Trade-weighted RMB is up sharply. That's because the Dollar has risen sharply against EM, which – ordinarily – woul… https://t.co/7YofihwOF2
Trade-weighted RMB is up sharply. That's because the Dollar has risen sharply against EM, which – ordinarily – woul… https://t.co/7YofihwOF2
Particularly struck by this point. The EZ's choice may be between not political fragmentation (coalition of the wi… https://t.co/ZDlP8j0Rgd
Why Europe needs a "coalition of the willing" to proceed with Coronabonds – and how it can succeed. Must-read… https://t.co/wk1mhdS5sp
The impact of the corona crisis has been to trigger disinflationary pressure in Ez. @DanskeBank via @SoberLook https://t.co/Gul5vdRYau
1/3 of Americans have seen pay or income hit since 1 March 2020. @MorningConsult via @SoberLook https://t.co/ZHS4U5x2sR
I've written up some talking points of the swap-line story in German here. Some may like the pictures. Thanks to… https://t.co/VKoEgdq3gZ
Since acting SecNav Thomas Modly said there is “no situation where you go to the media, because the media has an ag… https://t.co/J2IwDmPC6h
The vast issuance of US Treasurys this year will be absorbed by the Fed & money market mutual funds. @GoldmanSachs… https://t.co/R3KvTNhx6p
When realists aren't, well, realistic: @adam_tooze dissects Lieven and climate change https://t.co/of3CnT5uCm
Orban has so far benefited from a mild financial climate. Investors have not punished him for his nationalism and a… https://t.co/lAk1yTUiWV
Cattle futures are plunging. My Kentucky in-laws are fretting about us in NYC. But they themselves are taking a hug… https://t.co/nWXNHASQmv
For Turkey the financial pressures are building to levels last seen in 2018. But this time this really is part of a… https://t.co/pWFK37sW1R
“Here we make Italy or we die”. The current fight over how the EU will pay to stop coronavirus can be summed up as:… https://t.co/RJwPtmvSGJ
The Fed’s balance sheet could easily top $9tn by the end of 2020 = >40% US GDP. Some analysts suggest 60%. Fed’s as… https://t.co/CzNT4FLf3J
So far there has been little public response to the @WorldBank or @IMFNews calls for debt relief or warning of the… https://t.co/54k3AY5LyS
Pity the Swiss National Bank – struggling to manage the currency of Europe’s premier haven currency -> currently in… https://t.co/dmjYybpAzS
The ECB does have it within its power to prevent spreads from exploding. See graph from @SoberLook BUT it needs a… https://t.co/vdfdHkhSeY
Spain’s unemployment surged by 300k v. 200k in worst months of 2008-9. @SoberLook https://t.co/OOYCKx8t6h
Modern Library must have been furious at Bruce Cumings for writing so unusual a trade book-but thank goodness he di… https://t.co/kCEPk2rvWu
85 countries had approached IMF for short-term emergency assistance by last week — around double number that called… https://t.co/Ub4nA3lYlR
Heavy trucks make up a key part of the US logistical backbone. Sales are a great indicator of business cycle. They… https://t.co/3KFtGYgC9p
US trade balance “improves”, as economy slows down and imports slump. Similar effect also in 2008. @SoberLook https://t.co/VtmBNnZhu2
Reducing the scale of operations in the accommodation and food services industries not only reduces their employmen… https://t.co/DKOaPr1kln
Reasons to be cheerful? I enjoyed talking with Ed Miliband & @JeremyFarrar on their podcast @CheerfulPodcast Thoug… https://t.co/4MMy7Iyauo
We've seen a déluge of papers, opinion pieces and op-ed calling for a bold European response. Can the Eurogroup act… https://t.co/Vv1BNqEQeM
Counterintuitively, healthcare reeling as elective procedures ordered to be postponed; Ambulatory Health Care payro… https://t.co/fAjpE2tNas
Tracking the swap lines. In recent weeks @dan_hinge had been doing the job “by hand”. Thx Dan. Now @NYFedResearch… https://t.co/gMmiBLiW2I
Coronavirus: Is Europe losing Italy? @GuyChazan @MilesMJohnson @Sam1Fleming Alarming report on the difficulty maki… https://t.co/ub5jmN9BXp
New episode: we're talking about the need for global cooperation on coronavirus – with @lfspinney, @JeremyFarrar &… https://t.co/04EE65ybFz
The NY Fed is now publishing tables of all USD swap line drawings and all the repo operations by non-US CBs, so I'm… https://t.co/txYMMO7hoK
Even before the pandemic, many developing countries were struggling to service their debts despite the world’s hist… https://t.co/CXQ0TWeuFZ
“I hope everything can be fixed, but the loss of reputation is huge. We must save Italy, Spain and the whole of Eur… https://t.co/s8qvug9HYi
“Unless we can come up with a common crisis bond, I see a grim future for the EU,” @michael_huether is right And as… https://t.co/1XtmcznevM
Who are the 13% of Americans who are not really worried about the economy right now? From @FiveThirtyEight https://t.co/VaByD0npP4
An important platform for Europe to pursue a multi-pronged answer to COVID-19: to share some costs if impact asymme… https://t.co/vLzAzoyeMF
The corona crisis-response in the US is divided along party lines. https://t.co/g8Aj2KpTVt
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