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Christian Odendahl
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European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.

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The Economist @economist.com · 5h
At least on prediction markets
Why insider trading isn’t always bad
At least on prediction markets
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h
Make America Minnesota Already (MAMA) open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
We’re All Minnesotans Now
Let the North Star State give us direction.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 13h
My point is that if you have a good cause for common spending, then countries who largely pay for it are willing to consider common debt. If it comes from countries that are fiscally under water, and with no clear, precise purpose, then ... well.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 13h
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Matthieu Favas @mattfavas.bsky.social · 14h
Russia is dangling a $12 trillion prize in front of America. I ran the numbers. Putin’s offer is a trap www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Will investing in Russia really bring America a $12trn bonanza?
The Kremlin is making big promises to Donald Trump’s administration
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 14h
Real insane part of this clip is Hassett saying in the beginning that NY Fed researchers “should be disciplined” for…writing an economics paper that comes to a conclusion the president dislikes? A conclusion that matches the vast majority of economic evidence on tariffs? Nuts
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Hassett: "The basic theory of President Trump's tariffs is sure, we're importing stuff from China, but we've got producers in US who make stuff, maybe at alightly higher place. If we bring stuff home, create demand, then that will hurt China & drive up wages & American consumers will be better off."

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 14h
US:
"We are all one Western Civilization sharing a common thread from Athens to Rome to America."

EU:
"We've actually been building institutions to bring Europe closer together, pooling our sovereignty around shared values and..."

US:
"No. Not like that."

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 15h
The EU budget needs deep reform, absolutely. Starting with "we need more common borrowing" is not the way, esp if the same country is one of the main opponents of deeper reform of the budget and has a massive fiscal problem. Politically doesn't add up.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 15h
EU/CPTPP is in the news again. Why is Canada leading this, and not ... Britain?

And it is so full of RoO stuff, that I need a MFN newsletter just on this, @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social.

www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance
The Canadian prime minister is spearheading discussions between the EU and a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc after calling on middle powers to join forces.
www.politico.eu

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 15h
Germany has just agreed to eurobonds to fund Ukraine.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 16h
Ja, stark oder?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 16h
Well, exactly! Mind-bending stuff.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 17h
Fair. But Germany is quite keen on collaboration across Europe, not least to assuage fears of a massively armed Germany. But the technicalities are beyond my expertise, I defer to @sophiabesch.bsky.social and others on that.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 17h
Fair. Though it is not new, it has been a common position in many parts of Europe for a while.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 18h
Net zero dad content. I love it.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 18h
That is one way to look at it. The other is that France wants to build some leverage to make sure the next ECB head is not a teutonic hawk.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 18h
Can we do this without the insults?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 18h
I think the irony in that is indeed that France was right, and Germany now has the means to implement it.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 18h
All good!

A serious-looking German economist making jokes is confusing.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 19h
Sorry, yes, it was a joke.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 19h
As much as I dislike the word homework in this context and his public lecturing of another country, the German foreign minister just said out loud what many in Berlin are thinking.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 19h
“Anyone who talks about independence from the USA today must first do their homework at home. … Unfortunately, efforts in the French Republic have also been insufficient to achieve this so far.”

www.welt.de/politik/ausl...
Nato: „Erst einmal Hausaufgaben machen“ – Wadephul attackiert Frankreich für „unzureichende Anstrengungen“ - WELT
Mit Verweis auf die Verpflichtung der Nato-Mitgliedstaaten mahnt Bundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul: „Wir müssen die fünf Prozent auch umsetzen“ – und meint damit besonders Frankreich. Deren Ausgaben...
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 19h
Lagarde has had enough of Frankfurt. cc @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/30bc...
Christine Lagarde to leave ECB before the end of her 8-year term
Central banker wants to give Macron and Merz chance to pick successor before French presidential election
www.ft.com

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Laura Kayali @laukaya.bsky.social · 19h
Again, on FCAS, deux salles deux ambiances as we say in French
🇫🇷 Macron in Munich: « I believe in FCAS »
🇩🇪 Merz: « There are others in Europe, the Spanish anyway, but also other countries interested in talking with us »
www.politico.eu/article/frie...
Franco-German fighter jet project in turmoil as Merz raises doubts
“This isn’t a political quarrel. We have a real problem in the requirement profile. And if we can’t solve that, then we can’t maintain the project,” says German chancellor.
www.politico.eu

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23h
Lagarde to leave ECB before the end of 8-year term ft.trib.al/88DQOgH
Lagarde to leave ECB before the end of 8-year term
Central banker wants to give Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz the chance to pick her successor
ft.trib.al

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Cllr John Morris @plaistovian.bsky.social · 1d
I'm sure there were people who hated turning this car park into a park. But you can't imagine tarmacking over jubilee gardens so that people can park there.

Change is hard, but once it happens no one will ever want to go back.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 1d
Apparently the pushback was from DGs DGT, SG, RTD, SJ, JRC and HR who all thought IAA had an unfair allotment of vowels.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 1d
There are 9 DGs?
robfranciseu.bsky.social Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 1d
Industrial accelerator act delayed…until March. Rejected by 9 DGs and von der Leyen

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Rob Francis @robfranciseu.bsky.social · 1d
Industrial accelerator act delayed…until March. Rejected by 9 DGs and von der Leyen

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 1d
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No not *that* kind of sale... if you preorder it from Waterstones between now and midnight Friday you get 25% off. #WPreorder

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