Ángel Talavera
@atalaveraecon.bsky.social
European economist. Spanglish tweets. Personal opinions.
Does it also happen in other countries that if you do something as simple and mundane as posting about strong GDP numbers, you get hordes of anonymous accounts lynching you online?
No? Only in Spain? I see.
No? Only in Spain? I see.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Does it also happen in other countries that if you do something as simple and mundane as posting about strong GDP numbers, you get hordes of anonymous accounts lynching you online?
No? Only in Spain? I see.
No? Only in Spain? I see.
Strange time to be celebrating 10 years in the UK, probably feeling less welcome than ever. I get that migration needs to be controlled and poses huge challenges, but this kind of language is a huge slippery slope that enables people's worst instincts towards "the other" to go fully unchecked.
May 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Strange time to be celebrating 10 years in the UK, probably feeling less welcome than ever. I get that migration needs to be controlled and poses huge challenges, but this kind of language is a huge slippery slope that enables people's worst instincts towards "the other" to go fully unchecked.
I really wanted to give this place a shot given how bad X has turned, but sad to say it does feel very clicky from the outside, with the same few accounts bantering with each other over and over.
May 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I really wanted to give this place a shot given how bad X has turned, but sad to say it does feel very clicky from the outside, with the same few accounts bantering with each other over and over.
Newsflash: every young person eventually becomes older and uncool. Perhaps millenials thought they were different but they´re not. Neither are Gen Z, or anyone coming after.
May 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Newsflash: every young person eventually becomes older and uncool. Perhaps millenials thought they were different but they´re not. Neither are Gen Z, or anyone coming after.
I was about to write "Barça has turned into a Real Madrid and I love it" but then Inter had to score, ugh
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I was about to write "Barça has turned into a Real Madrid and I love it" but then Inter had to score, ugh
La pregunta que todos nos hacen a los economistas es ¿cuánto va a costar el apagón? 🧵
Los primeros cálculos son todos muy aproximados, pero un pequeño hilo explicando la estructura que usamos para llegar a ellos.
Los primeros cálculos son todos muy aproximados, pero un pequeño hilo explicando la estructura que usamos para llegar a ellos.
April 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
La pregunta que todos nos hacen a los economistas es ¿cuánto va a costar el apagón? 🧵
Los primeros cálculos son todos muy aproximados, pero un pequeño hilo explicando la estructura que usamos para llegar a ellos.
Los primeros cálculos son todos muy aproximados, pero un pequeño hilo explicando la estructura que usamos para llegar a ellos.
Posted without comment.
April 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Posted without comment.
Wouldn't it make it sense for England's national day to be a bank holiday? I don´t know, just a thought.
April 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Wouldn't it make it sense for England's national day to be a bank holiday? I don´t know, just a thought.
I am in the North™️ and people are happily wearing shorts at 6 degrees because it's sunny and I wish I could go through life like that.
April 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I am in the North™️ and people are happily wearing shorts at 6 degrees because it's sunny and I wish I could go through life like that.
9 out of 10 times: "Excellent article by so and so on XYZ" = "article that quotes me on XYZ" 🤣
April 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
9 out of 10 times: "Excellent article by so and so on XYZ" = "article that quotes me on XYZ" 🤣
Took me ten years to finally visit Blackpool and all I can say is: wow. Shocking.
April 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Took me ten years to finally visit Blackpool and all I can say is: wow. Shocking.
Is the German bond the ultimate safe asset now?
Global correlation means German bonds and US 10YR treasuries move in the same direction more than 90% of the time. But the Bund has seen its yield fall 5 days already in the past month when yields on 10YR treasuries have risen.
Global correlation means German bonds and US 10YR treasuries move in the same direction more than 90% of the time. But the Bund has seen its yield fall 5 days already in the past month when yields on 10YR treasuries have risen.
April 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Is the German bond the ultimate safe asset now?
Global correlation means German bonds and US 10YR treasuries move in the same direction more than 90% of the time. But the Bund has seen its yield fall 5 days already in the past month when yields on 10YR treasuries have risen.
