Nicolas Veron
@veron.bsky.social
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...) was presented and discussed by the great Stefan Ingves
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Imagine trying to explain this headline to someone ten years ago www.thebanker.com/content/dfa7...
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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...
See my latest piece for the Kyiv Independent:
kyivindependent.com/kyiv-plots-h...
Kyiv plots how to stretch finances as Brussels drags feet
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Ukraine is considering a cocktail of ideas to keep its finances afloat while it wa...
kyivindependent.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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...
See my latest piece for the Kyiv Independent:
kyivindependent.com/kyiv-plots-h...
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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”
300 free clicks. Go:
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“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
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
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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
“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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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.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
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.
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.
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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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..."
"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
November 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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..."
"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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📈 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
📅 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
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📈 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
📅 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
They call themselves conservatives
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
They call themselves conservatives
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Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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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
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
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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
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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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
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
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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
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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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
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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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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.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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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A few pictures I remember fondly from having a view that stared straight out at the east wing.
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A few pictures I remember fondly from having a view that stared straight out at the east wing.
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Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
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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...
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...
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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...
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...
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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
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
”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...
🇬🇧
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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My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
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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
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
October 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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
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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It's true what they say: Wikipedia editors react quickly.
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It's true what they say: Wikipedia editors react quickly.
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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."
nos.nl/artikel/2586...
"Though we do not take any political positions, we are very cognisant of the potential politicisation of how our intelligence gets used by others."
nos.nl/artikel/2586...
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.
nos.nl
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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."
nos.nl/artikel/2586...
"Though we do not take any political positions, we are very cognisant of the potential politicisation of how our intelligence gets used by others."
nos.nl/artikel/2586...
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Meanwhile Pete Hegseth's tie was very telling.
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Meanwhile Pete Hegseth's tie was very telling.
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I’m beginning to suspect that Bessent wasn’t actually that involved in the Soros GBP trade
Bessent says US bought pesos again, currency dips reut.rs/47ehiB2
Bessent says US bought pesos again, currency dips
The U.S. Treasury bought Argentine pesos in the "Blue Chip Swap" and spot markets on Thursday and it continues to monitor all markets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday.
reut.rs
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m beginning to suspect that Bessent wasn’t actually that involved in the Soros GBP trade