Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

He argued that it was a self-fulfilling liquidity crisis. Investors were afraid that Spain would run out of cash, and were fleeing out of that concern — creating the very cash crunch they feared. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 21, 2020

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As he noted, Spain's fiscal position wasn't significantly worse than Britain's — yet Britain had very low borrowing costs while Spain was in crisis 4/ https://t.co/oC57awoU18 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 21, 2020

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But Britain didn't have that problem because unlike Spain, which was on the euro, it had debts in its own currency — and the Bank of England could always print money to pay the bills if necessary 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 21, 2020