Global correlation means German bonds and US 10YR treasuries move in the same direction more than 90% of the time. But the Bund has seen its yield fall 5 days already in the past month when yields on 10YR treasuries have risen.
A multi billion theme park here? Mmmmkay
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A multi billion theme park here? Mmmmkay
£8.25 for a pint, bloody hell no wonder people are moving out of London.
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
£8.25 for a pint, bloody hell no wonder people are moving out of London.
You often hear how the US is the EU's largest trading partner, but people understimate HOW MUCH MORE EU countries trade among themselves. How much? 12 times more on avg. So for an avg European country, a 50% decline in exports to the US would be offset by a 4% rise in EU exports.
March 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You often hear how the US is the EU's largest trading partner, but people understimate HOW MUCH MORE EU countries trade among themselves. How much? 12 times more on avg. So for an avg European country, a 50% decline in exports to the US would be offset by a 4% rise in EU exports.
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Law firms: yield to Trump.
Universities: yield to Trump.
Democratic senators: yield to Trump.
Tech execs: yield to Trump.
Future Americans: "how is it possible nobody resisted"?
READ HANNAH ARENDT.
Universities: yield to Trump.
Democratic senators: yield to Trump.
Tech execs: yield to Trump.
Future Americans: "how is it possible nobody resisted"?
READ HANNAH ARENDT.
This is a shameful moment in the history of the American university.
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Law firms: yield to Trump.
Universities: yield to Trump.
Democratic senators: yield to Trump.
Tech execs: yield to Trump.
Future Americans: "how is it possible nobody resisted"?
READ HANNAH ARENDT.
Universities: yield to Trump.
Democratic senators: yield to Trump.
Tech execs: yield to Trump.
Future Americans: "how is it possible nobody resisted"?
READ HANNAH ARENDT.
UK infrastructure could borrow a page or two from Ukraine in terms of resilience.
March 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
UK infrastructure could borrow a page or two from Ukraine in terms of resilience.
Para los rezagados, esta columna de The Economist define bien el mood europeo sobre las excusas y las piruetas retóricas españolas (e italianas) a no subir el gasto en defensa. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Europe needs to spend more on defence, not just pretend to
There’s no such thing as a free tank
www.economist.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Para los rezagados, esta columna de The Economist define bien el mood europeo sobre las excusas y las piruetas retóricas españolas (e italianas) a no subir el gasto en defensa. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
Look what activist fiscal policy does to expectations.
March 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Look what activist fiscal policy does to expectations.
Cue comments "London is the best place in the world when it's sunny" as we all come out of our winter PTSD.
March 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Cue comments "London is the best place in the world when it's sunny" as we all come out of our winter PTSD.
Reposted by Ángel Talavera
Updated OBR migration analysis:
Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive.
Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive.
Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
March 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Updated OBR migration analysis:
Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive.
Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
Typical migrant only starts receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax at age 92. Lifetime contribution entirely positive.
Low-age migrants have a lifetime negative fiscal impact on average. Typical UK resident's impact is neutral or slightly negative.
This is what high level geopolitics looks like in 2025:
We now have Very Serious People trying to explain that no, the EU was not formed "to screw the US up".
We now have Very Serious People trying to explain that no, the EU was not formed "to screw the US up".
February 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is what high level geopolitics looks like in 2025:
We now have Very Serious People trying to explain that no, the EU was not formed "to screw the US up".
We now have Very Serious People trying to explain that no, the EU was not formed "to screw the US up".
How about an FTA between the US and Russia, just for the lols
February 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
How about an FTA between the US and Russia, just for the lols
You gotta give it to Zelenski, unlike Europe, he pivots really quickly to try to find a way forward once it's clear the US doesn't give a **** about Ukraine's interests.
February 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
You gotta give it to Zelenski, unlike Europe, he pivots really quickly to try to find a way forward once it's clear the US doesn't give a **** about Ukraine's interests.