We have a new Substack out, this time on a very long-term issue, the end of Bretton Woods (50 years anniversary today!).

The end of the gold-linked system, created the current fiat based system, which many love to hate (but which is hard to replace)

moneyinsideout.exantedata.com/p/the-end-of-b…
This substack is written by @GeneralTheorist & has some non-conventional thinking (as already noted by @michaelxpettis, thanks!)

The core counter-intuitive point is : the US economy may be driven more by global capital flows than the real (local) economy.
There is also a section on MMT in there, which often tends to wake up some sleepy economists:
Feedback welcome (the bitcoin section will be for a follow up, we also left out the SDR section).

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11 Jul
For wealthy countries with progressed (but not complete) vaccine roll-outs, it is time for governments to think fresh.

The main remaining challenge is that young cohorts are not yet vaccinated, and not as afraid of COVID as the older more vulnerable cohorts.

What to do???
Given that the young can give the virus to the old and start new waves, governments have a strong reason to push vaccinations hard for all ages, to avoid future hospital pressure (and avoid long-covid issues), and to avoid economic damage from fresh lockdown steps.
The economic cost (alone) of lockdowns is so dramatic that it is a good investment to offer incentives, even if they do cost something.
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21 Jun
I had asked @GeneralTheorist to write this Substrack because it is now valid to ask 'Who is Next?' (after El Salvador adopting bitcoin)

The tricky bit is that countries with their own currencies have very different incentives than El Salvador (operating a dollarized economy).
Seigniorage is just one aspect. But a dimension that is easy to quantify. El Salvador derives no government income from 'money printing'. Most other countries, with their own independent currency, do.

This is relevant to the 'who is next' q, and will likely exclude a long list.
"normal' countries, with their own currency, can generate government revenue from their 'money printing activities'. El Salvador had to move to a dollarized system years ago, and is therefore not comparable to those with independent monetary policy.
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13 Jun
Tomorrow, was supposed to be the day of final reopening in the UK. But the delta variant has made policy makers more cautious, and there is now an expectation of a delay.

What is the data saying? How bad is it?
In the global picture, the UK stands out as the only European country with significant case growth.

Cases levels are still far from peak, but we have seen 2-3 weeks of >50% week-on-week growth now.

And levels are now 300% of what they were 3-4 weeks ago

Still, hospitalizations are growing more modestly. Focussing on England, they are up 50% over the last 3-4 weeks, and still at very moderate levels compared to past waves.
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11 Jun
There has been a lot of focus this week on El Salvador becoming the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender

Is it a good idea?

Quick thread (currency risk angle)
Unsurprisingly, many hard core crypto folks have celebrated the step, as a harbinger of a global trend towards broader adoption of bitcoin/crypto (freedom even).

one example below

Others, such as the IMF have expressed caution, although the language was too vague to articulate the specifics of the concern.

decrypt.co/73252/imf-el-s…
Read 14 tweets
7 Jun
The piece by @DanielAlpert got me thinking a bit about US exceptionalism, as it pertains to the labor market, and the role the unemployment benefits may play.

Which country stands out in this chart?

=> some observations on income distribution and labor supply...
This is simply OECD data that tell you what percentage of jobs is less than 2/3 of median earnings.

The US is 23.4%
Belgium,N.Zealand,Finland,Italy,Denmark,Portugal all <10%

The US has an awful lot of low paying jobs (in a relative sense, but also relative to cost of living)
You can argue. 'but US is a wealthy country, and if the median is high...'. But what about the food stamps then. They would not be needed if the absolute level was fine.

=> it is both a relative and absolute issue.
Read 7 tweets
20 May
My twitter follower count has suddenly spiked to 15K today on the back of @donnelly_brent 's #fintwit top 20 survey today (Brent is a powerful man!).

I am happy to be in good company on the list, and also happy to get followers from Brent's network, which itself is high quality!
Here is the main list from Brent's AM/FX publication this morning.

I follow most of these folks already, but will have a look at the exceptions in coming days. Should I do a list?
Since I am interested in FX, I was also interested in the FX specific ranking :-)
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