January 23, 2021
If you take these @EIB data at face value then China’s green, climate mitigation investment is greater than that of EU+US put together and twice the share of GDP! eib.org/attachments/ef… https://t.co/lt7Mg69Tqf
If you take these @EIB data at face value then China’s green, climate mitigation investment is greater than that of EU+US put together and twice the share of GDP! eib.org/attachments/ef… https://t.co/lt7Mg69Tqf
During the global financial crisis, corporate investment in EU fell by 19%. @EIB and Commission expect 2020 to be worse! eib.org/attachments/ef… https://t.co/mCMRG9177w
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: There's a sugar rush in markets & the "Wall of Money" to EM is big. But cut through the noise & look at the real issue…
RT @MilwaukeeBonds: The fundamental unseriousness of climate change policy is betrayed by the reluctance of governments to take meaningful…
European SMEs account for 2/3 of employment. Their confidence is at the lowest level ever documented, decreasing 25% from the end of 2019 eib.org/en/publication… https://t.co/B8VqtzDMo9
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: The ECB's done great things since 2014: negative rates, QE & PEPP. But it hasn't done enough. Core inflation continues…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: We've flagged a US taper tantrum as a key risk for EM in 2021. Yesterday the Bank of Canada gave us a preview: "As we g…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Bill Dudley today on a possible taper tantrum, which we've flagged as a risk for EM in 2021. Only thing I'd add is that…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Key focus for the Yellen Treasury should be to focus the IMF on the basics. The IMF output gap (horizontal) for Italy (…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Longer-dated rate differentials are moving against the Euro as fiscal stimulus pushes up US interest rates. Look at 10-…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Aggressive US fiscal stimulus is a mixed bag for EM. On the plus side, it's a boost to global demand that's sorely need…
RT @RobinBrooksIIF: Our inflation-consistent output gaps use inflation to back out the output gap. Core is 0.2% in Italy (black). Using the…
@stefanauer_hku NO. Sorry. Tenor of my tweets this morning is: the EU is far too complacent. July/Dec deals were a political triumph, but far too small relative to shock. @RobinBrooksIIF
How will grants from EU recovery and resilience fund be distributed? The big numbers here are 4.8% of GDP Spain and 3.7% in Italy. imf.org/en/Publication… https://t.co/dLQq26EDXr
By 2025 the @IMFNews predicts a shortfall in EU GDP relative to trend of 3%. Much acclaimed NGEU package gets you how much back? 0.75% if things go well! NGEU = political triumph and macroeconomic minnow! imf.org/en/Publication… https://t.co/e0A7RyNOsd
Denmark is the only European economy where the percentage of firms considering a lack of access to finance to be a major issue is lower than in the United States. eib.org/attachments/ef… https://t.co/Jbmfag17Iz
Corporate deleveraging across Southern Europe since 2010 has been quite dramatic -> exercises depressing effect on growth. eib.org/en/publication… https://t.co/x41cDyhBxo
Right now the EU is celebrating NextGen etc and arguing about vaccines, but once it seriously broaches the issue of fiscal rules/debt targets the going is going to get rough! Look at Greece! @EIB investment Report. https://t.co/L1f86gxK71
RT @DEHEdgerton: As the realities of Brexit hit it is the perfect time to read Patrick Wright's superb and extraordinary history of the Isl…
Bond flows to EM bounced back already in H2 2020. But as 2021 equity flows are recovering too. @IIF @RobinBrooksIIF @Jonthn_Wheatley ft.com/content/f9b94a… https://t.co/zb8CxGCgGj
Recovery? What recovery? @IMFNews shows world economy falling further away from pre-2008 trend as a result of the 2020 shock. By 2025 shortfall = 50% of 2005 GDP! @ChrisGiles_ ft.com/content/d77f97… https://t.co/k8qLaFDMmw
RT @PaulJSweeney: It remained open for 120 years, until Glasgow City Council was unable to finance a renovation of the structure after the…
The pain suffered by European business as a result of COVID is affecting above all smallest firms. Almost 30 % now have no investment plans 3 years out. @EIB https://t.co/aA6tbXxly6
RT @frome_maude: Ship’s Screw on a Railway Truck, by Eric #Ravilious, 1940. #snow #ArtLovers #art #magical #landscape @AshmoleanMuseum http…
RT @makro_philip: @econ_hmg Ja, hab es allerdings anfangs versucht, auch im Sommer immer wieder darauf hingewiesen, dass alles Geld der Wel…
Very 2021: repurposing America’s empty and bankrupt big box retail stores as vaccination centers. twitter.com/ChadBown/statu…
EU right now is all about NextGen, Green Deal etc etc BUT The collapse in investment in EU in 2020 was far worse than in US and was particularly horrifying in Southern Europe. @EIB https://t.co/bNTEcHE2I1
RT @FinancialTimes: AstraZeneca has warned EU countries it will fail to meet delivery timetables for its coronavirus vaccine, in a fresh bl…
RT @AlanRMacLeod: Ecuador 🇪🇨 a new poll from Comunizaliza shows leftist Rafael Correa disciple Andres Arauz (@ecuarauz) leagues ahead for…
RT @70sBachchan: 29/ Flip the mad global SUV boom. If such speedy roll out of 165 million fossil vehicles since just 2010 was possible, a E…
The collapse in investment in the EU following Covid 2020 shock is far worse than in the US. @EIB investment report out now. https://t.co/mecnAwZVOU
In North-Western Europe gross investment has kept pace with the US for the last 25 years. In Southern Europe 2010 marked a disastrous break from which EU has still not recovered. @RobinBrooksIIF @EIB inv report data. https://t.co/nUtNdf0tPQ
"The US and the Netherlands have emerged as early winners of the shift in derivatives trading out of London following the UK’s exit from the EU.” @FT has created a “London fights for its future”-tab! ft.com/content/959284… https://t.co/iMePe5XkJl
The standard deviation of consensus forecasts of euro area GDP growth in 2020 v. 2009 gives a measure of the uncertainty triggered by the unprecedented corona shock. @EIB https://t.co/QSX5DzXryn
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