ADAM TOOZE

I am delighted to announce that after many years and with the help and support of so many people, my book 'Foundati… https://t.co/1msu2qL7fw

Falling electricity consumption gives a measure of the differential impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe and for… https://t.co/6uBJhgvVWN

The hit to the real economy of the eurozone can be read off the chart of electricity consumption. @jpmorgan via… https://t.co/YgLR6OEkLF

@Neil_Irwin You are too kind!

Asked if failure to agree on a reconstruction fund financed by corona bonds would risk triggering the collapse of t… https://t.co/iPmbJsr2BB

Macron tells @FT Europe “no choice” but to set up fund that “could issue common debt with a common guarantee” to fi… https://t.co/h93RlLMEDy

"We are at a moment of truth, which is to decide whether the European Union is a political project or just a market… https://t.co/Ms6MWbELnH

“I think it’s a profound anthropological shock,” he says. “We have stopped half the planet to save lives, there are… https://t.co/7CElFmkTZp

As we begin to shape some expectation with regard to the restart a lot is riding on the Chinese experience. Importa… https://t.co/FGbD0FLLHG

One of those threads where the military history community displays its phenomenal erudition …. https://t.co/mOlOKUWxXF

Modern history as a history of volume and intensity … by @njtmulder https://t.co/LY9HU1LMjh

BofE gilt purchases have been huge but not on track to absorb all new debt. Isnt that where Ways and Means comes in… https://t.co/8ZrsFU1QQq

Why the handy Ways and Means account with the Bank of England looked attractive to HM Treasury. Huge funding spike… https://t.co/KcR32aQmZ2

Macroeconomic uncertainty is at levels not seen since WWII. Dispersion in economists' GDP forecasts is at record le… https://t.co/MMuRmgfaFz

Credit squeeze: those with lowest credit scores are now paying 15-16% for auto loans in the US. Expect those payme… https://t.co/yOkrNtCuwz

Introducing the 'Ostrich Alliance' – four world leaders who deny the threat of coronavirus https://t.co/rW3BBpGOvs

$275bn will flow from US Treasury to households in April, 150bn in May and June … nowhere near enough to compensate… https://t.co/3FQ47XKhDC

Turkish Lira is near levels last seen in Aug. 2018. The monthly current account deficit of -$1 bn is smaller than i… https://t.co/huhg8xFVlG

Possibly one of my favorite Soviet Military Power Report graphics: 1981's Nizhny Tagil tank factory area superimpos… https://t.co/Kq4574z8pf

What to do with the debts – pay them down, devalue them – or simply ignore them. @schieritz on point. In German https://t.co/EgxeTGftK2

Forget. About. Inflation. For. Now. https://t.co/JbOmtivHQr

@schieritz “Fiscal space” könnte man in den USA, UK oder Japan als die Höhe des fiskalischen Schocks beschreiben, d… https://t.co/2tvZ1rf0bP

“I think there is room for capital flow measures . . . as a prerequisite for many Asian economies to use more aggre… https://t.co/Ri6KBqgfbj

@simongerman600 I remember Erdäpfel being used in Heidelberg in 1970s and 1980s. See RheinNeckarZeitung from 2014 u… https://t.co/wNCyCJKNE8

Die in der Schuldenbremse vorgeschriebene Verpflichtung zur Tilgung der in der Krise aufgenommenen Schulden führt… https://t.co/4XExrIm0HK

Anything that has the recommendation of @AntonJaegermm @zeithistoriker @dbessner …. I'm ordering. Looks fascinatin… https://t.co/L6QzfNHvah

You gotta love a conversation that ends up with someone admitting “I’m hardly some kind of hardcore ranked I’m just… https://t.co/dy4OgF3NJU

OpenTable bookings had declined 70% before US restaurants were closed. Swedish movie theaters are open but revenue… https://t.co/hB1jQU4Fx6

BTP-Bund spread has been widening every day since the Eurogroup “deal”. Markets understand that ESM/OMT and PEPP ar… https://t.co/aO39o2JEKQ

The first new ventilator is a modified existing device. Does anyone know if earlier versions are in use in the NHS… https://t.co/yw4ouD1t8n

BTP spreads have widened quite sharply. It's Wednesday. Better don't go to bed too early. #ECB

If the Fed’s interventions have on the whole been prompt, massive and effective, will its propping up of HY ETF com… https://t.co/9K3WvhGM2H