eurozone banks.… https://t.co/PF0dCI8Wfh

Shale is “swing production” and sometimes you have to swing down! At current prices new development is unprofitable… https://t.co/bSSUXDVLq8

@adam_tooze @AkshatRathi The precedent is the ‘counter-shock’ of 1985/86 that has massively increased global oil co… https://t.co/EEcOXtof0G

If Italy, with 41 doctors per 10,000 people, is struggling to contain coronavirus what will happen when it sweeps a… https://t.co/IW5JzgVGVS

Will the oil price shock slow down or accelerate the green energy transition? @AkshatRathi makes the case for an ac… https://t.co/FYG7zFY7I9

With 16% of the global population but just 1% of medical spending, the African region risks being overwhelmed by an… https://t.co/NjCh1ZR3eW

On the economic response, the bold call by @Lagarde for a coordinated fiscal action was left unanswered and the Eur… https://t.co/DtZ1jUPbLe

Gulf CC banks are going to feel the double hit from the oil price shock (Saudi) & collapse in tourism and trade (Em… https://t.co/xTCADuLfIT

Remember all the Lithium stories from a while back? Since 2018 prices have slumped 75% driven by new supply and wea… https://t.co/N7JUHVPemJ

Russia’s central bank has the highest % of its reserves held in the form of gold. Presumably as a way of escaping t… https://t.co/nQe889LOXW

European and US investment in renewables turned down with austerity in 2010/2011. Driven by China EM surged ahead,… https://t.co/ZhrzmE5Vej

There is the world of ultra low interest rates in which governments are paid to borrow and then there is the parall… https://t.co/BDTqnvnhTw

Will oil price shock take wind out of sails of renewables shift? Excellent summary of forces at work from… https://t.co/5tqQBe2Gdi

The only substantial net purchaser of US equities since 2009 have been US non-financial corporations. In other word… https://t.co/L5UXCZUSCc

These are confirmed cases only i.e. in the rare cases where the US has actually tested. So the true numbers are pro… https://t.co/KK8BZXfMxX

@Shahinvallee HI Shahin … agreed. “Aggressive stimulus” from the ECB should include all of the options you mention!

If ECB fails to follow BofE & Fed in aggressive stimulus it risks euro appreciation & recession. Will Lagarderisk u… https://t.co/pOoKWv2Wue

Let me tell you about CG. When I was a baby barrister, I was sent to represent CG. He was 10. A quiet boy with

SEEN IN KIGALI: To prevent the risk of #Coronavirus outbreak, passengers at the Kigali Bus Park have to wash their… https://t.co/SbAmXFuzsb

Does a sudden increase in demand for the Fed's repo financing point to early signs of liquidity pressures?… https://t.co/ovqi5qksb8