[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.] #  @steve_hanke Steve Hanke Steve Hanke posts on X about inflation, currency, money, the worlds the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and 5515 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +40% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +34% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/posts_active)  - X Week XXX -XX% - X Month XXX +78% - X Months XXXXX +19% - X Year XXXXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.06% - X Month XXXXXXX +0.17% - X Months XXXXXXX +3.50% - X Year XXXXXXX +8.10% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) #4612 [finance](/list/finance) #4831 [currencies](/list/currencies) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) #5416 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [stocks](/list/stocks) **Social topic influence** [inflation](/topic/inflation) #211, [currency](/topic/currency), [money](/topic/money) #1768, [the worlds](/topic/the-worlds), [pakistan](/topic/pakistan) #451, [ethiopian birr](/topic/ethiopian-birr), [m2](/topic/m2), [iran](/topic/iran) #731, [sudan](/topic/sudan), [south sudan](/topic/south-sudan) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [MP Materials Corp. (MP)](/topic/$mp) [Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::863527548/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PM Abiy Ahmed = ARROGANT CORRUPT & INCOMPETENT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1922230348609441838) 2025-05-13 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 29.6K engagements "#HankeInflationDashboard: I measure this week's top X inflators: Venezuela 274.5%/yr South Sudan 89.9%/yr Iran 54.3%/yr Sudan 43.2%/yr Ethiopia 42.0%/yr"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944185006882009431) 2025-07-13 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 14.6K engagements "The Pentagon just invested $400M in MP Materials to cut US reliance on China for rare earths. LOTS OF LUCK. RARE EARTHS ARE AN ACE UP BEJING'S SLEEVE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944864479025438835) 2025-07-14 21:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.3K engagements "#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr ranks as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PM ABIY AHMED = MAESTRO OF ECONOMIC INCOMPETENCE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1905258507634434460) 2025-03-27 14:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 7855 engagements ""Good deeds must be rewarded by the system and crimes be punished this is the essence of meritocracy." Imran Khan"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942916651210383823) 2025-07-09 12:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 36.3K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr is the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. The captain of the Ethiopian ship PM Ahmed has LOST HIS WAY"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1899399906613240299) 2025-03-11 10:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 57.5K engagements "Currency boards always work. They kill inflation impose fiscal discipline and establish stability. My latest with @BobMurphyEcon:"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944426599409152113) 2025-07-13 16:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.4K engagements "#PAKWatch: The Pakistan government has asked YouTube to take down XX channels critical of its leadership including Imran Khan's opposition channel. PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT = NO VOICE = NO PROBLEM. FREE IMRAN KHAN"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944515517009781112) 2025-07-13 21:53:21 UTC 804.8K followers, 40.4K engagements "Distinguished UChicago Prof. John Mearsheimer on Israel's reliance on the US: "Israel is DEPENDENT on the US. Netanyahu needs us desperately so it's no accident that he has come to visit Trump X times in the past X months. He goes to enormous lengths to kiss up to Trump.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943882593818358111) 2025-07-12 03:58:20 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.5K engagements "#MyanmarWatch: The kyat has depreciated over XX% relative to USD over the past year. Meanwhile the population in Myanmar faces further pressure as X in X people now falls below the poverty line. JUNTA = HUMANITARIAN & ECONOMIC DISASTER"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944909783469056407) 2025-07-15 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9288 engagements "For the 5th straight month Canadians are taking fewer car trips to the US. They've PLUNGED by XX% in June. TRUMP = A MASTERCLASS IN HOW TO CREATE ENEMIES"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944562492795228232) 2025-07-14 01:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.7K engagements "Brazilian President Lula on Trump: "Trump could've called but instead posted the tariff news on his website - a complete lack of respect which is typical of his behavior towards everyone." TYPICAL TRUMP PRACTICES ANOMIE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944802654141505990) 2025-07-14 16:54:20 UTC 804.8K followers, 13.1K engagements "ISRAEL STRIKES IRAN. All stocks are tanking except defense. Defense stocks are soaring. Gold is up and Bitcoin is down. THE WINDS OF WAR ARE SWIRLING"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1933334160271421577) 2025-06-13 01:22:38 UTC 804.7K followers, 34.5K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Zimbabwe ZiG comes in again as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The ZiG has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. THE ZiG = A ZAG"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943852814519718289) 2025-07-12 02:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.3K engagements "Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on the state of Israel after Iranian strikes: "I think that Israel is in real trouble after the exchange of fire with Iran. It was running out of interception capability. It suffered huge damage which it's managed to conceal.