The quiet death of quantiative monetary targeting at the Bundesbank in the 1980s and 1990s. Fascinating paper by @maxkrahe @FlorianMKern for @DezernatZ on a truly bamboozling story of miscommunication. In German. dezernatzukunft.org/der-leise-tod-… https://t.co/kizOPtMlow
Nigerian domestic airlines notify government of immediate end to operations on account of jet fuel prices. Nigeria is a BIG country with a lot of people! twitter.com/JavierBlas/sta…
The correlation between bitcoin and Nasdaq is hitting record highs. Both are responding to the Fed’s policy tightening. Not much differential value here. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/brdZJiTBmW
RT @AleGuerani: Se volete leggere qualcosa di decente, non le baggianate dei politici e dei loro cantori, vi consiglio l'analisi dello stor…
The language in the C.I.A. memo was unequivocal: The 3,500-mile gas pipeline from Siberia to Germany is a direct threat to the future of Western Europe. The 1980s CIA memo linked by @HirokoTabuchi is totally worth your time. nytimes.com/2022/03/23/cli… https://t.co/qwBVT2TfZj
Mr. Putin and Exxon chairman Rex Tillerson – FUTURE US Sec of state – wearing the Order of Friendship, a Russian state decoration, in St. Petersburg in 2013. Just a thing that happened. nytimes.com/2022/03/23/cli… https://t.co/P7V854W1cm
American gerontocracy: In recommending Ukraine Democracy Defence Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to the House, Speaker Pelsoi evoked the memory of her father who voted for the original in 1941! Chartbook #119 on sentimental narratives of American power adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-11… https://t.co/jLuUuTKzyW
RT @e_sarotte: Both in person and online: My @ftweekend festival panel with Fiona Hill, Alexander Rodnyansky, and Peter Spiegel, 5pm today…
What is the best thing to read on Leontief and the US airforce and industrial planning?
@snilttroll Yeah … where did he go? I could have sworn he used to be a presence. Did he drop off?
On May 9 Pres Biden may sign into law a Lend Lease Act for Ukraine. It is symbolic but symbolic of what? The "great American story" or a forgetfulness of the actual history of 1941? Chartbook #119 against sentimental historical self-indulgence. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-11… https://t.co/sSZLB4YKF9
As bottlenecks at US West coast ports ease, the trade deficit is blowing out to historic levels. Great charts from @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/05/jum… https://t.co/Aq4tylyMeD
"We must begin again from the beginning: with the work of capturing our own time in thought.” Bravo @BarnabyRaine @salvagedotzone salvage.zone/did-somebody-s… https://t.co/x1AAcfQImM
I was privileged yesterday to take part in the celeberation/discussion/“exam” of Tim Barker’s PhD on Cold War Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Military Spending, 1947-1990 … It is absolutely fascinating! https://t.co/x3oCtPegKm
RT @happyhappyhenri: Fantastic books about WWII, it’s impact on geopolitical make up of the world, very relevant to people looking at the i…
Turkey’s inflation has hit 70% thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/jaETNbMsVN
On Victory day May 9 2022, will Pres Biden sign the Ukraine Lend Lease Act into law? In @guardian last week I sketched the explosive politics of this historical evocation. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… In Chartbook #119 I really open pandora’s box. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-11… https://t.co/0sSx5zcrp3
2021 saw the publication of three important books about the history of 1941. @stephenwertheim on US policy Sims & @CharlieLaderman & Klaus Schmider on WWII In light of Putin’s war, all 3 have taken on an alarming new relevance. Chartbook #119 digs in adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-11… https://t.co/mvFuJT1IXl
RT @RajaKorman: @nicholasmairone @adam_tooze @SoberLook The impact is not just on EMs (though worse 4 them). If world hit by a -ve demand s…
Chartbook #119 just dropped on Lend Lease and history. Further to the Guardian article last week. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-11…
The renminbi’s slide continues. @SoberLook with all the best charts. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/C5OJ4eimTs
Dollar is now approaching the kind of level that caused stress around global financial system in March 2020. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/NaeQNmrETH
Since 2021 Polish and Czech central banks have hiked rates brutally. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/PPxzCYb8Lc
The thirty-year trend in Bund yields is a remarkable chart. @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/lRj7axESgy
"What is the Fed’s “terminal rate” (the maximum fed funds rate in the current tightening cycle)? Here is the market pricing." @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/1jCMsMLxSs
US labour market is as tight as it has been in decades. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/hhxbiL6lBR
Along with GDP fluctuations, we are seeing wild swings in labour productivity in US. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/06/sen… https://t.co/7G1hXP8Esm
Eurozone spreads are not at critical levels but they are widening fast. It is “periphery” that pays the price as signs are set for tightening. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/05/jum… https://t.co/E1EGlBk7gf
Give or take Covid, rebound, covid 2.0, rebound 2.0, eurozone retail sales are exactly where you would expect them to be on 2015-> trend. thedailyshot.com/2022/05/05/jum… https://t.co/Q06nMnCfox
RT @iyad_elbaghdadi: Last month, I did a deep-dive interview with @CarnegieMEC about the future of relations between the United States and…
RT @jakluge: A short 🧵 on oil&gas revenue: It always accrues with a lag, so a strong April for the #budget = a strong March for oil&gas, dr…
RT @samagreene: Per Russia's own border guards, 3.8 million people have left the country since the war began. Now, that's down to Putin as…
RT @OnesandToozePod: On a very special episode of #OnesandTooze, @adam_tooze joins @CameronAbadi in Berlin, Germany to talk the U.S. stock…
RT @x_delcourt: Eh bien voilà! "Shutdown" le livre d’ @adam_tooze sur les effets mondiaux, économiques et financiers, de la pandémie, -et l…
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