Eric Lonergan
@ericlonners.bsky.social
Author of Angrynomics, Supercharge Me, Money. Policy interests: monetary, fiscal. Market interests: all things confounding.
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Our September/October issue is out now, w/ articles by @adamtooze.bsky.social, @iangoldin.bsky.social, @ericlonners.bsky.social, @margitschratz.bsky.social, @heimbergecon.bsky.social, @monika-schnitzer.com, @prof-peacock.bsky.social et al.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Our September/October issue is out now, w/ articles by @adamtooze.bsky.social, @iangoldin.bsky.social, @ericlonners.bsky.social, @margitschratz.bsky.social, @heimbergecon.bsky.social, @monika-schnitzer.com, @prof-peacock.bsky.social et al.
Read the full issue at www.intereconomics.eu/archive/year...
Read the full issue at www.intereconomics.eu/archive/year...
If this is America’s Brexit, there is one big difference: they are not blaming ‘remainers’ for it going wrong. They are explicitly owning it.
March 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If this is America’s Brexit, there is one big difference: they are not blaming ‘remainers’ for it going wrong. They are explicitly owning it.
This is great news.
MASSIVE FISCAL PACKAGE OUT OF BERLIN: 12-20%+ of GDP.
- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is great news.
Someone also tell him there are lots of alternatively safety assets to Treasuries, and BTC ain’t one of them 😂
Someone tell Trump he’s threatening the capital account surplus.
February 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Someone also tell him there are lots of alternatively safety assets to Treasuries, and BTC ain’t one of them 😂
Someone tell Trump he’s threatening the capital account surplus.
February 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Someone tell Trump he’s threatening the capital account surplus.
Spot on.
New post: Mediamacro melodrama
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/01/medi...
Just a week ago the UK media was speculating that Reeves was about to be sacked and who might replace her, all because of largely global movements in interest rates. How and why did the media get things so wrong?
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/01/medi...
Just a week ago the UK media was speculating that Reeves was about to be sacked and who might replace her, all because of largely global movements in interest rates. How and why did the media get things so wrong?
Mediamacro melodrama
The UK macroeconomy was one of the big stories of the previous two weeks, so you might think this blog post should have covered it earlier...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Spot on.
There are multiple town squares. Why go to the one where the guy with a megaphone drowns out everyone else?
November 19, 2024 at 10:05 PM
There are multiple town squares. Why go to the one where the guy with a megaphone drowns out everyone else?
Did anyone listening to BoE testimony at the treasury select committee today. Apparently a ‘quirk’ in our accounting is costing the UK around £38bn a year. 🤫
November 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Did anyone listening to BoE testimony at the treasury select committee today. Apparently a ‘quirk’ in our accounting is costing the UK around £38bn a year. 🤫
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
Might be possible to have an intelligent debt/deficits discussion here … thinking out loud:
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Might be possible to have an intelligent debt/deficits discussion here … thinking out loud:
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So much misinformation around today on who will be affected by changes to inheritance tax - and lobbyists pretending the data isn't clear to obfuscate. We have detailed data on estates so the truth is in fact very clear if you care to look 🧵
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
So much misinformation around today on who will be affected by changes to inheritance tax - and lobbyists pretending the data isn't clear to obfuscate. We have detailed data on estates so the truth is in fact very clear if you care to look 🧵
Trump actually outspent Kamala 40:1.
November 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Trump actually outspent Kamala 40:1.
Free speech is premised on good faith.
November 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Free speech is premised on good faith.
Checks and balances include the bond market. Thankfully.
November 18, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Checks and balances include the bond market. Thankfully.