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South Africa has one of worst unemployment problems in the world. Now above 30%! Data via @SoberLook https://t.co/QpCPRt6iyu

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How will US consumers respond to bad news about resurgence of COVID-19? Latest data out of restaurant trade in Hous… https://t.co/W65vSddeKW

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Great map here also depicting the cooling trend. https://t.co/Ej4lGr9YPU

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The WSJ says TRADE WARS ARE CLASS WARS is "a complex tapestry of monetary, fiscal and social policies through histo… https://t.co/YjMy5KkfOP

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'At the beginning of June, the market narrative was all about a sooner-than-expected and a more-robust-than-expecte… https://t.co/NDvc4mBpqo

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@nglinsman @SoberLook Yup. But NOT in proportion to the scale of their epidemic. The % of positives per test is far… https://t.co/DGQ9ynep9A

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America’s patchwork pandemic is now substantially worse than that in Europe and heading, disastrously, in the wrong… https://t.co/mR2RttUJ41

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It seems that PPP loans in the US were not targeted at the sectors where job losses were worst. @SoberLook https://t.co/uEmeZ2SfIl

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"“It’s like a cheap option” to become Treasury secretary” Mnuchin in 2016 explaining his decision to back the long-… https://t.co/6K0UrZUQIR

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"In 2013, then–VP Biden made a pitch for beef sales during a visit to China. “You can make me a hero” if you reopen… https://t.co/mEypQTUmkk

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“I didn’t want to be on that cover,” Xi told his underlings. “But thanks to you, I made the cover.” A BAD day in th… https://t.co/pxfnBlxPjT

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“I’m sure the mature Lee Iacocca spent a lot of time indoctrinating the impressionable, much-younger Donald Trump.”… https://t.co/wBRXGZwVRZ

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"In 1900, Britain’s industrial proletariat was one of the three largest in the world, comparable to those of the US… https://t.co/u61XChxbEx

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"Blaming empire is a deep-seated reflex that feels reassuringly progressive. But it has also been a way to avoid co… https://t.co/UqeAMNVAE6

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Brazil and the US are not bending the curve. And as the line color shows they don’t test widely either – the positi… https://t.co/oOBGj5wu1X

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Demand-determined potential output: New paper based on an update of Arthur Okun’s original method, which – differen… https://t.co/yToGqbs9Ld

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“The Chinese refused, and we quickly found a creative way to nationalize the mortgage giants” Paulson confirms once… https://t.co/KE8JYYr7jn

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“You were my teacher. But now I am in my teacher’s domain, and look at your system, Hank. We aren’t sure we should… https://t.co/4kEb4iiJ2v

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In 2000 Apple Computer didn’t have enough sales in China or Asia to note them in financial filings. In 2015, China… https://t.co/TUp3P4rNya

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View of US corps as having dispersed shareholders who are ultimate owners/principals is—by now—far removed from rea… https://t.co/zxR0qAfIpF

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Leading French historians, including Mona Ozouf and Michel Winock, inveigh against historical "anachronism" and wha… https://t.co/yntkf5Dhyt

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'At least four major factors are terrifying economists and weighing on the recovery: the household fiscal cliff, th… https://t.co/qh62lPuKsE

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Happy to report my ww2 fighter engines history book just reached 1000 pre-orders! Working hard with the publisher… https://t.co/rZtVndPC8w

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RECORD SIBERIAN HEAT If confirmed by the WMO, the 38C/100F recorded in Verkhoyansk, Russia on Saturday will be the… https://t.co/EKXfvo5EsI

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Of all the momentous developments of 2020, this is the most significant, the biggest "holy shit!" Arctic temperatu… https://t.co/8N6ahIPwEB

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Q: How Dangerous Is Police Work? A: not as dangerous as farming or truck driving let alone roofing. As usual ⁦… https://t.co/lAa2sUHBgD

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die komplexe denkwelt von heidegger hat hannah arendt ohne credits einst als „verlaufen“ bezeichnet. das ist insofe… https://t.co/Lkgo9kmUM0

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Putting policing risks in context. Justin Fox actually does some data journalism to look at how dangerous it is to… https://t.co/a7gwIJSwRy

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As global value chains have stretched across borders -> demand for trade finance has increased dramatically. Key to… https://t.co/P7QxUtX6l9

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Funding the e-mobility transition. Global auto industry debt is pushing beyond $1.1 trillion. And it is set to rise… https://t.co/uEnH0eDuah

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Ultimately households or governments own equities but increasingly they do so indirectly via funds of various types… https://t.co/CPgXxFjKE7

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10 out of the 29 cricket players selected for Pakistan's tour of England test positive for Covid-19 provides anoth… https://t.co/bhCB6iK3hy

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Largest remittance-sending countries have experienced severe lockdowns -> throttles back the flow to some of most d… https://t.co/9mro9fXaHT

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Global flow of remittances expected to decline from a high of $714 billion in 2019 to an estimated $572 billion in… https://t.co/P3H8OeGJQl

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From the 4-trillion stimulus to COVID-19 – excellent map of China’s financial cycle and policy responses since 2007… https://t.co/3mvJkKhDiK

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China financial reconstruction 4: Yi Gang of PBoC calls for total social financing $4.2trn in new loans = 17% incre… https://t.co/QcuqMML4uf

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