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943732020884222274) 2025-07-11 18:00:01 UTC 804.7K followers, 9600 engagements "#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr rolls in as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. IMF DEBT = ECONOMIC DISASTER"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1895413648123666923) 2025-02-28 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 54.3K engagements "#EthiopiaWatch: Inflation continues to CRUSH Ethiopians. Today I measure Ethiopia's inflation at a PUNISHING 42%/yr. ABIY AHMED ALI = ARROGANT CORRUPT & INCOMPETENT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942448562295693380) 2025-07-08 05:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 49.5K engagements "In Turkey LeMan cartoonists were arrested after depicting Muhammad & Moses greeting in the afterlife. PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO VOICE = NO PROBLEM"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1941347214753923177) 2025-07-05 04:03:39 UTC 804.7K followers, 57.9K engagements "#ARGWatch: Today I measure inflation in Argentina at 221%/yr. Thats the 3rd highest inflation rate IN THE WORLD. Dollarization is the only cure for the economic destruction caused by Peronist policies"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1716439337963864445) 2023-10-23 13:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 177.8K engagements "BREAKING: Trump announces new XX% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea. They will take effect on August X. With Trump there is only one thing on the menu: TARIFFS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942323729985306836) 2025-07-07 20:43:58 UTC 804.7K followers, 27.9K engagements "NOW US Attorney General Pam Bondi has switched her story and says there is no Epstein Client List. THE EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST U.S. GOVERNMENT COVER-UPS OF ALL TIME. THE US GOV'T = A MASTERCLASS IN COVER- UPS AND LIES"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945181570760900783) 2025-07-15 18:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9129 engagements "Flash floods and severe thunderstorms hit New York City on July 14th. Just more confirmation of Hankes School Boys Theory of History: Its just one damn thing after another"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945136280674951522) 2025-07-15 15:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 8551 engagements "The last time I had an hour and a half conversation with Imran Khan was April 2023. I'm looking forward to speaking to CAPTAIN PAKISTAN. FREE THE SON OF THE SOIL"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943679169642246385) 2025-07-11 14:30:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 31.6K engagements "U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fires U.S. Justice Departments top ethics adviser Joseph Tirrell. Tirell is yet another casualty of the Epstein files. Stay tuned. This one is not going away"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945225016921948600) 2025-07-15 20:52:39 UTC 804.8K followers, 22.2K engagements "#GhanaWatch: The IMF has served up another $XXX million of LOANS to Ghana. GHANA = BURIED IN DEBT. As Harvard Prof. Robert Barro says "THE IMF DOESN'T PUT OUT FIRES IT STARTS THEM.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943611234416292279) 2025-07-11 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 9590 engagements "The Donalds Big Bad Bill adds $XX TRILLION in new debt. Thats more than all XX presidents combined. THE FOOL THINKS WE ARE ALL FOOLS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942934280021147963) 2025-07-09 13:10:04 UTC 804.8K followers, 27.9K engagements "#PAKWatch: Its time to let Captain Pakistan THROW A PUNCH. FREE IMRAN KHAN"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942101274008424694) 2025-07-07 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 20.3K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: According to Reuters Pres. Erdogan has arrested XXX political opponents under the guise of corruption in the past X months. ERDGOGAN IS TIGHTENING THE SCREWS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944668188806971679) 2025-07-14 08:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 83.3K engagements ""We do not need anything except for one thing: to be hard working." Atatrk"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945090978433339535) 2025-07-15 12:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 47.9K engagements "#EconWatch: According to my good friend David Stockman a XX% BRICS tariff would cost U.S. importers an additional $XXXX billion in taxes. TARIFFS = TAXES ON AMERICANS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944788982350700902) 2025-07-14 16:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.2K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: Three mayors of key CHP strongholds were arrested last Saturday as Pres. Erdoan continues his crusade AGAINST FREE-SPEECH. Pres. Erdoan = OPPOSITION ON MUTE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942478758809854180) 2025-07-08 07:00:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 147.3K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: Turkey has detained HUNDREDS of President Erdogan's political opponents in pursuit of so-called "corruption network." PRES. ERDOGAN = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945362769764905044) 2025-07-16 06:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 103.4K engagements "The latest stupidity from the Trump White House via spokesman Kush Desai: "The data clearly show that President Trump's policies have successfully tamed inflation." NO. Today's inflation is the result of changes in the money supply X yrs. ago"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943673932906733740) 2025-07-11 14:09:11 UTC 804.7K followers, 12.6K engagements "Turkeys inflation comes in at 35.1%/yr. Turkey's money supply (M3) is growing at 43.3%/yr. That's FAR ABOVE Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 12.4%/yr a rate consistent w/ hitting Turkey's 5%/yr inflation target. TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK = INCOMPETENT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943158238729707779) 2025-07-10 04:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 24.4K engagements "Yours truly on why politicians fight against currency boards: "The currency board puts a hard budget constraint on the system because you no longer have a central bank that can loan money to gov't. So the politicians are in a straitjacket.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943430034880106686) 2025-07-10 22:00:02 UTC 804.7K followers, 8666 engagements "To fight China's deflation its top brass has pledged to prohibit aggressive price cutting. This is exactly the wrong message to fight deflation. China's money supply (M2) is growing at an ANEMIC 7.9%/yr BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 10%/yr a rate consistent with hitting China's 2%/yr inflation target"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942795852965372279) 2025-07-09 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.4K engagements "Yours truly on US income inequality: "In 2020 billionaires' share of GDP was 14.1%. Now it's 21.1%. The Fed increased the money supply asset prices went up & guess who owns the assets Billionaires." By ignoring the money supply the Fed is an ENGINE OF INCOME INEQUALITY"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1916552927017398560) 2025-04-27 18:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 773.6K engagements "PRES. TRUMP AND PM NETANYAHU SEEM TO BE UNDULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY. Stay tuned. This one is not going away"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945574155837214902) 2025-07-16 20:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 8735 engagements "The biggest battle is the war against ignorance. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944351097725878608) 2025-07-13 11:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 178.5K engagements "Japans former PM Hatoyama says its time to remove US military bases calling them a magnet for conflict. The USs world reputation in Asia = IN THE TANK"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942644860659601878) 2025-07-08 18:00:02 UTC 804.7K followers, 13.1K engagements "UChicago Prof. John Mearsheimer on US relations with Iran: "The principal reason that the US has such terrible relations with Iran today is not because Iran & the US don't have shared interests. We have terrible relations with Iran in large part because of Israel.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944849380638409138) 2025-07-14 20:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9570 engagements "BREAKING: The UK govt. SECRETLY schemed to relocate almost 25000 Afghans to the UK. They were transported in unmarked government planes. This was all COVERED UP by the UK Ministry of Defense. It has cost the British taxpayer X BILLION s. UK = SCANDAL"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945127216410456550) 2025-07-15 14:24:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 14K engagements "Despite the AI HYPE only X% of US firms say they used AI tools in the past two weeks. Even after X years of nonstop buzz adoption remains TINY. AI HYPE = FALSE HOPE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1938296203114078609) 2025-06-26 18:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9683 engagements "Yours truly on the costs of COVID lockdowns: "We shut down the economies. We had tremendous economic costs just in terms of lost Gross National Product. We had educational psychological costs. Lockdowns were one of the biggest policy blunders we've had in the US.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943067648549621909) 2025-07-09 22:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 9794 engagements "ANOTHER MURDEROUS DAY IN GAZA. The Washington Post reports that Israeli strikes killed at least XX people in Gaza overnight"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944930722113867850) 2025-07-15 01:23:13 UTC 804.8K followers, 9912 engagements ""No country is free unless it is democratic." Mustafa Kemal Atatrk"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944713496110751964) 2025-07-14 11:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 26.2K engagements "China WILL NOT ACHIEVE its Nominal GDP growth target of 7%/yr in 2025. China is MIRED in DEFLATION"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943943414967677350) 2025-07-12 08:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.4K engagements "The Fed and many mainstream economists STILL dont get it. They ignore the fact that every inflation has been preceded by a surge in the money supply. INFLATION IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE A MONETARY PHENOMENON. More in my latest with @HumanActionPod:"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944060541942878583) 2025-07-12 15:45:26 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.9K engagements "Since January 2022 the Burmese kyat has depreciated XXXXX% against the USD which is why #Myanmar takes the 11th spot in this week's currency watchlist. So long as the junta remains in power the kyat will remain in the tank"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1600543158198157312) 2022-12-07 17:30:00 UTC 804.7K followers, XX engagements "For every dollar the US government collects in tax revenue about XX cents goes down the rathole to pay the debt. INTEREST ON DEBT = PAYING TAXES FOR NOTHING"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942206973258473895) 2025-07-07 13:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 18.8K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Venezuelan bolivar comes in as the WORLD'S WORST currency. The bolivar has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. MADURO = SOCIALIST NIGHTMARE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943128039656734929) 2025-07-10 02:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.6K engagements "#GHAWatch: Last week Bloomberg listed the Ghanaian cedi as the 4th WORST currency in the world. Pres. Akufo-Addo's = A MASTERCLASS IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1804424084354199927) 2024-06-22 08:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 66.7K engagements "#PakWatch: PAKISTAN MILITARY = RUNS THE SHOW"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944985275710808208) 2025-07-15 05:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.6K engagements "BREAKING: Israel strikes Syria's Ministry of Defense headquartersin Damascus. NETANYAHU = WAR HAWK = BOMB ANYTHING IN THE REGION THAT MOVES"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945477420326269393) 2025-07-16 13:35:36 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.7K engagements "#PakWatch: The "Free Imran Khan" movement informally launched in Lahore Pakistan on Sunday. PAKISTANIS ARE FED UP SO AM I. FREE IMRAN KHAN"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945347669419024884) 2025-07-16 05:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 61.1K engagements "Since 1994 when I was Pres. Nazarbaev's advisor I have kept an eye on Kazakhstan. Trump threatens tariffs on the resource-rich Kaz. STUPID. This will open the door for Russia and China. TRUMPS TROOPS = NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944431800098369540) 2025-07-13 16:20:41 UTC 804.8K followers, 15.2K engagements "The EU has approved Bulgaria's request to formally join the Eurozone. FORCED EURO ADOPTION = VOLUNTARILY GIVING UP BULGARIA'S MONETARY SOVEREIGNTY"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943233736851566761) 2025-07-10 09:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 18.4K engagements "#IranWatch: During the last year the Iranian rial has depreciated by over XX% relative to the USD. Not surprisingly Iran's inflation is 44%/yr by my measure. A TANKING RIAL & RAGING INFLATION = A DEADLY COCKTAIL"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1934128743942877249) 2025-06-15 06:00:01 UTC 804.7K followers, 15.1K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: Turkish police have detained nearly XXX people over the past X days. The detainees have included opposition politicians journalists and activists. ERDOGAN = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1892137052533350485) 2025-02-19 09:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 1M engagements "Indian software engineer Soham Parekh was caught secretly and simultaneously working X remote tech jobs. Reports are that there is a lot of this going on in the subcontinent SIMULTANEOUS JOBS = LOW-QUALITY WORK"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1941965378613076068) 2025-07-06 21:00:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 12.6K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: XXX city hall members have been arrested in the Turkish city of Izmir. Izmir is known as the stronghold for the opposition of Pres. Erdoan. PRES. ERDOGAN = OPPOSITION ON MUTE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1940968811651592629) 2025-07-04 03:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 149.2K engagements "I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing I think that really is the key. Imran Khan"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944003817982636242) 2025-07-12 12:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 87.4K engagements "#SwitzerlandWatch: Swiss M2 money supply's crawling at 3.42%/yr LOWER than Hanke's Golden Growth rate of 4.40-6.40%/yr. No wonder Swiss inflation is at a mere 0.1%/yr ONE OF THE WORLDS LOWEST"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944683290625294497) 2025-07-14 09:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 7884 engagements "#UKWatch: UK GDP SHRUNK in May for the second month in a row. If Starmer was spending more time on UK economic policy and the UK budget instead of making war with Russia perhaps the UK's economy and the pound sterling wouldn't be IN THE TANK"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944698396201095552) 2025-07-14 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 8051 engagements "The UK's economy contracted for a second consecutive month in May by 0.1%/yr. NO SURPRISE. M4 Money Supply expanded at 3.5%/yr in May FAR BELOW Hanke Golden Growth Rate of XXX% a rate consistent with hitting the UK's 2%/yr inflation target"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945332568817328610) 2025-07-16 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.1K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Iranian rial ranks as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The rial has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. IRAN = IN THE TRENCHES"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1938598193681608820) 2025-06-27 14:00:01 UTC 804.7K followers, 7771 engagements "#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The Ethiopian birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PM ABIY AHMED = MASTER OF ECONOMIC INCOMPETENCE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1901936622578331963) 2025-03-18 10:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 21.9K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: Inflation continues to PUNISH Turks. Today I measure Turkeys inflation at a SEARING 25%/yr. PRES. ERODAN = ARROGANT CORRUPT &INCOMPETENT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944275601147261144) 2025-07-13 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 81.9K engagements "BBC reports that at least XX people were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes today. Stay tuned"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943435970982089128) 2025-07-10 22:23:37 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.3K engagements "#TurkeyWatch Aslan Ozdemir editor-in-chief of LeMan Magazine was arrested upon returning from France over a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad. PRES. ERDOGANS = NO VOICE = NO PROBLEM"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945370314592149728) 2025-07-16 06:30:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 20.6K engagements "THE EPSTEIN LIST OF CLIENTS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST U.S. GOVERNMENT COVER-UPS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945543961403138213) 2025-07-16 18:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9014 engagements "#EthiopiaWatch: Ethiopias inflation continues to PUNISH Ethiopians. Using high-frequency data today I accurately measure Ethiopias inflation at 42.3%/yr. PM ABIY AHMED = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1940621528686891469) 2025-07-03 04:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 120.1K engagements "Israeli vigilantes (aka: settlers) on the West Bank have just murdered an American-Palestinian"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944198813121475039) 2025-07-13 00:54:53 UTC 804.8K followers, 24.3K engagements "The US govt is bloated. These cuts are nothing more than a drop in the ocean"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944139703541801420) 2025-07-12 21:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 21.6K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: A Turkish court is BANNING @elonmusks Grok chatbot for insulting Pres. Erdoan. EVEN AI ISNT SAFE FROM PRES. ERDOANS CENSORSHIP"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943565924856181028) 2025-07-11 07:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 87.9K engagements "BREAKING: Turkish court BANS Elon Musks AI chatbot Grok in Turkey over offensive content towards President Erdogan. PRES. ERDOGAN = OPPOSITION ON MUTE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943143139931464083) 2025-07-10 03:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 63.7K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: Turkey detains opposition mayors in Ankara and Istanbul. The lira plunges as investors flee. ERDOGAN = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945015479225213367) 2025-07-15 07:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 33.8K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks again as the WORLD'S WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = A NEVER-ENDING DISASTER"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1936997646020837438) 2025-06-23 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 17.7K engagements "According to my good friend David Stockman the Big Beautiful Bill will lead to the US directly taking on $XX trillion in debt. THE FOOL THINKS WE ARE ALL FOOLS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945121170560290830) 2025-07-15 14:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.2K engagements "NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants the elimination of billionaires. Mamdani is BANKROLLED by the Pritzker family Steven Spielberg and George Soros just to name a few. MAMDANI = BACKED BY KNOWN BILLIONAIRES"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945513771608445304) 2025-07-16 16:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 13.8K engagements "#TurkeyWatch: PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO PERSON = NO PROBLEM"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943943413659025448) 2025-07-12 08:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 83.3K engagements "Nvidia has just become the first company with a market value of $X TRILLION. The US stock market remains in bubble territory. THE US STOCK MARKET = OVERPRICED OVERVALUED AND OVERHYPED"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943354537466626496) 2025-07-10 17:00:02 UTC 804.7K followers, 11.9K engagements "BREAKING: The US will impose a XX% tariff on Canadian goods starting Aug. X. TRUMP = A MASTERCLASS IN HOW TO TURN FRIENDS INTO ENEMIES"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943488944324162037) 2025-07-11 01:54:07 UTC 804.8K followers, 24.2K engagements "Why does the Fed always miss the mark Because they IGNORE the money supply. THE FED = FLYING BLIND"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943460232140624110) 2025-07-11 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 94.9K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks as the WORLD'S 2nd WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = WAR FAMINE AND ECONOMIC DISASTER ZONE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1938235803886289155) 2025-06-26 14:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 7275 engagements "Ive solved more hyperinflation problems than any living economist. The solution is always the same: "scrap the central bank and either install a currency board or dollarize." IT WORKS EVERY TIME. My latest via @BobMurphyEcon:"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944154803732722023) 2025-07-12 22:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 15.9K engagements ".@PeterSchiff is spot on. Companies swapping productive investments for Bitcoin treasuries are playing ROULETTE. Bitcoin and Ethereum treasuries have NO business model because $BTC has NO FUNDAMENTAL VALUE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944743687331688685) 2025-07-14 13:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 58.1K engagements "Poland's inflation remains at 4.2%/yr. That's almost double Poland's inflation target of 2.5%/yr. WHY PLs money supply (M3) is growing at only 10.25%/yr. Thats above Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 8.8%/yr a rate consistent with hitting PLs inflation target of 2.5%/yr"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943369638735212601) 2025-07-10 18:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 8418 engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr ranks as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. Thebirr has depreciated by XX% against the USDYoY. PM ABIY AHMED = A BIRR CATASTROPHE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1908142510611821016) 2025-04-04 13:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 37.1K engagements "BREAKING: US sanctions Cuban President Daz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations. Stupid. Sanctions have kept the Communists in power since Castro's Revolution in 1959"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944879585092583567) 2025-07-14 22:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.1K engagements "Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs on the US strikes against Iranian nuclear sites: "Nothing much happened except Iran realizing that it could not negotiate with the US. This was a debacle of the first order.