#Economic

Syria

SyriaForAssad

Economy:1 USD now equals 1760 SYPThis is the worst conversation in Syrian history and it seems like the Syrian Lira [SYP] could enter free fall like the Lebanese Lira [LBP]

Joe Guinan

joecguinan

Some Friday evening thoughts on the current state of things in a world increasingly on fire. Our greatest challenge lies in closing the deadly gap between what is increasingly understood

Bjorn Lomborg

BjornLomborg

Economic analysis from @ThunstromLinda and colleagues shows the benefits of social distancing outweigh the economic costs by $5.2 trillion(Paper available here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3561934)https://thehill.com/policy/fi

Alexandra Erin

AlexandraErin

Really cannot overemphasize how much worse a chaotic cycle of opening and closing would be compared to just staying closed. There is not enough political will for economic relief as

Rachel Notley

RachelNotley

In my address to the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (#AUMA) Convention in #Calgary, I called on Jason Kenney and Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard to reset the province’s broken relationship

Lindsay Owens

owenslindsay1

When I talked with @NickHanauer and @PitchforkEcon about my paper with @GaneshSitaraman, @AdamLevitin and @GDI_policy, it looked like Congress was headed home just as the expanded UI benefits were set

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/10The fierce debate continues in Beijing between those who are more worried by rising debt and those more worried by slowing growth. Among the former, two weeks ago Lou Jiwei

Spencer #ubiquitoustesting

spencemo_c

(1/x) I had been fairly optimistic about covid in US starting a few weeks ago as deaths/hospitalizations/confirmed cases started declining in Europe, suggesting significant declines in R0, thinking that similar

Anup Malani

anup_malani

Thread: Is the main benefit of a COVID vaccine health or economic activity?Or: the counter-factual matters. What would we do in the absence of or delay in a vaccine?Or: Let's

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon

RepMGS

We just received confirmation that there is a new IRS deadline for Pennsylvanians with disabilities and their children (Thread) https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/?fbclid=IwAR3p-1PG_oE64PQ1YTFs0ZXp8xbS4NO2-B1HjDpKdm849i5FcMd64tcaP6M#4-2020-

vicky mochama

vmochama

i got an eviction notice two weeks ago in the middle of a very bad summer for my mental health. it has collapsed my ability to function and to plan,

Patrick Ruffini

PatrickRuffini

The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that *29%* of the economy is shut down. That's -29% growth - more than the Great Depression. If you saw this stat in

Peter Dunn

PeteThePlanner

Tuesday Morning Update: Today we're focusing on stimulus payments, which should begin to arrive in the next 8 days. For those who will be receiving a stimulus payment, you likely

Maggie Hanna, EFL

MagHanna

@MLiebreich Technoeconomic environmental analysis is required to make these determinations, not just economic analysis. The overly electrical view is Euro-centric, does not build as a resilient enough system to replace

Sugabelly 🌕

sugabelly

Please don't make another Olajumoke out of that blue eyed woman.I remember when everyone was gushing about the picture of Olajumoke, and how she was going to be a model,

Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦

PresidencyZA

President #Ramaphosa: Fellow Compatriots, it is 25 days since South Africa began a nation-wide lockdown to contain the spread of the #coronavirus. It has demanded of you great fortitude and