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Christian Odendahl

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European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.


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€15bn a year in cuts. Manageable, but politically tough. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Wage growth in Europe is picking up again, acc. to data from Indeed: from around 3.5% over the past couple of months to 4.2%.

Rate cut, anyone? www.ft.com/content/a4cf...

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That could become a fun trade war. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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I couldn’t resist.

Lessons in government from Julian Nagelsmann and his team — my latest for The Economist. #EURO2024 www.economist.com/culture/2024...

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I am enjoying the prospect of Reform and Tories arguing for PR. We had a referendum on Electoral reform, the people spoke and referendum results can Never Be Revisited

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The Austrian origins of football. No, really.

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Russia may still have a couple of months where they can conduct offensive activities before they culminate. But, they appear to have blown what might have been its last chance to strike a decisive blow against #Ukraine in this war. My latest at Futura Doctrina.
mickryan.substack.com/p/has-russia...

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really? Is that a residential solar project?

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Yes, they are being tightened, but not fast enough. Incentives for household solar non-existent.

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Ja, die Serie ist etwas volatil. Das ist auch das, was ich im letzten Absatz anreisse: die Anreize fuer Investitionen sinken mit Ueberschussstrom und Preisen nahe der Nullgrenze. (Nicht fuer Haushalte, da uebernimmt der Staat das Preisrisiko.)

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Got it. So negative prices in Germany are not surprising given solar boom and awful regulation and incentives. It should really be marginally below zero at best, though ideally with a shadow price to signal the surplus electricity.

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ersten 4 Monate waren 35% mehr Zubau als 2023

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What are you trading exactly if I may ask? Geographically, and which products or derivatives I mean.

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The renewables boom, especially #solar, is continuing. New figures say German installation grow at a clip of 35% compared to 2023! The problem? Free energy during sunny hours.

Yes, I said problem. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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"Macron's centrist alliance would lower power bills, soften inheritance tax and link pensions to inflation if it wins a snap election, the prime minister said, seeking to counter the far right and a new left-wing bloc."

Right. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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What about 🇫🇷‘s high deficit and debt? However you look at it, there is no risk of a crisis. But France’s next prime minister faces a brutal fiscal crunch.

My latest for The Economist. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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It also abbreviates to MEGA, which I think sounds less gaga than MAGA.

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The slogan of the Hungarian EU presidency is... Make Europe Great Again. I am not making this up.

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Is there a child penalty in the long run? Two new papers look at IVF treatments, interestingly from different sides. Result: it’s complicated.

My latest for The Economist.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Was ist Deine? Schon etwas bedrückend, dass unsere Generation auf einmal an Nr. 1 liegt.

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So core inflation ex shelter — which lags far behind market prices — was 0.0 mom and 1.9 yoy. Inflation has basically been defeated.

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The Economist issue on D-Day, June 10th 1944, final paragraph.

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Great! Bit late for me to change profession (besides a lack of talent), but if you have good hints who to follow in your space, let me know.

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Haha! War busy mich mit der 2. Liga anzufreunden.

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Ja, das mache ich zu wenig.

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Any hints on good feeds? Wann immer ich welche suche, sind das meist sehr kleine, ruhige feeds.

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Isn't there a third option: move to the continent?

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And yes, I am currently dealing with the Home Office, and UK work visas. My. God.

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Cherish the freedom of movement in the EU. It is a great liberal achievement of Europe. (Though Hans Kundnani would rightly say: it is not a cosmopolitan one.)

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My experience: it's nice. It has some brilliant, deep threads built around a few key people. But it's not doing the same thing as twitter was. Which is probably ok.

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Well, clearly. Gibt es sowas wie #ff hier? Ich brauche vielleicht ein paar Hinweise, wer hier ist.

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Spiegel... The video of Ivor Baddiel was a joke!

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By the way, how is Bluesky doing? I was on paternity leave, now find twitter even worse than before, and Bluesky still fairly quiet.

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