ADAM TOOZE

Q1 2020 US GDP contracted 4.8% on an annualized basis i.e. c. 1.2% for the quarter. On same basis in Q2 it is expec… https://t.co/QcT4BkAgw4

I wonder how much introspection there will be in the West about people fleeing the richest countries in the world f… https://t.co/fWf3z3J3D9

Is it too much to ask that the historic collapse in Eurozone GDP -worse than in 2008 – might concentrate minds on a… https://t.co/VQgzXFR0RU

Unemployment has likely resulted in 12.65 m Americans losing employer-provided health insurance since start of COVI… https://t.co/RgRDqNPgde

As catastrophic as America’s unemployment insurance filing numbers are, millions more have been deterred from filin… https://t.co/Uyk8WgsrFG

With 30 m people filing for unemp insurance in US in 6 weeks in Hawaii this is 29.9% of the workforce In Kentucky… https://t.co/fSYQLEVqCm

'I wish it need not have happened in my time…So do I…and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not… https://t.co/hBi5MEnODN

@adam_tooze @OECD @business @SoberLook I may be wrong, but it may also be that the stats measure different things,… https://t.co/OtzVtJMxlg

What is “law and political economy” scholarship, and how might it help us build toward a more genuinely equal and d… https://t.co/EpVRuNtA46

Self-employment is apparently not part attractive in the US. Is this because health insurance is such an issue?… https://t.co/4XPy9tecm5

Impressive effort from @TheEconomist to visualize emerging market debt vulnerabilities. https://t.co/iW3skfkV0e https://t.co/imkUZq1DPB

To judge by data from Apple the “lockdown” in Italy means something far more radical than that in US/Germany or UK.… https://t.co/Sa6rNCAnas

Far from being gung-ho about reopening the economy Americans are notably more cautious according to this… https://t.co/WnmuDz7BN7

Right now the relationship between US consumer confidence and S&P500 has broken down. Will the tension be resolved.… https://t.co/Cky8tlluGg

Globalization in equity markets: Since the late 1990s US equities have become closely correlated their global count… https://t.co/CLvZtDZKMx

Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them… https://t.co/RQ0MfxNkdq

@dandolfa @TS_Lombard @SoberLook Hi David the question is precisely whether the concept of the “general level of pr… https://t.co/XDOmQcyxE9

“None of us has the luxury of choosing our challenges,” “Fate and history provide them for us. Our job is to meet t… https://t.co/rrOVy12WG9

Containing the virus has not shielded the S Korean economy from a massive shock that is particularly notable becaus… https://t.co/SNInu0c0CH

Expectations of consumer credit and mortgage lending in EZ have collapsed to levels last seen during 2008 panic.… https://t.co/lKLVSgL3HP

In 10 months of activism Powell’s Fed will exceed the balance sheet expansion of Bernanke’s Fed over 5 years.… https://t.co/DAsOroeEHg

“It does take a fair amount of work to think about all the incentives our facilities are creating,” says Boston Fed… https://t.co/mLCPQ3nzF7

‘This is why the Federal Reserve was invented,’ says former Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, ‘to do emergency lending i… https://t.co/ewWnngZTIF

“None of us has the luxury of choosing our challenges,” “Fate and history provide them for us. Our job is to meet t… https://t.co/CcCljlq0eB

Extremely important date in calendar: May 5th, Decision of German Constitutional Court on Asset purchase program of… https://t.co/GjJwOpxH9E

China recovery stalled: Unlike the official Chinese PMI, @caixin independent index suggests that Chinese manuf was… https://t.co/JLd5Oe3Y7k

Look at the GNP numbers and the US like a relatively closed economy, look at the revenue of the US S&P500 firms and… https://t.co/fZxPbwLXT0

US consumer confidence has fallen more sharply than at any time since Watergate. @SoberLook But the absolute level… https://t.co/O94J1w7qEI

In its response to #COVID19, the ECB has embarked on a programme that risks aggravating the climate crisis ahead.… https://t.co/YOrHUDuxDI

Before the pandemic hit, our financial markets were set to fund a 4C temperature rise. After the COVID-19 crisis, w… https://t.co/Ymo73OVVEh

Around the world, more than 100,000 crew workers are still trapped on cruise ships, They are shut out of ports and… https://t.co/6Uoe1IAJdP