Divyang Shah
@divyang.bsky.social
Charts and thoughts on markets. Currently IFR Markets/LSEG previously Reuters.
Treasuries and Bunds having a touch of meh as JGB yields continue higher
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Treasuries and Bunds having a touch of meh as JGB yields continue higher
H/t to @mrmbrown.bsky.social from the other side...the Ramsden indicator
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
H/t to @mrmbrown.bsky.social from the other side...the Ramsden indicator
Trump helps to reset the counter back to zero....
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump helps to reset the counter back to zero....
Bund implieds including those at the wings are at their YTD lows...a reflection of Bunds trading with a fresh lower floor on its range
September 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Bund implieds including those at the wings are at their YTD lows...a reflection of Bunds trading with a fresh lower floor on its range
How many, besides Miran, will vote for a 50bp cut creating a two-way split?
September 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
How many, besides Miran, will vote for a 50bp cut creating a two-way split?
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Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
August 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
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Folks who listen to “Make Me Smart” will know I’m a BIT of an #anime fan. I’ll be back to covering DC politics/ economics news soon… but, for the summer, here’s my list of 10 anime to help you learn about business/ economics. In case you want to dabble. #blerdsky www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
10 anime series that will teach you about economics
Who says you can’t get smarter about the economy while binging a great show? “Make Me Smart” host Kimberly Adams curated this watch list for you.
www.marketplace.org
August 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Folks who listen to “Make Me Smart” will know I’m a BIT of an #anime fan. I’ll be back to covering DC politics/ economics news soon… but, for the summer, here’s my list of 10 anime to help you learn about business/ economics. In case you want to dabble. #blerdsky www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
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🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
1/2
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
1/2
Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom
Exactly seven months into Trump's second term, we have reached 1000 authoritarian actions. Here I lay out the enormity of what has happened.
christinapagel.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
1/2
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
1/2
Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Why don't we just get rates down to negative? Before we go there just refinance with lots of bills.
Let's get the suckers who live on Mars to buy the debt while we are at it.
Or just get the Fed to print the money because it's free and just spend that free money.
This is so easy.. #Trumponomics
Let's get the suckers who live on Mars to buy the debt while we are at it.
Or just get the Fed to print the money because it's free and just spend that free money.
This is so easy.. #Trumponomics
Trump: "I believe we should be 3 or 4 points lower. So that's over $1 trillion we pay every year in interest. And it's really just a paper calculation. You sign a document and you save almost a trillion dollars."
August 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Why don't we just get rates down to negative? Before we go there just refinance with lots of bills.
Let's get the suckers who live on Mars to buy the debt while we are at it.
Or just get the Fed to print the money because it's free and just spend that free money.
This is so easy.. #Trumponomics
Let's get the suckers who live on Mars to buy the debt while we are at it.
Or just get the Fed to print the money because it's free and just spend that free money.
This is so easy.. #Trumponomics
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What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
August 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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What if monetary policy isn't actually all that tight? Interesting BIS paper covered here by @thomas-chow.bsky.social - a new monetary conditions index tries to capture effect of balance sheet size in a more nuanced way than the shadow rate www.centralbanking.com/central-bank...
July 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What if monetary policy isn't actually all that tight? Interesting BIS paper covered here by @thomas-chow.bsky.social - a new monetary conditions index tries to capture effect of balance sheet size in a more nuanced way than the shadow rate www.centralbanking.com/central-bank...
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Currently on the phone with Visa
Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use
The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch
(cont)
Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use
The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch
(cont)
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Currently on the phone with Visa
Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use
The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch
(cont)
Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use
The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch
(cont)
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South Park is getting canceled after this lmao.
July 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
South Park is getting canceled after this lmao.
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Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
Opinion | 11 tips for becoming a columnist
Here’s my advice for handling the awesome responsibility of this job.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
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You know those box of wires you keep forgetting just in case or I might need it someday...well I threw away my box two weeks ago. And now I just so happen to need one of those old wires from the box.
July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You know those box of wires you keep forgetting just in case or I might need it someday...well I threw away my box two weeks ago. And now I just so happen to need one of those old wires from the box.
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(Variety) - The Television Critics Association has announced nominees for its 41st annual TCA Awards — and leading the pack is Apple TV+’s “Severance" ..
#SimplyTheBest
@variety.com @benstiller.redhour.com @stevekovach.bsky.social @abbyseymour.bsky.social
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
#SimplyTheBest
@variety.com @benstiller.redhour.com @stevekovach.bsky.social @abbyseymour.bsky.social
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
TCA Awards 2025 Nominations: ‘Severance’ Tops Tally, Followed by ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio’
TV Critics Assn. unveiles the nominations for the 2025 edition of the TCA Awards. 'Severance' tops tally, followed by 'Adolescence,' 'Hacks.".
variety.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
(Variety) - The Television Critics Association has announced nominees for its 41st annual TCA Awards — and leading the pack is Apple TV+’s “Severance" ..
#SimplyTheBest
@variety.com @benstiller.redhour.com @stevekovach.bsky.social @abbyseymour.bsky.social
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
#SimplyTheBest
@variety.com @benstiller.redhour.com @stevekovach.bsky.social @abbyseymour.bsky.social
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
ECB pricing for Sep meeting (blue) and front-month WTI (white) correlated since Israel-Iran conflict began
June 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
ECB pricing for Sep meeting (blue) and front-month WTI (white) correlated since Israel-Iran conflict began
We used to call it the FTQ bid...but now its just flight to safety because you know quality is not the same
June 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
We used to call it the FTQ bid...but now its just flight to safety because you know quality is not the same
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed concerns over the US’s government debt and the inflationary impact of tariffs on companies including Walmart, saying the Trump administration is determined to lower federal spending and grow the economy
Bessent Calls Moody’s ‘Lagging Indicator’ of US Fiscal Health
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed concerns over the US’s government debt and the inflationary impact of tariffs on companies including Walmart Inc., saying the Trump administration is determined to lower federal spending and grow the economy.
bloom.bg
May 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed concerns over the US’s government debt and the inflationary impact of tariffs on companies including Walmart, saying the Trump administration is determined to lower federal spending and grow the economy
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US threatens maximum tariffs as it takes tougher line on trade talks
https://www.ft.com/content/1a69dff7-6513-44f3-850d-5a19a18683f2
https://www.ft.com/content/1a69dff7-6513-44f3-850d-5a19a18683f2
US threatens maximum tariffs as it takes tougher line on trade talks
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says rates will jump to the high levels set on ‘liberation day’ if countries do not negotiate
www.ft.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
US threatens maximum tariffs as it takes tougher line on trade talks
https://www.ft.com/content/1a69dff7-6513-44f3-850d-5a19a18683f2
https://www.ft.com/content/1a69dff7-6513-44f3-850d-5a19a18683f2