Lemma W. Senbet (@lsenbet) 's Twitter Profile
Lemma W. Senbet

@lsenbet

Chair Prof of Finance, Univ of Maryland, Smith School; Former ED/CEO of AERC, Pan African econ policy research and training network. Full bio - website below.

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Lawrence H. Summers (@lhsummers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Niall Ferguson asked me: Is economics a discipline in intellectual decline? My response: I don't think so. First of all, I'm not sure it's a proper test of a science to be able to predict imminent events. Geologists and seismologists know more about earthquakes than anybody else, but

John Cochrane (@johnhcochrane) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Economics is not about forecasting. Most of what happens comes from external shocks. Economics is better at cause and effect -- what is the effect of tariffs? Huge advances in recent decades, though still puzzles -- recessions and stock prices! Policy stuck in 1600s alas.

Mark Zandi (@markzandi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The U.S.’s global safe haven status is severely damaged by the U.S. tariffs and resulting global trade war. Global investors rightly question whether the U.S. is money good – the global economy’s Aaa credit. Thus, the spike in the long-term Treasury yields and the weaker U.S.

Lawrence H. Summers (@lhsummers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

President Donald J. Trump vowed to do new things and we have something new: the American capital flight trade. It's a major pattern in markets when the president does something consequential and new, we see four things: stocks go down, bonds go down, the dollar goes down and

Prof Mlamuli Hlatshwayo (@mlamulisa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Weak, spineless, overwhelmed, struggling! I've seen enough, this entire trip was a geopolitical mistake. Make no mistake about it, President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa were humiliated today #SAinUSA

Weak, spineless, overwhelmed, struggling! I've seen enough, this entire trip was a geopolitical mistake. Make no mistake about it, President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa were humiliated today #SAinUSA
Ed Krassenstein (@edkrassen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Trump literally just played a fraudulent video in the Oval Office during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit in order to try and push a false narrative. Trump claimed that the video was of 1000 roadside graves of dead White South Africans. In reality, it

Bill Ackman (@billackman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I believe it is likely Harvard University’s that financial position is overstated by the media and the general public. I believe this is principally for two reasons. One, people ignore Harvard’s $7.9 billion of debt outstanding, which is likely to increase in order for Harvard to meet

CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Elon Musk just called Trump’s Big Bullshit Bill a “disgusting abomination” - but Illinois Governor JB Pritzker isn’t buying the act. “You made your bed. Now you will lie in it,” Pritzker fired back. Musk dropped $300 million to get Trump elected. Now he wants

Gunther Eagleman™ (@gunthereagleman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Speaker Johnson says Elon Musk is "terribly wrong" about the spending bill. I bet Johnson DIDN'T EVEN READ WHAT WAS IN THE BILL. I'd trust Elon over Johnson any day.

Lemma W. Senbet (@lsenbet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Honored to join the Bretton Woods Committee. BRC was founded by Henry Fowler, US Treasury Secretary, to mobilize Congressional and public support for international financial institutions. It is composed of leaders from finance, government, and academia. linkedin.com/posts/lemma-w-…