#Deficit

Tanvi Ratna

tanvi_ratna

#BeyondHeadlines: There are not-so-obvious global reasons why the #OilMarketCrash is NOT good for #India.Heavy #QE/ currency pressure + Intense #geopolitical tension= #India, importer & friend to all oil producers, in

Josh Barro

jbarro

I've been thinking more about the president's still-pretty-strong poll numbers on the economy, and they make even more sense to me than they did already just from the usual observation

Dr. Malinda S. Smith

MalindaSmith

Data, understanding deficit narratives & systemic racism in Canada: 1)”Blacks” here refer to Black ppl/Black Canadians, not NZ’s All Blacks. 2) In Canada, Black ppl make up 3.5%/1.2M of the

Le Doc

Le___Doc

Aujourd'hui j'ai appris une nouvelle terrible, la perte de deux amis. L'un était chirurgien disgestif, l'autre anesthesiste. Ils sont décédés brutalement d'une réinhalation de CO2 associés à une infection généra

Paul Mason

paulmasonnews

You have to see the Cummings fiasco in context of the Tories options - which are very sparse 1/ The economy is tanking, and worse than needed because of the

Paras Chopra

paraschopra

If India had total assets of Rs 1 crore, here’s how its entire financial situation would look like.A thread on financial prudence of Indian government. 1/ India generates

Pascal 🇪🇺🇬🇧

PascalLTH

There we have it - Labour ahead by 3 pointshttps://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1309931063666454533 @APHClarkson mentioned that the current UK political environment is highly regionalised and this is something I agree with, so let'

Patrick Chovanec

prchovanec

If you're arguing that China's digital currency can be "weaponized" against the dollar, all I ask is that you explain specifically what you mean. What are the mechanics and dynamics

Russell Gold

russellgold

On August 14th, California electricity grid had blackouts that lasted for ~75 minutes. In round numbers, the grid was 1 gigawatt short. Thus, the blackouts. But there were lots of

JW Mason

JWMason1

This is a very interesting conversation. The more I think about it, more I think Nathan is right. The claim of direct link between current account and (distinct set of)

Nathan Tankus

NathanTankus

Great piece from @DavidVonDrehle"Forced social distancing should give even the busiest academic economists some time to bone up on MMT. It’s not quite the cartoon money machine it has been

Jon Hartley

Jon_Hartley_

1: A THREAD on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and my new @NationalAffairs article which attempts to outline many of the major empirical flaws of MMT.https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-weakness-of-modern-monetary-theory 2: Aft

Kevin Rudd

MrKRudd

So I see we’re having a debate about future economic directions… Here are a few points for #ScottyFromMarketing to reflect on… Thread Early this year Cormann, Morrison’s Finance Minister, attacked

Waël Atallah

wael_atallah

My initial thought on the "Lebanese Government Reform Program Draft"-The draft gives a background & describes the crisis-It highlights the objective of the reform program-It gives a medium term framework

Nate Cohn

Nate_Cohn

A familiar move for Bloomberg, who made big last minute plays in red CDs in 2018https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/us/politics/bloomberg-ads-texas-ohio.html With more than 80% of 2016 voters already in, you might think it's too

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

The Fed now holds more long-term Treasury bonds or notes than all the world's central banks combined.Confirms something I been arguing for a while -- the Fed, not China or