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945302364350771482) 2025-07-16 02:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9463 engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound comes in as the WORLD'S WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = A DISASTER ZONE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1933124626118500588) 2025-06-12 11:30:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.9K engagements "#VNZWatch: Venezuela's printing press is running on overdrive. Its money supply (M3) is SURGING at 153%/yr. As night follows day today I measure Venezuela's inflation at a RED HOT 275%/yr the WORLD'S TOP INFLATOR"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944547395871932657) 2025-07-14 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.7K engagements "For the first time in FIVE MONTHS China's inflation rate is positive at 0.1%/yr. China remains mired in deflation. Chinas money supply (M2) is growing at only 7.9%/yr. Thats FAR Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 10%/yr a rate consistent with hitting Chinas inflation target of 2%/yr"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943581022320541723) 2025-07-11 08:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.5K engagements "Former Prime Minister Imran Khan remains behind bars. IT'S TIME TO FREE CAPTAIN PAKISTAN"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1941701704203768103) 2025-07-06 03:32:16 UTC 804.8K followers, 83.5K engagements "About XX% of broad money in the financial system has been produced by commercial banks via their lending to businesses and households. It's time to remove the Supplementary Leverage Ratio that's straitjacketing commercial banks. Read more in my recent book (Making Money Work) with Matt Sekerke:"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944585139662868546) 2025-07-14 02:30:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.4K engagements "#EgyptWatch: Egypt's inflation lowered to 16.2%/yr in June. VERY SUSPECT. Egypt's money supply (M2) is still SURGING at 23.9%/yr FAR HIGHER than Hanke's Golden Growth Rate range of 13-17%/yr a rate consistent w/ hitting Egypt's 5-9%/yr inflation target"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943188436938297440) 2025-07-10 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.1K engagements "Col. Douglas Macgregor on global distrust of the US: "I don't think anybody beyond the borders of the US believes anything the US says. We have broken our word we have deliberately misled & lied to not just Iranians but to others. They view us as unstable & dangerous.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1941621862687023454) 2025-07-05 22:15:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 17.5K engagements ""A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get." Atatrk"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943641421539635273) 2025-07-11 12:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 40.2K engagements "#SSudanWatch: Today I measure South Sudans inflation at a CRUSHING 90%/yr. South Sudanese civilians continue to be PUNISHED by inflation and the civil war. I remain the only reliable source for inflationary measures in South Sudan"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945060773023375448) 2025-07-15 10:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 7347 engagements "#NGAWatch: Why should the IMF not grant Nigeria a breather. Nigeria's money supply continues to grow out of control. Its money supply (M3) SURGES at 22.7%/yr. That's nearly 2x Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 12.4%/yr for a 6%/yr inflation target. TINUBU = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943550827005653043) 2025-07-11 06:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9237 engagements "#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birrchecks in as the WORST CURRENCY IN THE WORLD. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. MORE EVIDENCE OF AN IMF FAILURE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1889570131334012968) 2025-02-12 07:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 64.8K engagements "#ZIMWatch: Zimbabwes money supply (M2) is still SURGING at 122%/yr. Today I measure ZIM's inflation at a PUNISHING 79%/yr. ZIMBABWES ECONOMY = IN THE TANK"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945408072996065685) 2025-07-16 09:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 8495 engagements "#PAKWatch: The Balochistan Liberation Front a rebel faction in Pakistan has launched a new wave of XX coordinated attacks on government and military installations. PAKISTAN = LAWLESS. FREE IMRAN KHAN"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944494509670437165) 2025-07-13 20:29:52 UTC 804.8K followers, 13.4K engagements "#ARGWatch: Argentine lawmakers recently passed a pension hike in spite of President Milei's objections. Once again Argentina's political class can't stop their ADDICTION to unsustainable SPENDING. ARGENTINA = WORLD'S BIGGEST DEADBEAT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945634555228283020) 2025-07-17 00:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9001 