ADAM TOOZE

Trump Says No Plans to Demote Fed’s Powell But Asserts Right To … because that is what this is all about. His right… https://t.co/BNCiy9xt58

If they had US Treasury bonds to put up as collateral that would be OK. But they don’t. Congress needs to act if th… https://t.co/zwFWU4PMBw

Beijing’s celebration of its corona aid program is shameless propaganda. But the thing is, the Chinese actually hav… https://t.co/TfpBehz1CI

Devastating indictment of the American political system. It cannot agree to provide basic economic security to its… https://t.co/ieESL0gyY1

3-word mantras “take back control” & “get Brexit done” inspired: “wash your hands” “stay at home” How Cummings’ fo… https://t.co/OREUSYLjk9

When oil prices plunged in the fall of 2014, the shares in major oil companies reacted only mildly. This time not s… https://t.co/iFO5ZGBegN

“A gigantic fish is eating all your constituents and he decides to keep the beach open. It turned out he was wrong.… https://t.co/IHaXHsl3IF

For those of you missing Formula 1 this weekend …. Also this is interesting on the politics of the cancellation in… https://t.co/91OmlJY4fR

Trump’s tariffs forced China to divert the sales of vital medical products—including protective gear for doctors an… https://t.co/iJpiE5GG6f

Corporate debt bomb: “cash-crunch stress-test” of 3,000-odd listed non-financial firms outside China by… https://t.co/CAJKvf1UaB

Alerted by @TheEconomist to @GoldmanSachs large portfolio of BBB or less bonds, I googled & low & behold … "Goldman… https://t.co/FnBM8dhgyA

Could the "Vampire Squid" be a weak link? Goldman Sachs is sitting on $180bn of loans and lending commitments with… https://t.co/RewVkxMd8v

Today, for medical treatment needed to treat COVID-19, Trump's 25% tariffs cover $1.1 billion of imports USTR has… https://t.co/t7axEbqWva

“I have right to remove him. No, I’m not doing that,” Trump said about Fed chair Powell. “I also have the right to… https://t.co/65M4TUJ4GM

Have often pondered Pompeo’s early Feb. #Belarus visit and his promise of American shale as a factor in #Putin fin… https://t.co/ptmQzT4yLo

#COVID19 – governments should focus on ‘keeping the lights on’ using costly but quick measures; goal should be to r… https://t.co/ex6kGmVE3v

This one for @PeterMandler1 https://t.co/ladiJzCoon

How the US “rationalized” the number of hospital beds, from the historian who knows the most about this… https://t.co/8Cs5WYlKWJ

PhRMA is the fearsome lobby group for US Pharma industry. But despite its heavy spending it no longer has the clout… https://t.co/QRQSsYROiQ

Advice from a historian in the Boston area: Start keeping a journal today, ideally a hand written one if that’s wit… https://t.co/iFFus0CcVX

@PeterMandler1 @jamiemartin2 Hi Peter I fear its a difference that makes no difference since the real issue in both… https://t.co/e4PnvVdvWP

Fact that Italy succumbed 1st to corona makes it a critical test of THE weak link in the Eurosystem – Italy’s relat… https://t.co/S1jknzfgSW

Why has Italy proven so much more susceptible to corona epidemic? Fascinating hypothesis of @kuhnmo that problem is… https://t.co/XUlrquhKaA

German experts are giving lessons to the Italians and these would appear to be infection rates per million inhabita… https://t.co/IIytgGzMMj

This is a really interesting paper showing some of the modelling of #COVID19 which is behind the UK Government’s st… https://t.co/H7JL8XUzBN

Just a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote King Lear.

Some good news from Italy’s containment effort. https://t.co/rOpGPr2Eim

The ability of US households to refinance their long-term mortgages means that cuts in interest rates feed through… https://t.co/P9o1GbtUo0

Real driver of financial anxiety right now is $74trn corporate bond market. Of that mountain 7% is directly corona-… https://t.co/Hyvjke8zWr

Giraffe populations have decreased by 30 percent over the past three decades. Only 111,000 individuals remain. Ther… https://t.co/9Q01IxLGcG

"The National Board of Health: Denmark has enough respirators The health service is ready with at least 874 respira… https://t.co/qRkQZM3N6V

@VKJudit Yeah … and sorry for the red mist on my part. 🙁

From here (PT) this is a anxiety-inducing chart. It's a strange chart that doesn't fill a known narrative. Can some… https://t.co/6H5OCT213L

Wonder how pandemic demand spike will show up in the American numbers for medical services inflation. Chart from… https://t.co/9goeQaaXMd

@MalvagioMarco Sure. BUT this is all about politics! Why is EU incapable of engineering a similar PR coup not to me… https://t.co/miQFSuJkDY