Vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson confirmed it's talking to the US FDA about an increased risk of a rare neurological complication among people who received its single-dose Covid-19 vaccine
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Must read. Many great contributions. If you do not have the time to read the 200 pages, read the great intro by Beatrice Weber di Mauro and Richard Baldwin.
Did coronavirus come from China?
Yes.
Did it expand globally because the Chinese govt covered it up for a month?
Yes.
Does China produce most of US medical supply chain?
Yes.
Is it wise to antagonize China in the middle of this crisis?
Are you fucking kidding me.
Macroeconomics 8th edition is out. Compared to the first edition (1997), I am struck by two things. The architecture has not changed. But the degree to which what was exotic then is, at least for the time being, the new normal.
What happens when a government’s bills go unpaid? New Fund research finds it can harm growth and the financial sector. Learn more about the policies needed to resolve and prevent arrears here: https://t.co/dnT6VoepM7 #IMFAfrica#IMFmeetings
#Didyouknow that oil-rich countries spend government revenues more inefficiently than non-oil countries? Learn the reason behind the inefficiency and how to use oil revenue more effectively. @KamiarMohaddes, Jeffrey B. Nugent, & @hoda_selim. https://t.co/fjstnMPh6z
Today is my last day as Managing Director of the @IMFNews, an institution with a brain, a wallet—and a heart. During the past eight years, we strengthened the Fund’s commitment to serve its member countries. It is an experience that I will treasure forever.
Quite aside from his demand that the Fed adopt emergency stimulus measures when the unemployment rate is 3.7%, Trump's tirade included the idea that the US should "refinance our debt." Why is that a stupid, ignorant remark? 1/
أرجو أن نستطيع يوماً ما أن نفرق، مهما كان حجم الغضب، بين الخلاف السياسي وبين الفجر فى الخصومة؛ بين توجيه الإتهام وبين إعمال العدالة، بين تحري الحقيقة وبين الإفك. هناك حاجة ملحة إلي إرتقاء أخلاقي ونضج فكري.
Haven't yet received my own copy of our @OUPAcademic volume "#Institutions & #Macroeconomic Policies in #Resource-Rich #Arab Economies", but have now seen a hard copy in the @MarshallLibrary, which must be the first purchase globally!
More about the book: https://t.co/ey8WjGx5TW
تبرعات بمئات الملايين لإعادة بناء كنيسة نوتردام. امر محزن اننا لانرى نفس الروح بالنسبة للتراث الحضارى فى منطقتنا وغيرها.التراث الإنساني واحد لا يتجزأ. شئ اكثر حزنا بكثير كذلك اننا لانرى نفس الروح بالنسبة لمساعدة ضحايا النكبات الإنسانية من حروب وكوارث https://t.co/VtM4exnCVY
The book edited by @KamiarMohaddes, Nugent & @hoda_selim is out. My chapter spells out my proposal that oil exporters peg to a Currency-plus-Commodity Basket (https://t.co/XYD0EuoEmR). Other chapters look at monetary & fiscal policies in Arab economies. https://t.co/oyjMI30QFv
A question. Central banks have large research departments. Ministries of finance typically do not even have a research department. (with the result that research on monetary policy is much more developed than research on fiscal (macro) policy). Why?
فى ٢٠١١ أُحيل٤٣ من العاملين فى المنظمات المدنية للمحاكمة بتهمة " التمويل الأجنبى"، وفى٢٠١٢ صدر قرار بسفر الأجانب منهم إلى خارج البلاد( غردت وقتها بعد�� التدخل فى عمل القضاء)،وفى ٢٠١٨ حُكم ببراءة الجميع! الدرس هو ضرورة الحرص في توجيه الاتهامات.الإستخفاف بحرية الانسان مجافاة للعدالة