engagements "Pres. Trump is now calling on the Fed to cut rates by AT LEAST XXX basis points. By not focusing on the money supply Fed Chairman Powell and Trump are both flying blind. BOTH = MONETARY NINCOMPOOPS"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943399830182858771) 2025-07-10 20:00:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 15K engagements "#ZIMWatch: Zimbabwe's money supply (M2) is SURGING at 122%/yr. As night follows day today I measure Zimbabwe's inflation at a CRUSHING 79%/yr. Pres. Mnangagwa = A MASTERCLASS IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945725155608813984) 2025-07-17 06:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 5918 engagements "My great friend and mentor Milton Friedman on government spending: "The government will spend whatever the tax system will yield plus as much more as it can get away with. Its doing far more harm than good.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1942946846311403586) 2025-07-09 14:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.8K engagements "In 1979 my friend mentor and Nobelist Milton Friedman proposed a 3-STEP SOLUTION to REVIVE the US economy: 1) CUT GOV SPENDING. 2) SOUND MONEY. 3) CUT RED TAPE. THE TRUMP TROOPS = NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1945151377661136989) 2025-07-15 16:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.6K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks again as the WORLD'S 2nd WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = HUMANITARIAN DISASTER"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943490430676721954) 2025-07-11 02:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.4K engagements "ANOTHER MURDEROUS DAY IN GAZA. XX people including X children were killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers on Sunday"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944554628965687512) 2025-07-14 00:28:46 UTC 804.8K followers, 22.9K engagements "#PAKWatch: Pakistans central bank is preparing to launch a pilot program for digital currency. PAKISTAN NEEDS A DIGITAL CURRENCY LIKE IT NEEDS A HOLE IN THE HEAD. CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES = MORE STATE SURVEILLANCE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943520628092317898) 2025-07-11 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.5K engagements "PhD economists say tariffs will slow growth CapEx and earnings. MBA forecasters say earnings will accelerate. Both cant be right. I'm on the side of the PhD economists"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1944834280406106464) 2025-07-14 19:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9620 engagements "Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on US involvement in Ukraine & Israel: "We can't really handle both the proxy war in Ukraine & the proxy war that Israel is conducting. Turns out we don't have the infinite capacity that the President sometimes seems to imagine we do.""  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943324342663704990) 2025-07-10 15:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 7810 engagements "#EgyptWatch: Egypt's inflation fell from 17%/yr in May to 15%/yr in June. BUT INFLATION IS DOUBLE EGYPT'S INFLATION TARGET OF 5-9%/yr. This is no surprise. Egypt's money supply (M2) is growing at 24%/yr ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate Range of 13-17%/yr"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1943913212249878687) 2025-07-12 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.4K engagements "On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr is the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. ETHIOPIA = BURIED IN A HOLE"  [@steve_hanke](/creator/x/steve_hanke) on [X](/post/tweet/1909878951977402442) 2025-04-09 08:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 40.7K engagements
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"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PM Abiy Ahmed = ARROGANT CORRUPT & INCOMPETENT"
@steve_hanke on X 2025-05-13 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 29.6K engagements
"#HankeInflationDashboard: I measure this week's top X inflators: Venezuela 274.5%/yr South Sudan 89.9%/yr Iran 54.3%/yr Sudan 43.2%/yr Ethiopia 42.0%/yr" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 14.6K engagements
"The Pentagon just invested $400M in MP Materials to cut US reliance on China for rare earths. LOTS OF LUCK. RARE EARTHS ARE AN ACE UP BEJING'S SLEEVE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 21:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.3K engagements
"#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr ranks as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PM ABIY AHMED = MAESTRO OF ECONOMIC INCOMPETENCE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-03-27 14:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 7855 engagements
""Good deeds must be rewarded by the system and crimes be punished this is the essence of meritocracy." Imran Khan" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-09 12:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 36.3K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr is the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. The captain of the Ethiopian ship PM Ahmed has LOST HIS WAY" @steve_hanke on X 2025-03-11 10:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 57.5K engagements
"Currency boards always work. They kill inflation impose fiscal discipline and establish stability. My latest with @BobMurphyEcon:" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 16:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.4K engagements
"#PAKWatch: The Pakistan government has asked YouTube to take down XX channels critical of its leadership including Imran Khan's opposition channel. PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT = NO VOICE = NO PROBLEM. FREE IMRAN KHAN" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 21:53:21 UTC 804.8K followers, 40.4K engagements
