#Debt

alex hern

alexhern

I don’t normally RT provocateurs but this is a useful prompt to discuss economic illiteracy on the right. In May, we borrowed £3.8bn at a “negative yield” - meaning we

Lee Jones

DrLeeJones

A thread on my @ChathamHouse research report coauthored with @ShaharHameiri:"Debunking the Myth of ‘Debt-trap Diplomacy’: How Recipient Countries Shape China’s Belt and Road Initiative."It contains detailed case studies of #

Amer Bisat

abisat

1/7. Warning: a geeky thread on #EmergingMarkets “original sin”. There is a seemingly unanimous view that local currency borrowing lessens EM vulnerabilities and allows countries to engage in counter-cyclical policies.

Hannah Halbert

HannahHalbert

Multi-state settlement relieves debt for ITT Tech students.https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200915/multi-state-settlement-relieves-debt-for-itt-tech-students In 2016, the same year ITT closed its campuses, OH spent more than $1.1 million fro

Russ Jones

RussInCheshire

To help the economy, they cancelled a tax on house sales, which drives the cost of property up, so even fewer people can afford a home, and everybody has more

Spry Guy

SpryGuy

Republicans squandered our prosperity by giving it away to the already wealthy instead of paying down debt and investing in infrastructure.They squandered our time sheltering in place by failing to

Botswana Government

BWGovernment

PRESS RELEASE - MOODY'S AFFIRMS THE “A2” SOVEREIGN CREDIT RATING AND CHANGES THE OUTLOOK ON BOTSWANA’S RATING FROM STABLE TO NEGATIVE Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s), in the latest out-of-calendar review

AsymmetricDhandoBets

specialsit1

I come across operating/capital leases way too often. And its not only retail. Some telcos have huge exposure to IRUs in case they dont own the infra, but wholesale from

Koshiek Karan

iamkoshiek

South Africa has the 6th most shopping centre space in the world!It's also ranks among the highest levels of shopping centre supply relative to household consumption expenditure.Overlay being "the most

Stephen Kent

Stephen_Kent89

Almost to the end of my chapter on "Free Will" and whether it exists, for my book #HowTheForceCanFixTheWorld. Been thinking a lot about it. Then my daughter randomly comes up

Sean Howe

SeancHowe

This has the potential to turn into an absolute dumpster fire of unnecessary litigation if the govt doesn’t take steps to address this now 1/12https://twitter.com/ak_pennington/status/1266918607318999040 The article suggests that employer

Patricia Cohen

PatcohenNYT

Trump’s most enduring economic legacy may not rest in the numbers, but in how he has shifted the conversation around the economy.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/24/business/economy/trump-economy-manufacturing.html?smid=tw-share No matter

Lucas Guttenberg

lucasguttenberg

With @GrundSebastian and @COdendahl we have tried to build an instrument to share the fiscal costs of this crisis that is legally sound, economically sensible and institutionally feasible: The Pandemic

Elina Ribakova

elinaribakova

What are the risks in #EmergingMarkets? 1/ Domestic financial conditions depend as much on global financial cycles as domestic monetary policy even with flexible FX.https://twitter.com/elinaribakova/status/1246244018301927428 2/ It can

LARGE MARXISTS

non_bona_dicta

The American Murder Netflix doc on the Watts family was bad. Bad, lazy, bunch of missed opportunities, it takes more away from the events than it adds and is one

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

fiscalcouncil

The Covid-19 pandemic is a major shock to public health, the economy and the public finances. The Council’s latest Fiscal Assessment report develops three scenarios out to 2025, building on