I sort enjoy being outflanked from the left by the FT --

I have bowed to (US) political reality, and only advocated for a $500b SDR allocation.

The FT wants a trillion! https://www.ft.com/content/2691bfa2-799e-11ea-af44-daa3def9ae03">https://www.ft.com/content/2...

And I think @SoumayaKeynes came down on the side of action rather inaction in the @TheEconomist this week.

"Poor countries just need help, fast. It is worth taking some risks to make sure they get it." https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/04/11/should-the-imf-dole-out-more-special-drawing-rights">https://www.economist.com/finance-a...

Soumaya has good thread on the debate on this issue too

Tho it would be hard for me not to like it given one the tweets. https://twitter.com/SoumayaKeynes/status/1249698202934292485">https://twitter.com/SoumayaKe...

Unfortunately it seems unlikely that the IMF& #39;s shareholders will agree to any SDR allocation at the virtual Spring meetings this week.

The Fund, it is reported, wants to focus on less controversial ideas ...