"Distinguished UChicago Prof. John Mearsheimer on Israel's reliance on the US: "Israel is DEPENDENT on the US. Netanyahu needs us desperately so it's no accident that he has come to visit Trump X times in the past X months. He goes to enormous lengths to kiss up to Trump."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 03:58:20 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.5K engagements
"#MyanmarWatch: The kyat has depreciated over XX% relative to USD over the past year. Meanwhile the population in Myanmar faces further pressure as X in X people now falls below the poverty line. JUNTA = HUMANITARIAN & ECONOMIC DISASTER" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9288 engagements
"For the 5th straight month Canadians are taking fewer car trips to the US. They've PLUNGED by XX% in June. TRUMP = A MASTERCLASS IN HOW TO CREATE ENEMIES" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 01:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Brazilian President Lula on Trump: "Trump could've called but instead posted the tariff news on his website - a complete lack of respect which is typical of his behavior towards everyone." TYPICAL TRUMP PRACTICES ANOMIE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 16:54:20 UTC 804.8K followers, 13.1K engagements
"ISRAEL STRIKES IRAN. All stocks are tanking except defense. Defense stocks are soaring. Gold is up and Bitcoin is down. THE WINDS OF WAR ARE SWIRLING" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-13 01:22:38 UTC 804.7K followers, 34.5K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Zimbabwe ZiG comes in again as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The ZiG has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. THE ZiG = A ZAG" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 02:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.3K engagements
"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on the state of Israel after Iranian strikes: "I think that Israel is in real trouble after the exchange of fire with Iran. It was running out of interception capability. It suffered huge damage which it's managed to conceal."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 18:00:01 UTC 804.7K followers, 9600 engagements
"#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr rolls in as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. IMF DEBT = ECONOMIC DISASTER" @steve_hanke on X 2025-02-28 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 54.3K engagements
"#EthiopiaWatch: Inflation continues to CRUSH Ethiopians. Today I measure Ethiopia's inflation at a PUNISHING 42%/yr. ABIY AHMED ALI = ARROGANT CORRUPT & INCOMPETENT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-08 05:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 49.5K engagements
"In Turkey LeMan cartoonists were arrested after depicting Muhammad & Moses greeting in the afterlife. PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO VOICE = NO PROBLEM" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-05 04:03:39 UTC 804.7K followers, 57.9K engagements
"#ARGWatch: Today I measure inflation in Argentina at 221%/yr. Thats the 3rd highest inflation rate IN THE WORLD. Dollarization is the only cure for the economic destruction caused by Peronist policies" @steve_hanke on X 2023-10-23 13:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 177.8K engagements
"BREAKING: Trump announces new XX% tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea. They will take effect on August X. With Trump there is only one thing on the menu: TARIFFS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-07 20:43:58 UTC 804.7K followers, 27.9K engagements
"NOW US Attorney General Pam Bondi has switched her story and says there is no Epstein Client List. THE EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGEST U.S. GOVERNMENT COVER-UPS OF ALL TIME. THE US GOV'T = A MASTERCLASS IN COVER- UPS AND LIES" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 18:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9129 engagements
"Flash floods and severe thunderstorms hit New York City on July 14th. Just more confirmation of Hankes School Boys Theory of History: Its just one damn thing after another" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 15:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 8551 engagements
"The last time I had an hour and a half conversation with Imran Khan was April 2023. I'm looking forward to speaking to CAPTAIN PAKISTAN. FREE THE SON OF THE SOIL" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 14:30:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 31.6K engagements
"U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi fires U.S. Justice Departments top ethics adviser Joseph Tirrell. Tirell is yet another casualty of the Epstein files. Stay tuned. This one is not going away" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 20:52:39 UTC 804.8K followers, 22.2K engagements
"#GhanaWatch: The IMF has served up another $XXX million of LOANS to Ghana. GHANA = BURIED IN DEBT. As Harvard Prof. Robert Barro says "THE IMF DOESN'T PUT OUT FIRES IT STARTS THEM."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 9590 engagements
"The Donalds Big Bad Bill adds $XX TRILLION in new debt. Thats more than all XX presidents combined. THE FOOL THINKS WE ARE ALL FOOLS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-09 13:10:04 UTC 804.8K followers, 27.9K engagements
"#PAKWatch: Its time to let Captain Pakistan THROW A PUNCH. FREE IMRAN KHAN" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-07 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 20.3K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: According to Reuters Pres. Erdogan has arrested XXX political opponents under the guise of corruption in the past X months. ERDGOGAN IS TIGHTENING THE SCREWS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 08:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 83.3K engagements
""We do not need anything except for one thing: to be hard working." