Hudson Lockett

RT @AnnaEconomist: We calculated that post Trump “put” today, the tariff mix is actually worse —China exports more consumer goods to US tha…

RT @AtlantaFed: On April 9, the #GDPNow model nowcast of real GDP growth in Q1 2025 is -2.4%. The alternative model forecast, which adjusts…

RT @andrewbatson: Your periodic reminder that despite everything you read about China's subsidies to manufacturing, industrial policy etc,…

Seeing this framed as China putting pressure on the US--it's not! Plus Trump >wants< a stronger yuan vs the dollar, which requires intervention. Equally, China stepping aside to let the yuan tumble due to downward market pressure would be >>the opposite of currency manipulation<<

Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 @C_Barraud

🇨🇳 #China's central bank asks state lenders to reduce #dollar purchases, sources say - Reuters https://t.co/VgcXD1K97o

Looked into this during first trade war--as I recall, the most direct route would be for Washington to revoke USD clearance by the city's three HKD note-issuing banks, namely HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of China. Would probably cause a global financial crisis at minimum.

baufinanciaphaster 👹 @bauhiniacapital

An interesting thing to ask yourself here is... What if the HKD peg were actively broken by the US?

RT @edwardwhitenz: Trump hopes that his tariffs will erode China’s surplus and enable American factories to compete again. But the Chinese…

Yikes, Goldman estimates a 2.4 percentage point hit to China's GDP from US tariffs. That implies growth of just 2.1% in 2025 based on the bank's full-year forecast of 4.5%--dramatically below Beijing's 5% target. On the plus side (?) it seems like damage is close to maxed out. https://t.co/0dck3UaHSQ

RT @brenenwynd: This is not a dire wolf. They cannot do de-extinction. They can just tweak living animals to have primitive features. This…

RT @Nrg8000: It's frankly horrible that @Planet has placed their tropical monitoring basemap product behind an $1800/year paywall. Every si…

RT @jruwitch: NPR Beijing!

Hey, science-y types out there--this bit about the "resurrected" dire wolves makes no sense, right? I know we're all freaking out about the collapse of global trade, but pure white fur would be a massive disadvantage outside of cold, snowy climates, yes? https://t.co/5njVtqdHng https://t.co/JsEw3ZnwQh

RT @ReutersWorld: Trump Tariffs Live: US threatens China with extra 50% tariff as markets plunge in hyper-volatile trade https://t.co/H0kDv…

RT @webbhk: Time to update this table @HKEXGroup, today's 13.22% drop was the 5th largest daily % decline in Hang Seng Index ever and the l…

RT @Breakingviews: Yuan is strategic barometer for China post-tariffs - @KangHexin - https://t.co/OfKVz6init https://t.co/vRmbSkz8ia

RT @KangHexin: New @Breakingviews The first fix for the renminbi’s trading band this week reveals much about China's thinking on its trade…

New @Breakingviews The first fix for the renminbi’s trading band this week reveals much about China's thinking on its trade relationship with the U.S. and the rest of the world, but Beijing's long-term strategic calculus is quickly coming into focus, too https://t.co/FmBPs53FUA

RT @ChassNews: Israel blocks two UK MPs from entering country https://t.co/RUjcrENmXN via @ft