Ben Baris

@economics editor in New York. Opinions are mine. {NI ECONBRIEF GO}; {BECO GO}

[Anne Riley Moffat @A_Riley17]

The small Gulf nation of Qatar plans to snag an even bigger share of the global natural gas trade, adding more than $30 billion to its annual revenue in the process. https://t.co/4RzsqCx728 @business @BNCommodities #LNG

[Stephen Stapczynski @SStapczynski]

A HISTORIC WAVE OF LNG PROJECTS BEGINS THIS YEAR
🚢🚢🚢

It took half a century for the energy industry to develop the first several hundred million tons of LNG export capacity

Now, the industry has the potential to do it again in six years

https://t.co/yf7vaavSNo

[Anne Riley Moffat @A_Riley17]

For decades, the US practiced breadbasket diplomacy, wielding the nation’s agricultural bounty as a carrot and also a stick. Sending surplus #crops overseas—via aid or trade—became a low-risk way to secure relationships. That's rapidly ending: https://t.co/qseSIV0f8t #commodities

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

Use the new {ECAN<Go>} on @TheTerminal to take your CPI analysis to the next level,
and the next one,
and the next one...

[Anne Riley Moffat @A_Riley17]

Brazil will be one of the last major economies to hold onto combustion-engine cars, and that's not a fluke. https://t.co/SgKvTvBFKd @dayannesousa @LEO_LARA @simoneiglesias @business @climate

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

This chart goes a long way toward explaining why the Fed thinks they have more room to hike, while many people in the markets feel the Fed has already gone too far:

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

The Fed's Terminal Rate is Rising, So is the Amount of Time it Will Take to Get There: {WIRP<GO>}

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

Year-end CPI YoY if CPI MoM stays at 0%: {ECAN}

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

Fed Expectations: Evolution of the Implied Fed Rate Curve^^^ vs. Reality -- Now on {ECAN}

[Zoe Schneeweiss @ZSchneeweiss]

Here’s how a central bank digital currency could work https://t.co/1vbpjdvAN1 via @JohannaJeansson

[geoff king @geoffatwork]

All eyes today on the @federalreserve. Bloomberg @economics looks at what to expect - it won’t sweat yields scraping ex-pandemic lows. Full preview and more in today's EcoBrief. @theterminal link https://t.co/F97Ovo4N6A #Fed

[geoff king @geoffatwork]

Hi America - while you were sleeping this happened. Special Report: Bloomberg Economics (Bloomberg terminal link https://t.co/aBVWAUvV7M).
Getting Well, Sticking Together, Owning the Future - This year's report for the Bloomberg New Economy Forum speaks to the three biggest

[Bloomberg Economics @economics]

#DailyDataPoint: All countries are battling the same virus, yet the downturns across emerging and frontier economies look very different (via @sjinlondon & @ZiadMDaoud) https://t.co/pDl7DNfoJY

[Bloomberg Economics @economics]

2019 was both a great year for the U.S. jobs market, and the worst in almost a decade (via @readep) https://t.co/6FBpHKL96G

[geoff king @geoffatwork]

An oil-price spike to $100 wouldn’t feel the same as when crude rose to that level from $75 in 2010 and 2011 https://t.co/Cvw977cUBB via @markets @ZiadMDaoud @JMurray804 @TomOrlik

[Zachary Mider @zachmider]

A little update on the impact of the new law meant to prevent predatory lenders from abusing the court system to collect debts from small businesses across the country: (thread)

[Zachary Mider @zachmider]

The governor has signed a bill aimed at ending NY's role as enabler of nationwide lending abuses https://t.co/zVHIuMCqmq #signhereloseeverything

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

Where are the soybeans? No one is making up for China's slack. Monthly seaborne soybean exports to top trading partners from the U.S.: {@theterminal chart link: https://t.co/34nmzY6y4O } AHOY<Go>

[Bloomberg Economics @economics]

THREAD: 1/ The world economy runs the risk of having to foot a $1.2 trillion bill if the U.S.-China trade war escalates, according to calculation by Bloomberg Economics (via @simonjkennedy) https://t.co/EhyYNnfkVb

[Michael McDonough @M_McDonough]

Percent of State's Total Trade with China & Mexico in 2018: