[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @julianHjessop Julian Jessop Julian Jessop posts on X about trade deal, tariffs, fyi, investment the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 2138 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::42622053/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::42622053/posts_active)  - X Months XXX -XX% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::42622053/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.13% - X Month XXXXXX +0.64% - X Months XXXXXX +4.60% - X Year XXXXXX +12% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::42622053/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::42622053/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) **Social topic influence** [trade deal](/topic/trade-deal) #194, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) #811, [fyi](/topic/fyi), [investment](/topic/investment), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [economic uncertainty](/topic/economic-uncertainty), [keir starmer](/topic/keir-starmer), [productivity](/topic/productivity), [all the](/topic/all-the), [savings](/topic/savings) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::42622053/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "IN short with the economy stuttering again inflation proving stickier than expected bond yields up and the Labour government miserably failing to deliver any meaningful savings especially on welfare all the risks to the public finances appear to be in the wrong direction 🙄"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1947672440160555214) 2025-07-22 14:57:50 UTC 33.4K followers, 3155 engagements "@AndrewB5sully @TheNewWorldmag @AndrewMarr9 At least @AndrewMarr9 includes that crucial caveat He's a serious journalist. BTW there are several possible sources for the '100bn' but the usual one is 'Bloomberg Economics' (not 'the government') as discussed here. 👇"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949166708859506891) 2025-07-26 17:55:31 UTC 33.4K followers, XXX engagements "@FJB517846324736 @AlexTaylorNews Ah but the US hasn't done a deal with China yet"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949576644168949887) 2025-07-27 21:04:28 UTC 33.4K followers, XXX engagements "Sorry but this is pitiful at every level from the naff title (everyone already has 'a stake in the future') to the weak arguments used for a lower voting age. Rayner is not even right on the age at which you can get married in England. 🙄"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1945915379340964306) 2025-07-17 18:35:54 UTC 33.4K followers, 14.4K engagements "More worrying news from the labour market. 🫤 The KMPG and REC UK Report on Jobs suggests that recruitment turned sharply down again in June led by retail as higher costs and economic uncertainty continued to deter hiring. Pay growth also weakened"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1944625291244319153) 2025-07-14 05:09:33 UTC 33.4K followers, 41.2K engagements "One of many angry takes on the US-EU trade deal. 😡"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949723922515337479) 2025-07-28 06:49:41 UTC 33.4K followers, 13.6K engagements "2 don't forget either that US tariffs are still much higher now than a year ago (including on the UK and others as well as the EU). So while the worst case scenario of a global trade war has been avoided the outcome is still bad for all sides. (2/3)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949558377522348165) 2025-07-27 19:51:52 UTC 33.4K followers, 2743 engagements "3 It has long been clear that No.10 needs some heavyweight economic expertise of its own. Keir Starmer is frankly embarrassing here. But No.10 needs to work with the Treasury at least when HMT is doing good things rather than simply politicise economic policy even further"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948267411452682261) 2025-07-24 06:22:02 UTC 33.4K followers, 3511 engagements "FYI we already knew Q2 was grim but there are already some signs this week that the UK economy won't do much better in Q3 🧵 X the flash PMI fell back again in July with the employment component suggesting that job losses are still accelerating"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948690399322914970) 2025-07-25 10:22:50 UTC 33.4K followers, 12.9K engagements "ps. this announcement is even naffer than I first thought Hat tip to @dannynolan64 for pointing out that the 888m from Ardian () was mainly the acquisition of the stakes already held by Ferrovial () and La Caisse () with only a small part from the USS (). So not only is this not a greenfield project it is not really new international investment at all. 🙄"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1944077776845517040) 2025-07-12 16:53:55 UTC 33.4K followers, 4512 engagements "FYI I've turned my posts on the US-EU trade 'deal' into a blog. ✍ #BrexitBenefits (link in reply)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949868077023187431) 2025-07-28 16:22:31 UTC 33.4K followers, 4940 engagements "@asentance Hi Andrew - genuine question. Given that borrowing in the first three months of the fiscal year was bang in line with the OBR's forecasts how do you arrive at your 50bn figure 🤓"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1947562290749886807) 2025-07-22 07:40:08 UTC 33.4K followers, 1019 engagements "The Prime Minister of France comments on the US-EU trade deal. Translation: '👎'"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949784254516248682) 2025-07-28 10:49:26 UTC 33.4K followers, 8475 engagements "FYI Danny is 💯% correct here. 