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Nicolas Veron
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Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Nicolas Véron is a French economist. He is a senior fellow at Bruegel in Brussels, which he co-founded in 2002–05, and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC, which he joined in 2009. In 2012, he was included in the global 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. .. more

Economics 79%
Business 9%

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An event at @bruegel.org this week in which my essay published in June (www.bruegel.org/blueprint/br...) was presented and discussed by the great Stefan Ingves

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Imagine trying to explain this headline to someone ten years ago www.thebanker.com/content/dfa7...
FCA urges CROs to take ‘more risk’ in major culture shift
No more hiding behind rules, says watchdog
www.thebanker.com

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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...
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...
kyivindependent.com

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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”

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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
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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..."
The world’s most—and least—powerful passports
Americans’ travel documents aren’t as muscular as they used to be
www.economist.com

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📈 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

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They call themselves conservatives
Unimaginable headline in the morning paper
Unimaginable headline in the morning paper
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

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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...
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.
www.wsj.com

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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
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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Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

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A few pictures I remember fondly from having a view that stared straight out at the east wing.

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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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”Brexit has permanently lowered UK output by 4%, according to the government’s official forecaster”
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This was self-evident to anyone with an IQ higher than her/his shoe size, but…
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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...
www.bloomberg.com