#TIGHTENING

Sean Jones QC

seanjonesqc

New Furlough Guidance - some highlights:1. Old guidance said the scheme was to "support employers whose operations have been severely affected by" CV19. It now says "If you cannot maintain

Pinky, Elvira and the Brain

tonygoldmark

The coronavirus feeds on person-to-person contact. Thus, it thrives in big cities.San Francisco is the second most densely-populated city in the country, dwarfed only by New York. And yet, because

Derek Simon

DartmouthDerek

New Brunswick says Mi’gmaq students from Quebec no longer welcome /via @globeandmail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-new-brunswick-says-migmaq-students-from-quebec-no-longer-welcome/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Me

Tony Yates

t0nyyates

This tweet made me wonder whether a particularly pernicious dynamic is at work.https://twitter.com/oldtrotter/status/1315586335156113408 1. Johnson fails to lock down early enough, partly due to bad advice, partly 'libertarian' inst

ofra klein

ofra_okn

Worldwide, the COVID pandemic is used to curtail human rights. In #Poland , the government is TODAY deciding on two controversial laws that limit #abortion and womens' rights.Picture from @pozalowanawanda

John Curran

DrJohnCurran

1/13 Really interesting read Rory. Thx for sharing. I agree, its v difficult to remain clear headed when theres so much data & it can all be interpreted in different

Nick Stadtmiller

NickStadtmiller

I think there are some misconceptions about how the @CentralBank_TR's rate hike last week will feed into the local market. Most of total funding outstanding by CBRT is term repo

Tim Hayward

Tim_Hayward_

The agenda is explicit: to make the world fit for a capitalism of the 4th industrial revolution. This means commodifying every aspect of nature while further marginalising human beings from

Jason Scott

textfiles

The Internet Archive is Popping Rivets: A Thread If you're a non-profit serving terabytes of data to millions of people every day and you're NOT being funded by VCs and

Mark Pollard

markpollard

Under the threat of tightening US visa laws, the furloughing of the immigration department, and international students getting kicked out, it’s visa time.I’m going through 20 years of work and

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EffMktHype

Can we talk about the price of risk? Does risk even mean anything, anymore? Perhaps the lack of risk, is the risk itself. Complacency used to be what was the

Eb

EbThen

Here's a thing I haven't talked about recently.I got myself into credit card debt. Not a ridiculous amount for maybe the average person, but an amount I was never going

Will Queen

WillQueen5

I have a lot of thoughts about alcohol policy during a pandemic. No cool answers, but fun questions.https://twitter.com/BetseyStevenson/status/1247558417562185729 There has been a 100-300% increase in alcohol sales around the US

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

The tariffs have had the (desired) impact on bilateral US trade with China. The bilateral deficit is down $50b YTD.And with (goods) imports down 23% in October while exports

Tuomas Malinen

mtmalinen

A lot of talk about the role of the #Centralbanks going forward. I think now would be a good time to recap the market bailout operations during the past few

Jami-Lee Ross

jamileeross

Mr Ross confirmed urgent orders had now been granted by the High Court in Auckland on the SFO application preventing his use of a document sent to him in error