👇 (Worrying about bilateral trade balances is the sort of economic illiteracy we normally associate with President Trump 🙄) #economics101"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949076688312176734) 2025-07-26 11:57:49 UTC 33.4K followers, 6812 engagements "Reality's a bugger sometimes. #brexitbenefits"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949185917836824640) 2025-07-26 19:11:51 UTC 33.4K followers, 9130 engagements "Looks like the medias main takeaway from the Mansion House speech is the plan to encourage more people to buy equities (e.g. stop being negative about savers buying shares Reeves says). Some thoughts 🧵 (TL;DR on balance this initiative is a good pro-market reform)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1945390923103215931) 2025-07-16 07:51:54 UTC 33.4K followers, 10.3K engagements "3 the IMF proposes some sensible tweaks to the fiscal framework but these would not change the existing rules or the bigger picture; the public finances would still be in a mess and the markets would still punish Rachel Reeves if she moved the goalposts again"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948799884192088264) 2025-07-25 17:37:53 UTC 33.4K followers, 1398 engagements "FYI latest GfK/NIM poll shows #consumer confidence remains depressed in #Germany too. 👇 Respondents cited persistent economic uncertainty and high prices especially for #food. Sounds familiar 🤔"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948327339294626125) 2025-07-24 10:20:10 UTC 33.4K followers, 1938 engagements "2 most household surveys (not just today's GfK poll) show that consumer confidence is slipping again partly on inflation fears. What's more worries about further tax increases in the Budget already appear to be undermining sentiment and spending"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948690402246381581) 2025-07-25 10:22:51 UTC 33.4K followers, XXX engagements "@AlexTaylorNews Ha really 🤣 ICYMI the US-EU deal may be 'bigger' but the US-UK deal was *better* starting with the lower baseline tariffs"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949568218491703432) 2025-07-27 20:30:59 UTC 33.4K followers, 3452 engagements "ICYMI here's some I wrote yesterday on reports that Rachel Reeves is eyeing a 5bn Bitcoin sale to ease the pressure on the public finances. 🤔 (link in reply)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1947606059390046493) 2025-07-22 10:34:03 UTC 33.4K followers, 7331 engagements "3 finally how much credit does Labour deserve for getting a better deal than the EU Not a lot. Remember that the main reason why the US has granted a lower baseline tariff for the UK (10%) than the EU (15%) is that the US runs a small surplus on goods with the UK not a huge deficit 👇 And this only helps because of Brexit which Keir Starmer opposed and which some would say he is now doing his best to reverse. (3/3)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949558380223500393) 2025-07-27 19:51:53 UTC 33.4K followers, 3133 engagements "Interesting 👇 🤔 Three quick thoughts. X it's obvious that higher investment is necessary to boost productivity but you also need people with real world experience to address the problems not just academic economists (even very good ones)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948267405098041830) 2025-07-24 06:22:01 UTC 33.4K followers, 13.1K engagements "Another brutal verdict on the US-EU trade deal this time from my old friends at @CapEconomics"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949740092316164307) 2025-07-28 07:53:57 UTC 33.4K followers, 5739 engagements "An instant classic. 😃 (ICYMI the US-EU deal may be 'bigger' but the US-UK deal was *better* starting with the lower baseline tariffs.) #badbrexittakes"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949568598730736088) 2025-07-27 20:32:29 UTC 33.4K followers, 7953 engagements "Ps. handy primer here on the productivity puzzle and the link with private investment. 🤓"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948376149987414149) 2025-07-24 13:34:07 UTC 33.4K followers, 1596 engagements "To be clear the Budget will be based on the OBR's forecasts for the next five years not the outturn in the previous few months. Nonetheless the latest figures illustrate some worrying underlying trends on both tax and spending and the OBRs forecasts look over-optimistic"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1947672438265024966) 2025-07-22 14:57:49 UTC 33.4K followers, 2781 engagements "3 reinforcing these fears the latest data on the public finances show worrying trends on both the tax and spending side. As a result the current budget deficit (i.e. the targeted measure) was 5bn (12.7%) above the OBR's forecast in the first three months of the fiscal year"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948690404507091084) 2025-07-25 10:22:52 UTC 33.4K followers, 1842 engagements "Three more quick thoughts on the US-EU trade deal. 🤔 X don't take everything at face value just yet: we need to see more details and the recently announced US-Japan deal already appears to be unravelling. (1/3)"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949558375211036785) 2025-07-27 19:51:52 UTC 33.4K followers, 6021 engagements ""Over 1bn in investment deals as UK-France launch new Industrial Strategy Partnership" 🤔 As usual X evidence that these projects wouldn't have happened anyway and the biggest (888m) is simply a French firm raising its existing stake in Heathrow 🤷♂"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1943656852262113787) 2025-07-11 13:01:19 UTC 33.4K followers, 27.2K engagements "4 the IMF does at least agree with the Bank of England's view that inflation will drop back to the X% target next year and therefore that the BoE "should continue to ease monetary policy gradually""  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1948799886423720301) 2025-07-25 17:37:54 UTC 33.4K followers, 2616 engagements "ps. if you're still struggling with this here are a few slides from a presentation on Trump's tariffs I have recently to A-level students. 🤓"  [@julianHjessop](/creator/x/julianHjessop) on [X](/post/tweet/1949078590215049600) 2025-07-26 12:05:22 UTC 33.4K followers, 1894 engagements
[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]
@julianHjessop Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop posts on X about trade deal, tariffs, fyi, investment the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 2138 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Month XXXXXXX -XXXX%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: XX #
- X Months XXX -XX%
- X Year XXX -XX%
Followers: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXX +0.13%
- X Month XXXXXX +0.64%
- X Months XXXXXX +4.60%
- X Year XXXXXX +12%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence finance countries cryptocurrencies
Social topic influence trade deal #194, tariffs #811, fyi, investment, inflation, economic uncertainty, keir starmer, productivity, all the, savings
Top assets mentioned Bitcoin (BTC)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"IN short with the economy stuttering again inflation proving stickier than expected bond yields up and the Labour government miserably failing to deliver any meaningful savings especially on welfare all the risks to the public finances appear to be in the wrong direction 🙄"
@julianHjessop on X 2025-07-22 14:57:50 UTC 33.4K followers, 3155 engagements
"@AndrewB5sully @TheNewWorldmag @AndrewMarr9 At least @AndrewMarr9 includes that crucial caveat He's a serious journalist. BTW there are several possible sources for the '100bn' but the usual one is 'Bloomberg Economics' (not 'the government') as discussed here. 👇" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-26 17:55:31 UTC 33.4K followers, XXX engagements
"@FJB517846324736 @AlexTaylorNews Ah but the US hasn't done a deal with China yet" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-27 21:04:28 UTC 33.4K followers, XXX engagements
"Sorry but this is pitiful at every level from the naff title (everyone already has 'a stake in the future') to the weak arguments used for a lower voting age. Rayner is not even right on the age at which you can get married in England. 🙄" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-17 18:35:54 UTC 33.4K followers, 14.4K engagements
"More worrying news from the labour market. 🫤 The KMPG and REC UK Report on Jobs suggests that recruitment turned sharply down again in June led by retail as higher costs and economic uncertainty continued to deter hiring. Pay growth also weakened" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-14 05:09:33 UTC 33.4K followers, 41.2K engagements
"One of many angry takes on the US-EU trade deal. 😡" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-28 06:49:41 UTC 33.4K followers, 13.6K engagements
"2 don't forget either that US tariffs are still much higher now than a year ago (including on the UK and others as well as the EU). So while the worst case scenario of a global trade war has been avoided the outcome is still bad for all sides. (2/3)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-27 19:51:52 UTC 33.4K followers, 2743 engagements
"3 It has long been clear that No.10 needs some heavyweight economic expertise of its own. Keir Starmer is frankly embarrassing here. But No.10 needs to work with the Treasury at least when HMT is doing good things rather than simply politicise economic policy even further" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-24 06:22:02 UTC 33.4K followers, 3511 engagements
"FYI we already knew Q2 was grim but there are already some signs this week that the UK economy won't do much better in Q3 🧵 X the flash PMI fell back again in July with the employment component suggesting that job losses are still accelerating" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-25 10:22:50 UTC 33.4K followers, 12.9K engagements
"ps. this announcement is even naffer than I first thought Hat tip to @dannynolan64 for pointing out that the 888m from Ardian () was mainly the acquisition of the stakes already held by Ferrovial () and La Caisse () with only a small part from the USS (). So not only is this not a greenfield project it is not really new international investment at all. 🙄" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-12 16:53:55 UTC 33.4K followers, 4512 engagements
"FYI I've turned my posts on the US-EU trade 'deal' into a blog. ✍ #BrexitBenefits (link in reply)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-28 16:22:31 UTC 33.4K followers, 4940 engagements
"@asentance Hi Andrew - genuine question. Given that borrowing in the first three months of the fiscal year was bang in line with the OBR's forecasts how do you arrive at your 50bn figure 🤓" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-22 07:40:08 UTC 33.4K followers, 1019 engagements
"The Prime Minister of France comments on the US-EU trade deal. Translation: '👎'" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-28 10:49:26 UTC 33.4K followers, 8475 engagements
"FYI Danny is 💯% correct here. 👇 (Worrying about bilateral trade balances is the sort of economic illiteracy we normally associate with President Trump 🙄) #economics101" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-26 11:57:49 UTC 33.4K followers, 6812 engagements
"Reality's a bugger sometimes. #brexitbenefits" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-26 19:11:51 UTC 33.4K followers, 9130 engagements
"Looks like the medias main takeaway from the Mansion House speech is the plan to encourage more people to buy equities (e.g. stop being negative about savers buying shares Reeves says). Some thoughts 🧵 (TL;DR on balance this initiative is a good pro-market reform)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-16 07:51:54 UTC 33.4K followers, 10.3K engagements
"3 the IMF proposes some sensible tweaks to the fiscal framework but these would not change the existing rules or the bigger picture; the public finances would still be in a mess and the markets would still punish Rachel Reeves if she moved the goalposts again" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-25 17:37:53 UTC 33.4K followers, 1398 engagements
"FYI latest GfK/NIM poll shows #consumer confidence remains depressed in #Germany too. 👇 Respondents cited persistent economic uncertainty and high prices especially for #food. Sounds familiar 🤔" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-24 10:20:10 UTC 33.4K followers, 1938 engagements
"2 most household surveys (not just today's GfK poll) show that consumer confidence is slipping again partly on inflation fears. What's more worries about further tax increases in the Budget already appear to be undermining sentiment and spending" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-25 10:22:51 UTC 33.4K followers, XXX engagements
"@AlexTaylorNews Ha really 🤣 ICYMI the US-EU deal may be 'bigger' but the US-UK deal was better starting with the lower baseline tariffs" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-27 20:30:59 UTC 33.4K followers, 3452 engagements
"ICYMI here's some I wrote yesterday on reports that Rachel Reeves is eyeing a 5bn Bitcoin sale to ease the pressure on the public finances. 🤔 (link in reply)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-22 10:34:03 UTC 33.4K followers, 7331 engagements
"3 finally how much credit does Labour deserve for getting a better deal than the EU Not a lot. Remember that the main reason why the US has granted a lower baseline tariff for the UK (10%) than the EU (15%) is that the US runs a small surplus on goods with the UK not a huge deficit 👇 And this only helps because of Brexit which Keir Starmer opposed and which some would say he is now doing his best to reverse. (3/3)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-27 19:51:53 UTC 33.4K followers, 3133 engagements
"Interesting 👇 🤔 Three quick thoughts. X it's obvious that higher investment is necessary to boost productivity but you also need people with real world experience to address the problems not just academic economists (even very good ones)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-24 06:22:01 UTC 33.4K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Another brutal verdict on the US-EU trade deal this time from my old friends at @CapEconomics" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-28 07:53:57 UTC 33.4K followers, 5739 engagements
"An instant classic. 😃 (ICYMI the US-EU deal may be 'bigger' but the US-UK deal was better starting with the lower baseline tariffs.) #badbrexittakes" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-27 20:32:29 UTC 33.4K followers, 7953 engagements
"Ps. handy primer here on the productivity puzzle and the link with private investment. 🤓" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-24 13:34:07 UTC 33.4K followers, 1596 engagements
"To be clear the Budget will be based on the OBR's forecasts for the next five years not the outturn in the previous few months. Nonetheless the latest figures illustrate some worrying underlying trends on both tax and spending and the OBRs forecasts look over-optimistic" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-22 14:57:49 UTC 33.4K followers, 2781 engagements
"3 reinforcing these fears the latest data on the public finances show worrying trends on both the tax and spending side. As a result the current budget deficit (i.e. the targeted measure) was 5bn (12.7%) above the OBR's forecast in the first three months of the fiscal year" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-25 10:22:52 UTC 33.4K followers, 1842 engagements
"Three more quick thoughts on the US-EU trade deal. 🤔 X don't take everything at face value just yet: we need to see more details and the recently announced US-Japan deal already appears to be unravelling. (1/3)" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-27 19:51:52 UTC 33.4K followers, 6021 engagements
""Over 1bn in investment deals as UK-France launch new Industrial Strategy Partnership" 🤔 As usual X evidence that these projects wouldn't have happened anyway and the biggest (888m) is simply a French firm raising its existing stake in Heathrow 🤷♂" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-11 13:01:19 UTC 33.4K followers, 27.2K engagements
"4 the IMF does at least agree with the Bank of England's view that inflation will drop back to the X% target next year and therefore that the BoE "should continue to ease monetary policy gradually"" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-25 17:37:54 UTC 33.4K followers, 2616 engagements
"ps. if you're still struggling with this here are a few slides from a presentation on Trump's tariffs I have recently to A-level students. 🤓" @julianHjessop on X 2025-07-26 12:05:22 UTC 33.4K followers, 1894 engagements