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Charlotte Rommerskirchen

@crommers.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy @ University of Edinburgh | still writing a book about public debt management

403 Followers  |  257 Following  |  33 Posts  |  Joined: 01.12.2023  |  1.763

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We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

07.07.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

For a data collection we want to launch soon, we're looking for a German speaker who could translate our survey instrument to German. This should only take a few hours of work. Of course we are remunerating! Interested? Please reach out to @alexjabbour.bsky.social !

03.07.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Domestic bond vigilantes - the unsung 'heroes' of market discipline; congratulations on this fine piece!

24.06.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time for yet another UK fiscal event. Will the OBR fix its BoE bond-sale projections? MaPS, they don’t love you like we love you

read @alphaville.ft.com series on the crazy 'fiscal headroom' games played by the OBR and the Bank of England with QT, games with real consequences, like the two-child benefit cap, and weep for Labour's toothless governing

www.ft.com/content/d593...

03.06.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

scrapping it would add GBP 2.5bn yearly to government spending. That is 25bn over ten years.

Only last year, the Treasury paid the Bank of England around 40bn for its 'losses' on the QE gilt portfolio.

It didnt have to. No other central bank expects to be compensated.

22.04.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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A case of β€˜A poor craftsman blames his tools’ fiscal rules edition? Since '05, the Stability and Growth Pact could discount spending which fostered international solidarity (β€˜French defense spending loophole’) or which was thought to promote the unification of Europe (German unification loophole).

12.03.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Highly recommended and eminently quotable on coercive decarbonisation, credit policy, and capital controls! - looking forward to the rest of the @ripejournal.bsky.social special issue on derisking.

11.03.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🀯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.

His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.

11.03.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 639    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 12
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Unfollow the money: mapping the micro agents of international tax Financial globalization has enabled multinational corporations to shift profits between jurisdictions to lower their tax rate, undermining public finances and concerning policy makers. While policy...

congrats to my brilliant colleague & wonderful friend Saila Stausholm (sensibly not on here) for receiving with @javiergbe.bsky.social the Timothy J. Sinclair Best Article Award from @ripejournal.bsky.social for this paper! πŸ’Έ

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

10.03.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is the model for this Nixon goes to China, SchrΓΆder's sledgehammer and SteinbrΓΌck's 'proudest political achievement' (from his memoir)?

24.02.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@excubs.bsky.social is on the (book) case!

05.02.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, and 'discipline' is a useful porthole for historically minded scholarship wanting to use your work as a starting point working backwards.

05.02.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a quote; the former UK Chancellor Hammond on the joys of contingent liabilities and why the model is not going anywhere (πŸ‘‹ de-risking), from Aeron Davis excellent history of the UK Treasury since 1976 (@manchesterup.bsky.social).

28.01.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Guardian view on development’s paradox: the rich benefit more than the poor | Editorial Editorial: The global south needs a fairer deal than this one, in which it funds the lifestyle and wealth of the global north

The World Bank calculated that the rich world earned more than $1.4tn in loan repayments from the global south world in 2023

"Colonial patterns of extraction plainly did not disappear with the withdrawal of troops, flags and bureaucrats."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

20.01.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, fantastic material. Whenever I read about new developments in pension land, I remember your tweet that the military was allowed to opt out alone and stayed in the public system.

14.01.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s up with bond yields? From borrowers to sorrowers

Perhaps even not that large ? -- main character energy from the FED as per usual: www.ft.com/content/0397...

10.01.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIn the years since 1982, developing countries have transferred an estimated $4200 billion in interest payments to their creditors in Europe & North America, far outstripping the official-sector development aid these countries received during the same periodβ€œ
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/new...

08.01.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You too can be king!

07.01.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0


Weihnachten ist gerettet! Jetzt kΓΆnnen wir alle mit Onkel JΓΌrgen und Omi am Weihnachtstisch ΓΌber Internationale Finanzielle Subordination diskutieren, πŸŽ„.

17.12.2024 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
University Assistant (postdoc) University Assistant (postdoc)

⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

16.12.2024 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

This take also finally explains the German translation of this classic as 'Die Slowly'.

15.12.2024 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday indeed - reminds me of @sarahquinn.bsky.social's debt as a time machine.

11.12.2024 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet another example for @steffenmau.bsky.social's useful concept of the Polarisierungsunternehmer (polarisation entrepreneur).

11.12.2024 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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and one for @jvtk.bsky.social -- 'The spectre of monetary financing', a show kept on the road by Jens Weidmann and the ECB.

11.12.2024 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Central banker speeches

Sure can: cbspeeches.com

11.12.2024 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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First time using this nifty tool on central bank speeches -- πŸ‘ and thank you @jdeyris.bsky.social & co-authors.

11.12.2024 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

"And - not or" - but not on our balance sheet (any more). The tinniest silver slither is that we will now be spared that obnoxious ad.

11.12.2024 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to reading and welcome to bsky @cornelban.bsky.social -- it will be a much nicer place with you here!

09.12.2024 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The loneliness of the inflation targeting central banker, he’ll be wearing sneakers for his next plea.

04.12.2024 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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