#FISCAL

Craig Berry

Craig_Berry_

Let's assume for a moment that #MMT is wrong. The IPCC report has given us 12 years to limit the damage we have already done to the climate. The only

Jack Leslie

jackhleslie

Today @resfoundation published a short evaluation of whether the Conservatives and Labour will manage to meet their fiscal rules if they win the election. Link below but here is a

Tim Pitt

TimPitt11

Parts of the left seem desperate to turn the debate about the appropriate economic response to Covid into a rerun of the debate from the last decade over public spending.

Chris Arnade 🐢

Chris_arnade

Not excited about Yellen as Treasury secretary— it is very conventional center left pick & Dems center left on eco has been really bad & needs a real dose of

CNBC-TV18

CNBCTV18Live

#BREAKING | Moody's downgrades India's rating to Baa3; outlook remains ‘Negative’ India’s rating downgrade not driven by impact of #COVID19: Moody's Moody's says India faces prolonged period of slower growth

Brian Romanchuk

RomanchukBrian

Been seeing fragments of a discussion among neoclassical economists who are confused about MMT. I’m somehow too busy to peruse the thread (no idea how that happened), to see the

Louisette Lanteigne 🌎✌️⚖️♥️

lulex

CER allows Insurance companies to not be named. Trans Moujntain LP claims CDEV is independent but obvious conflicts exist with Trans Mountain Co. We need the names to assure fiscal

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

Meghana Mungikar

MeghanaMungikar

In a COVID-19 fueled debt crisis, NS has launched a rental housing scheme that would cover the urban poor and migrant workers under PMAY. How is increasing the level of

Ingrid M

iMusing

Oquist went to school with Morrison but I can’t find his public health qualifications. Find you some solidarity like white males back each other for the lowest of low bar

Christian Odendahl

COdendahl

Together with @lucasguttenbergand @GrundSebastian: a proposal for a European fiscal response. #Coronabond /threadhttps://voxeu.org/article/pandemic-solidarity-instrument-eu We propose that the EU borrows 440 billion on markets, backed by guarantees.

Will Davies

davies_will

There are moral and fiscal justifications for a significant ‘emergency’ tax hike on top incomes right now. Link it to basic sustenance and safety of ‘hardworking families’, and who could

Paul Johnson

PJTheEconomist

Our analysis of Scottish manifestos out today https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/15412Strikingly big promises from the main parties, without any serious attempt to provide costings or to say how they would be paid for.

European Central Bank

ecb

A forceful, symmetric European response is needed, ECB Executive Board member Fabio Panetta writes in @POLITICOEurope. Failure to act now will amplify the costs of the crisis. It will also

Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed

ZShamsuna

We have projected that monthly FAAC receipts may decline to below N400bn, over the next 3 to 6 months. Due to the significant drop in international oil prices, FAAC monthly

Nathan Tankus

NathanTankus

This is a key point and why, while China has a high degree of monetary sovereignty, it is not a good example of "MMT" because they hide fiscal spending through