#FISCAL

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

I worry that the IMF's agenda this fall is far less ambitious than the current shock demands. One way of framing this point is that the IMF so far

Miguel Carrión

Europeripheral

The Eurogroup are masters of the press release. The output of yesterday's meeting has 23 points, the first 3 of which are "whereases", the next 8 stuff already done, often

David Tarrant

davidptarrant

1/25 Today Conservatives choose a new leaderI was happy to join smart political minds like @MelissaLantsman, @DPinBC, @irbrodie, @howardanglin & @Sean_Speer in @JohnIbbitson’s excellent @globeandmail column on the party’s

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

How should we think about the ideal size of fiscal stimulus right now? A thread with two approaches: (1) top down (based on filling the macro hole) and (2) bottom

Fernanda Vallejos

fvallejoss

Creo que es importante que todos y todas sepamos qué ocurrió en #Guernica.1. El ministerio de Desarrollo de la Comunidad de la provincia de Buenos Aires trabajó durane 40 días

SentimenTrader

sentimentrader

"In the week ending Sept. 4 alone...small traders shelled out $11.5 billion this way—an all-time high and nine times last year’s average. To put that week’s bets in perspective, in

Philip Summerton

summerton_econ

Great that climate change is becoming such an important issuebut I’ve been in this area long enough to remember when political leaders didn’t listen to thought leaders like @TerryBarker21 @MichaelGrubb9

Miles Kahn

mileskahn

A Trump win means shadow President Stephen Miller enacts 4 more years of abject cruelty, xenophobia and racism. Immigration is necessary for a country to grow economically, culturally and spiritually.

Garrett Felber

garrett_felber

My chair just *rejected* a $42,000 grant from a major foundation we were awarded to support @study__struggle, a political education project on mass incarceration and immigrant detention, saying it's a

Ricardo Reis

R2Rsquared

*** Monetizing the debtWhen a country faces a large sudden expense with strains on economy and financial sector, the government massively borrows. Debt markets can't absorb new debt, so the

François d’Estais

fdestais

Jean-Luc Mélenchon vient de casser Internet avec #Twitchons. Il réinvente la communication politique en allant sur une plateforme de jeu vidéo.Pourquoi un politique en direct sur Twitch, ça peut avoir

Michael McFaul

McFaul

The Chinese Communist Party suppressed data about the coronavirus in Wuhan with devastating consequences for the US and the world. WHO didn't help. But since when did the US rely

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Bank of Korea meeting Thursday & we expect a 25bps cut (just like markets) to 0.5%. South Korea is out of the woods in terms of financial markets, esp the

julieturkewitz

julieturkewitz

NEW: 24 dead in Colombia as protests continue. A teen shot after kicking a police officer. A young man bleeding out as protesters shout for help. Police firing on unarmed

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

Since @lpachter insists on repeated hit jobs on @MLevitt_NP2013, I thought I would look at some of the wisdom that Lior lays out in this threadUnfortunately for Lior, I was

Filtradano del Conocimiento

filtradano

MiniHilo«España: el retorno oficial de la Sefarad»https://twitter.com/jfrsanchez/status/1223193971444285441 Ley 12/2015, de 24 de junio, en materia de concesión de la nacionalidad española a los sefardíes originarios de España.BOE jueves 25 de