Nicolas Veron
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Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
An event at
@bruegel.org
this week in which my essay published in June (
www.bruegel.org/blueprint/br...
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Tuffy
about 5 hours ago
Imagine trying to explain this headline to someone ten years ago
www.thebanker.com/content/dfa7...
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FCA urges CROs to take ‘more risk’ in major culture shift
No more hiding behind rules, says watchdog
https://www.thebanker.com/content/dfa7fd18-8dab-45de-bf3c-2354c36fb6ea
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Luca Léry Moffat
2 days ago
Ukraine is considering a cocktail of ideas to keep its finances afloat while it waits for Brussels to greenlight new aid, and a big drop in foreign aid in 2026 looms. See my latest piece for the Kyiv Independent:
kyivindependent.com/kyiv-plots-h...
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Kyiv plots how to stretch finances as Brussels drags feet
Get more news like this directly to your inbox every week by subscribing to our Ukraine Business Roundup newsletter. Ukraine is considering a cocktail of ideas to keep its finances afloat while it wa...
https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-plots-how-to-stretch-finances-as-brussels-drags-feet/
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Katie Martin
3 days ago
come for the bank sandwiched between a junkyard and a funeral parlour, stay for gems like this: “Everyone wants to focus on money, money, money, but [our relationship with the Trump family] actually started with charity” 300 free clicks. Go:
on.ft.com/43eocoS
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How two tiny banks are helping Trump’s sons build a crypto empire
[FREE TO READ] Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Donald Trump Jr
https://on.ft.com/43eocoS
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
4 days ago
Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off. The media landscape shrinks even further.
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Bruce Gorrie
4 days ago
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Jan-Werner Mueller
5 days ago
Luxury problem for liberal cosmopolitans, some will say -- but surely another indicator of decline: "America, which topped the index in 2014, has dropped out of the top ten for the first time since the ranking began in 2006. It now shares the 12th tier of passports with Malaysia..."
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The world’s most—and least—powerful passports
Americans’ travel documents aren’t as muscular as they used to be
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/10/16/the-worlds-most-and-least-powerful-passports?utm_content=ed-picks-image-link-1&etear=nl_special_1&utm_campaign=r.special-edition-newsletter&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=11/1/2025&utm_id=2119244
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Bruegel
9 days ago
📈 Supranational supervision: unlocking European capital markets 📅 5 November 2025 13:00-14:00 CET What is the future of European capital markets supervision? w/@rebeccawire.bsky.social , Stefan Ingves &
@veron.bsky.social
🔗Sign up:
buff.ly/txuvR2b
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They call themselves conservatives
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Acyn
15 days ago
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
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Katie Harbath
15 days ago
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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No Joyman
15 days ago
Old Soviet joke: Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three? One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
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Scott Nover
16 days ago
Here who has signed the Pentagon's press policy: OAN Epoch Times Federalist Real America’s Voice Lindell TV Gateway Pundit Post Millennial Human Events National Pulse RedState TPUSA Timcast Washington Reporter Daily Signal Just the News & some Turkish media and freelancers
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David Wessel
16 days ago
So much for relying on private data. Just as govt shutdown denies the Fed official jobs data, payroll processor ADP stops sharing its data with the Fed. via
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Fed Lost Access to Private Jobs Data Ahead of Government Shutdown
Payroll processing firm ADP ended its data-sharing with the central bank after a speech highlighted the already-public collaboration.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-lost-access-to-private-jobs-data-ahead-of-government-shutdown-95225bd4?st=v79s3o&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Ryan Enos
16 days ago
It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.
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Jay Shambaugh
18 days ago
A few pictures I remember fondly from having a view that stared straight out at the east wing.
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Republicans Against Trumpism
18 days ago
Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
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Iikka Korhonen
19 days ago
Chinese exports to Russia 3Q2025 vs 3Q2024 Total -16% Chemicals and plastics +1% Textiles -5% Metals +5% Machinery -7% Electrical equipment -10% Vehicles -57% Others +18% Russia's "recycling fee" on imported cars really doing a number there on China's car exports...
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Iikka Korhonen
19 days ago
”Brexit has permanently lowered UK output by 4%, according to the government’s official forecaster” 🇬🇧 This was self-evident to anyone with an IQ higher than her/his shoe size, but…
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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UK Economy Will Adjust to Brexit Shock Over Time, Bailey Says
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016 will continue to weigh on UK growth for several years, but in the longer term the economy will adjust, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey sai...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-18/uk-economy-will-adjust-to-brexit-shock-over-time-bailey-says
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Karen Tumulty
20 days ago
My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
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Ben Coates
20 days ago
Obligatory photo of my comically large voting card for the Dutch elections. 25+ parties and nearly 1200 candidates competing for a parliament with 150 seats. We are rapidly converging on the point where there’s a party for every voter
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Darach Ó Séaghdha
20 days ago
It's true what they say: Wikipedia editors react quickly.
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Katja Bego
20 days ago
The Dutch intelligence services are already sharing less intelligence with the US than they used to, their directors confirm: "Though we do not take any political positions, we are very cognisant of the potential politicisation of how our intelligence gets used by others."
