Chris Anstey

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emerged from this week’s market ructions as a perhaps-unexpected lead trade negotiator, and one with a China plan. But his boss may be an obstacle https://t.co/zxB7rkniBj via @economics

So in my career I've had: -Once-a-century financial meltdown -Once-a-century global pandemic -Once-a-century tariff shock .... whatever's next? https://t.co/dYD4LtrOvW via @markets

Investors are raving about Xi Jinping’s public rapprochement with Jack Ma, but they shouldn’t get too excited https://t.co/wyN40fQaA9 via @economics

A Song Dynasty lesson for thinking about US trade deficits: https://t.co/XXWAIeApnI via @economics

There are dangers of welcoming tough economic times for longer-term gains, as an Australian example from the early 1990s shows: https://t.co/VfxXPvZdih via @economics

China’s history of being exploited by Britain, the US and others provided a harsh lesson in the leverage offered by controlling maritime trade https://t.co/kBNwsH0YIj via @economics

RT @LHSummers: What the Trump administration seems to be proposing — and to be fair, we have not seen all the details — is a Versailles-lik…

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warns the risk of another breakout in price pressures is highest in years: https://t.co/qmSyk5OEeJ via @economics

Donald Trump has kicked off work on considering a US sovereign fund. The Treasury chief suggests it will leverage "fantastic" American assets, but how it will operate is unclear https://t.co/gMTpi99OL1 via @economics

This is kind of like VAR reviews in football -- a goal is scored but then everyone waits to see if it's confirmed by VAR. Sheinbaum and Trudeau say tariffs are on hold and then after a delay, Trump confirms, yes they're on hold. Markets get to cheer twice. https://t.co/K4pgNZSDe8

The defense buildup now underway in Europe isn't a panacea, but does offer a cushion to growth in coming years for a region that's struggled with stagnation https://t.co/4KVoWj30rz via @economics

For all of China’s vaunted reforms and opening up, it never overhauled its own domestic economy to stop provinces and cities from giving their home region firms an unfair leg up https://t.co/IuQ03VZcor via @economics

More than a decade after China aimed to shift economic ties toward the developing world, Beijing is still reliant on the US and its rich-world peers https://t.co/NcG1bPPSCF via @economics

Can pure optimism translate into economic acceleration? Next year may offer the ultimate test of that proposition in America https://t.co/QXJsrkAbSo via @economics

For many nations—even those lower on the development scale with lots of catch-up potential—maintaining 5% growth is hard to sustain. But there is one doing it https://t.co/6oIXMMqlkk via @economics

Tariffs on imported goods dominate the debate about Trump’s international economic agenda. But don’t dismiss the potential for more financial barriers — namely, US capital controls https://t.co/OuiYtsUznU via @economics

Very interesting history of Federal Reserve independence uncovered in a new NBER paper -- we showcase it in this morning's Economics Daily newsletter: https://t.co/hFrBp95oKq via @economics