wonkmonk @wonkmonk_

"The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." - David Graeber bit.ly/3kxa1EN Joined July 2010

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wonkmonk @wonkmonk_

4 days ago

The illegal gold rush sweeping the world ft.com/content/cc4f62… archive.is/fNr8d Historic price rally lures criminals and paramilitaries into illicit mining from the Amazon to Sudan

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The Iranian connection: how China is importing oil from Russia ft.com/content/19cebb… Networks of brokers and shipowners from Panama to Switzerland are becoming expert at circumventing international sanctions

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2 weeks ago

Can China cope with a deindustrialised future? economist.com/finance-and-ec…

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4 weeks ago

Central Bank Liquidity Swaps: A Primer moneyandbanking.com/commentary/202…

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4 weeks ago

Fluctuations in the Treasury General Account and their effect on the Fed's balance sheet federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/…

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wonkmonk @wonkmonk_

a month ago

Christopher Waller: Demystifying the Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet (July 10, 2025) federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

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wonkmonk @wonkmonk_

a month ago

"In reality, Treasury yields are only 20% correlated with fiscal policy and bond supply, but have strong correlations with Fed policy at 90%, core inflation at 80%, and wages at 75%." @EconguyRosie themarket.ch/english/david-…

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wonkmonk @wonkmonk_

a month ago

The bond market maths does not add up for governments ft.com/content/220909… "The OECD figures show that foreign investors owned 34 per cent of bonds in 2024, up from 29 per cent in 2021; foreigners are now the biggest single group of investors."

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wonkmonk @wonkmonk_

a month ago

The volatility paradox: why markets stay calm despite the noise ft.com/content/70305b… America has quietly become one of the world’s most shock‑resistant economies

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a month ago

The coming crypto crisis: @RanaForoohar ft.com/content/efc848… "A recent Fidelity report found bitcoin’s rolling 3-year beta to the S&P was 2.6."

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a month ago

Randall Wray: Understanding Modern Money Theory: Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies (2025) e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/under… #book

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a month ago

Economic Effects Everywhere All at Once richmondfed.org/publications/r…

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a month ago

What if AI made the world’s economic growth explode? economist.com/briefing/2025/… archive.is/12iEo Markets for goods, services and financial assets, as well as labour, would be upended