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AIVD en MIVD delen minder info met VS en meer met Europa, zeggen directeurs
Per geval wordt samenwerking met de VS gewogen, zeggen directeur Erik Akerboom van de AIVD en MIVD-chef Peter Reesink tegen de Volkskrant.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2586859-aivd-en-mivd-delen-minder-info-met-vs-en-meer-met-europa-zeggen-directeurs
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WarTranslated (Dmitri)
21 days ago
Meanwhile Pete Hegseth's tie was very telling.
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Tuffy
21 days ago
I’m beginning to suspect that Bessent wasn’t actually that involved in the Soros GBP trade
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Joseph Cox
21 days ago
Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking to the site
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-dangerous-decline-in-human-visitors/
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St. Simeon the Pumpkin Spice Holy Fool
22 days ago
J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI. MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
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Politico
23 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office. “The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.
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Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704
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Simon Kuestenmacher
22 days ago
Invest 30 seconds to be blown away by how the number of satellites orbiting our lovely planet increased in only the last few years. As weird as Elon is, this is partly his doing. Source:
buff.ly/sIliMO0
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Darth Putin
22 days ago
Meeting Trump in Budapest is perfect. That's where we promised never to invade Ukraine in the first place.
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Barchart
22 days ago
The Trump Family has reportedly made over $1 Billion from crypto ventures
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Darth Putin
22 days ago
OTD in 2016 Gorbachev stated quite categorically that he never received a promise by NATO not to admit new members to the alliance. He said the idea that Russia was betrayed is a myth. Which triggers my trolls.
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Tim Onion
23 days ago
Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.
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Iikka Korhonen
23 days ago
Per capita GDP in 2025 purchasing-power USD (IMF) Australia 71430 Finland 66512 France 66061 Canada 65500 Cyprus 65304 Korea 65080 European Union 64870 United Kingdom 63759 Italy 63126 Czechia 59853
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Matt Steinglass
23 days ago
1995 zealots: the internet will revolutionize society and make everything great 1995 skeptics: the internet is crap and will change nothing Reality: the internet revolutionized society and made everything crap 2025 zealots: AI will revolutionize society and make everything great
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Mark Chadbourn
23 days ago
Israel sent back Greta Thunberg’s luggage scrawled with “Whore Greta”, an Israeli flag, and a penis.
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Iikka Korhonen
23 days ago
IMF: Nominal GDP 2025, $ bn 🇺🇸30616 🇪🇺21097 🇨🇳19399 🇩🇪5014 🇯🇵4280 🇮🇳4125 🇬🇧3959 🇫🇷3362 🇮🇹2544 🇷🇺2541 🇨🇦2284 🇧🇷2257 🇪🇸1891 🇲🇽1863 🇰🇷1859 🇦🇺1830 🇹🇷1565 🇮🇩1443 🇳🇱1321 🇸🇦1269 🇵🇱1040 🇨🇭1003
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Katie Martin
24 days ago
🙃
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Meanwhile in Ukraine
24 days ago
The face of Russia’s war — silence after destruction. A turret from a Russian T-72B3 lies in the mud, torn from its tank. What was once meant to bring death now looks back like a skull — hollow, empty, defeated.👇
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Charles Lichfield and I explain our understanding of the reparations loan setup here. It’s a brilliant way to square the Russian assets circle.
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Tuffy
25 days ago
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Ryan Moulton
25 days ago
Perhaps instead of Columbus Day we can celebrate Columbian Exchange Day where we celebrate the food pairings that had never been possible before, peppers and onions, chocolate and coffee, basil and tomatoes.
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Iikka Korhonen
25 days ago
sector racked up losses of Rbs225bn ($2.8bn) in the first seven months of the year, according to Russia’s state statistics agency, double 2024’s total, when it was the country’s worst performing industry. In 2023, the sector generated profits of nearly Rbs375bn ($4.6bn). 🇷🇺
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Russia’s coal miners buckle under sanctions, weak prices and war
Sector’s worst crisis in 30 years underscores how some industries risk lasting damage from Ukraine invasion
https://on.ft.com/4nTNGjM
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Republicans Against Trumpism
25 days ago
Congratulations to everyone who survived WWIII
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Marcello Graziano 🇺🇦
27 days ago
The issue in France and Italy in one graph.
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Jessica Berlin
27 days ago
I remember sitting in a room listening to Scholz advisor Wolfgang Schmidt blather that Germany couldn’t possibly send Ukraine tanks because there’d be German iron crosses painted on them and then Russia would say Germany was at war with Russia. We’ve come a long way. We can and must go further. 🇺🇦🇩🇪💪
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Also rotating Lincoln Memorial
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Arc de Trump? New monument model sits on US president's desk
US President Donald Trump is no stranger to ambitious construction projects but could he be eyeing one of his biggest yet? But the "Donald Trump for President" Facebook page, which has more than six m...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/arc-trump-monument-model-sits-222322761.html
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Christian Odendahl
about 1 month ago
I am not a
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David Gilbert
about 1 month ago
Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government.... On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames
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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze
Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.
https://time.com/7323442/south-carolina-judge-diane-goodstein-house-fire-trump-political-violence/
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