retepelyod
@retepelyod.bsky.social
Global macroeconomics/politics/agency/warming. Here to talk straight, not to stroke egos. NIESR visitor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJo_fs15aE8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJo_fs15aE8
So Summers is tied up with Epstein too … ye Gods.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
So Summers is tied up with Epstein too … ye Gods.
The FT cannot get its head around the fact that their primary bond is that they are both White Christian Nationalists.
Nothing “mesmeric”, “underhand”, ”spy thrilllerish” etc. about it.
Nothing “mesmeric”, “underhand”, ”spy thrilllerish” etc. about it.
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The FT cannot get its head around the fact that their primary bond is that they are both White Christian Nationalists.
Nothing “mesmeric”, “underhand”, ”spy thrilllerish” etc. about it.
Nothing “mesmeric”, “underhand”, ”spy thrilllerish” etc. about it.
So a Treasury Secretary who secured his post by saying absolutely anything finds, in the real world, that he has no credibility.
Let us desperately hope there isn’t a major financial crisis in the US or elsewhere with non-credible him still in post.
Let us desperately hope there isn’t a major financial crisis in the US or elsewhere with non-credible him still in post.
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So a Treasury Secretary who secured his post by saying absolutely anything finds, in the real world, that he has no credibility.
Let us desperately hope there isn’t a major financial crisis in the US or elsewhere with non-credible him still in post.
Let us desperately hope there isn’t a major financial crisis in the US or elsewhere with non-credible him still in post.
Cannot help wondering it this latest outbreak of petulance is just because his much hyped 20-point nonsense on Gaza is already crumbling before everyone’s eyes, as Netanyahu humiliates him once more.
October 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Cannot help wondering it this latest outbreak of petulance is just because his much hyped 20-point nonsense on Gaza is already crumbling before everyone’s eyes, as Netanyahu humiliates him once more.
He understood deeply.
October 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
He understood deeply.
Chair Powell did not want to see this in the data for August.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Chair Powell did not want to see this in the data for August.
The IMF says the effective US tariff is 9 percent.
Someone is wrong.
Someone is wrong.
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The IMF says the effective US tariff is 9 percent.
Someone is wrong.
Someone is wrong.
Wow .. is this confirmed ?
September 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Wow .. is this confirmed ?
Always interesting when “bullies” (to put it mildly) pronounce on what their victims “must” do.
September 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Always interesting when “bullies” (to put it mildly) pronounce on what their victims “must” do.
… for intervening without a mask ? …
September 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
… for intervening without a mask ? …
Its fine for them to point out that the independence of the Federal Reserve is a good thing.
But this SCOTUS has already made clear it does not make rulings on the basis of whether something is good or not.
But this SCOTUS has already made clear it does not make rulings on the basis of whether something is good or not.
September 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Its fine for them to point out that the independence of the Federal Reserve is a good thing.
But this SCOTUS has already made clear it does not make rulings on the basis of whether something is good or not.
But this SCOTUS has already made clear it does not make rulings on the basis of whether something is good or not.
So does Trump apply a “Bolsonaro” tariff to France now ?
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So does Trump apply a “Bolsonaro” tariff to France now ?
The earnest—and very female—face of White Christian Nationalism.
September 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The earnest—and very female—face of White Christian Nationalism.
Melania often dresses with meaning … so why today is she dressed like a lampshade ?
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Melania often dresses with meaning … so why today is she dressed like a lampshade ?
Statecraft goes infantile.
September 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Statecraft goes infantile.
Extremely dangerous moment … given how many on the right have been salivating for an excuse to go military/vigilante/both.
September 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Extremely dangerous moment … given how many on the right have been salivating for an excuse to go military/vigilante/both.
Way too many cooks.
September 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Way too many cooks.
Will he rename it “The Hexagon”?
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Will he rename it “The Hexagon”?
Its not that Djokevic and the rest trail the top two.
Given Sinner’s serving woes in the US Open, Djokevic could well have beaten him had they been drawn in the same half.
But neither of them can now touch Alcaraz.
Given Sinner’s serving woes in the US Open, Djokevic could well have beaten him had they been drawn in the same half.
But neither of them can now touch Alcaraz.
September 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Its not that Djokevic and the rest trail the top two.
Given Sinner’s serving woes in the US Open, Djokevic could well have beaten him had they been drawn in the same half.
But neither of them can now touch Alcaraz.
Given Sinner’s serving woes in the US Open, Djokevic could well have beaten him had they been drawn in the same half.
But neither of them can now touch Alcaraz.
The only subject Brits hated more than PE was religious studies.
A nation of slobs … or is PE about humiliation?
A nation of slobs … or is PE about humiliation?
September 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The only subject Brits hated more than PE was religious studies.
A nation of slobs … or is PE about humiliation?
A nation of slobs … or is PE about humiliation?
I was going to say I was reasonably sure the new “management” at BLS would not have had time yet to interfere with African American participation data … but the data for August are so odd … I have no idea (yet) what to make of them … and I aver the FOMC is similarly befuddled.
September 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I was going to say I was reasonably sure the new “management” at BLS would not have had time yet to interfere with African American participation data … but the data for August are so odd … I have no idea (yet) what to make of them … and I aver the FOMC is similarly befuddled.
Note the similarity to the SCOTUS nominees’ testimonies …
Will Susan Collins be similarly persuaded … and similarly aghast afterwards ?
Will Susan Collins be similarly persuaded … and similarly aghast afterwards ?
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Note the similarity to the SCOTUS nominees’ testimonies …
Will Susan Collins be similarly persuaded … and similarly aghast afterwards ?
Will Susan Collins be similarly persuaded … and similarly aghast afterwards ?
The June spike looks a lot like first round effects from tariffs … and if so, the FOMC should ignore them along with the nasty politics … and take serious note of the decline in African-American participation rates for over a year signaling sustained underlying weakness of demand.
Time to cut.
Time to cut.
August 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The June spike looks a lot like first round effects from tariffs … and if so, the FOMC should ignore them along with the nasty politics … and take serious note of the decline in African-American participation rates for over a year signaling sustained underlying weakness of demand.
Time to cut.
Time to cut.
… as she is black, female, and excellent.
August 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
… as she is black, female, and excellent.