#Debt

Japan For Dividends! No Kidding.There is a futures market for Nikkei 225 dividends, just like there is one for the S&P 500. Look who the Street expects to cut more.
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Who needs a "debt trap" (debt/equity swap) when Beijing can just buy a stake in Lekki Port, place it's man in charge, and stack the port's board with three others!
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BREAKING: President Trump just announced that student loan payments are being waived for 6 months. Apparently, it’s not new. From CNBC: Under the stimulus package, those with federal student loans
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There are several things any economy needs to boom. 1. Available Workers 2. Low taxes3. Low interest rates4. Low energy prices5. Low regulations/freedom6. Low individual debt7. Fair trade not one
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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
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1. SBP has released its annual report. Statistics confirm a continuing economic downturn. Our GDP growth went from 5.5% in 17/18 (PMLN’s last year) to 1.9% in 18/19 and -0.4%
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This would entail Scotland issuing vast amounts - billions of pounds worth - of 'sub-sovereign' bonds directly to the market. Potentially a good idea? Maybe, but ironically it's likely a
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1. A thread on the second order effects of a new Scottish currency. The SNP’s Sterlingization policy is so economically abysmal it is highly unlikely to see the light of
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Quick tip: If a debt collector calls u to demand payment on some old account ..dont be too quick to acknowledge the debtIf in the past 3 years u never
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The name of the game is OPM - Other People's Money1. Use cc for purchases, acquire rewards points to fly free2. Leverage credit to purchase investment property or scale a
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The elite: Fools, how can you not have six months of savings?! Why should we help you?Everyone: *tries frantically to save in pandemic, however impossible this may be*The elite: HOW
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"High levels of borrowing cannot go on indefinitely"Except, of course, they can.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55032782 "borrowing" is a misnomer in any case. There is no sense in which a monetarily sovereign govt should
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They projected the deaths through the roof;Now we see it was all but a spoofBut the numbers inflatedEconomies castratedAnd the wealth of a nation goes poof. Due in part to
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Thread:The full health impact of COVID-19 in many developing countries remains to be seen, but the negative economic shocks will be lasting.Here are 5 reasons why we should care more
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I don’t understand why Democrats keep citing things that aren’t the rules. The GOP play by the rules & win—ruthlessly and viciously, but they win. The Democrats keep imagining they
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Just to bring everyone down on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I’ve spent most of the past week talking to people/thinking about the eventual recovery, and it’s all looking a bit
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