#Fiscal

Doug Campbell

TradeandMoney

Suppose the government makes huge investments in building a respirator factory, an N-95 factory, and large scale testing capacity. Then, next month, the virus mutates, or a miracle cure is

Aashish Chandorkar

c_aashish

There's been a lot of talk about FORCE- Fiscal Options and Response to Covid-19 Epidemic, a document IRS association has written for the govt to manage economic conditions.Lot of comments

Observer

samwandmaster

Thread:I was a Republican until 2007. In was appalled by W. I am beyond appalled now. Republicans need to be removed from office. The republican party has lost its way

Frank_vL

Frank_vanlerven

The @bankofengland has today announced yet another measure - the extension of the ways and means facility...But WTF does this all mean?Here are some thoughts and tools that might help

David Hundeyin

DavidHundeyin

Ghana is living proof that it doesn't take two heads to solve problems. One of my fondest childhood memories is buying a bottle of Coca Cola in 2001 near Akuafo

Pablo Iglesias 🔻

PabloIglesias

On the agreement reached in Europe We all remember the response given by the European institutions to the financial crisis 10 years ago: austerity and demands for social cuts

(((Greg Siskind)))

gsiskind

Beginning of a LONG thread summarizing the negotiated changes to S.386. Senator Durbin and Lee have reached a deal which bodes well for passage, but it is not known yet

Marc Gayle

marcgayle

The IMF had their final press conference about Jamaica’s successful completion of the Precautionary Standby Agreement (PSBA). I was invited to represent #FinanceTwitterJA Here is my report (I got surprised,

Sven Henrich

NorthmanTrader

What I worry about the most: Nobody, and I mean nobody, has a clue what the ramifications are of all this combined monetary/fiscal stimulus. They have not thought this through

Stephen Williamson

1954swilliamson

1/This Bank of England arrangement with HM Treasury may not be a big deal. The normal arrangement in most countries is for the central bank to keep the government at

Gregory Claeys

gregclaeys

On #EUCO, after 6 years in Brussels I have learned one thing: in @EU_Commission speak to "mobilise" or "trigger" €XXXbn investment means that a tiny bit of EU money (wherever

Paul Johnson

PJTheEconomist

All that extra money announced by govt last week not quite what it seems. https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14938The "Rooseveltian" additional £5.5bn of capital spending represents an increase of precisely zero this year on

Will Schryver

imetatronink

-THREAD-While everyone is obsessing over disintegrating financial markets and global pandemic, I've a few thoughts on matters still hiding in the shadows.Trump's entire sandcastle narrative has now been washed away.

Jim Small

JimSmall

I've got a few things to get off my chest about what the Arizona Mirror is, what it isn't and why the bad-faith critics don't make me lose any sleep.

Emma Clancy

emmaclancy123

What’s at stake at tonight’s Eurogroup meeting (starting at 5pm) to decide the EU/eurozone recovery package in response to the corona-economic crisis - an explanatory LONG THREAD for anyone who

Igor Bobic

igorbobic

Republicans think the same type of conservative backlash Obama faced over his tax and spend policies is coming for Biden. “This embrace of an extreme agenda will accelerate the nation’s