ADAM TOOZE

2.7 bn workers worldwide are now affected by full or partial lockdown measures, representing around 81 % of the wor… https://t.co/xjOnc1LuFV

Ahead of the crisis public investment in the advanced economies had fallen to levels that put it below that in low… https://t.co/J5UmYXEhUP

Brokering Capital: The Development of Lat Am Public Credit at International Financial Markets, 1852-1914, examines… https://t.co/tNb822BTWE

Nurses blocking cars in Downtown Denver to counter-protest those who are against the State’s “Stay-at-Home” order… https://t.co/y0zDzumtZD

60 percent of the crew on the nuclear powered French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have tested positive for co… https://t.co/syLcdcaj4X

The IMF’s Fiscal Monitor documents the truly unprecedented fiscal response to the crisis. 3.5% of G20 in above the… https://t.co/EBP7OyWmVi

Public debt is surging but yields on public debt are at all time lows. Comparisons with Volcker-shock early 1980s a… https://t.co/g8qQCuTuvK

80° Below ’82 Have always loved the free swinging, playful vibe of this album by Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall and… https://t.co/xudZUrKxqn

"world’s gross fiscal debt will grow to 96.4% of GDP v. 83.3% in 2019. In advanced economies, it will grow even mor… https://t.co/SXXP4qArPA

@adam_tooze @RobinBrooksIIF @Brad_Setser @DeutscheBank @SoberLook Think these purchases were mostly needed to clear… https://t.co/Pke80LH093

"I don’t think there has ever been an example of faster and more forceful response on the part of policy makers all… https://t.co/24XOeH1BmJ

Bernanke’s Fed was not a major net buyer of Treasurys until QE3. Foreign & US investors funded GFC deficits. In 202… https://t.co/vos9ULsxIY

Fed’s purchase of Treasurys dwarfs massive debt issuance of the COVID-19 crisis and swamps any sale of Treasurys by… https://t.co/ljQQGoz00W

Loan delinquency and unemployment in the US are VERY closely correlated. So … with surging unemployment some very b… https://t.co/tCBSWbJfTY

The Fed’s signal that high-yield bonds fall within its safe-net has led to a huge inflow of money into funds.… https://t.co/IpXGv2O3Al

The 9.3 m b/d fall in global oil consumption in 2020 is entirely without precedent. Previous biggest fall was after… https://t.co/hwEL2E9T64

6 mio households in Germany with a migration background, 39% of them speak predominantly another language than Germ… https://t.co/DROoE2cUJG

@BadStairlift @paulewart23 @LRB @guardian @novaramedia @poltheoryother Hmmmm … of course Im trying to pierce the ve… https://t.co/f23wzV7FRy

Indian purchases of commercial and other vehicles were already looking rocky in 2018-9. Now they have plunged by 70… https://t.co/hXZy5hNHrQ

@Immanuel_Krant @JAndritzky @EU_Commission @lucasguttenberg @derspiegel Im just not persuaded of the wisdom of reba… https://t.co/0Rge4B7NAJ

@PRoufos @adam_tooze @rodrikdani We have a chapter from @MGSchmelzer that summarizes his great book on monetary dis… https://t.co/Ipkua2tIIR

@paulewart23 @LRB @guardian @novaramedia @poltheoryother Thanks. Much appreciated.

Steel consumption in China is now rebounding above pre-crisis norm for this time of year. @GoldmanSachs Via… https://t.co/ozyNLeMceM

The current series of quarterly Chinese GDP goes back to 1992. There has never been a quarter like Q1 2020: – 6.8%… https://t.co/K76cGwBp0B

If unemployment in the US surges to 25%, 35m Americans would likely lose employer provided health care -> surge in… https://t.co/p21Px3rbNH

@PRoufos @zeithistoriker @rodrikdani Yes. This is in many ways Friedman’s most significant contribution. Arguing im… https://t.co/Z6mJRmucMM

This back and forth between @Brad_Setser @RobinBrooksIIF @GagnonMacro on macroeconomics of March 2020 turbulence wi… https://t.co/ZDBAg5AX6O

@zeithistoriker @rodrikdani @PRoufos The significant novelty of the 1950s is that folks are seriously considering f… https://t.co/fGPMPAhqve

Scoop : ECB pushes for eurozone bad bank to clean up legacy loans https://t.co/20WZJmGWjK via @financialtimes by @MAmdorsky

@zeithistoriker @rodrikdani @PRoufos the Roepke formulation from 1959 is neat BUT this was the common place of macr… https://t.co/MKCPlhyixC

@Brad_Setser @RobinBrooksIIF @GagnonMacro Hi folks. Great thread. Can you point me to the josh younger podcast?

"There is zero appreciation in Germany, and, I suppose, the Netherlands too, of a potentially catastrophic downside… https://t.co/FGo9i2XnDK

@adam_tooze @derspiegel I asked Commission VP Dubravka Suica about this last week and she said they wanted to get t… https://t.co/AKcDY0t1k9

Not to be indiscreet but the Stones do fabulous interior decor … https://t.co/zVSojLBoPZ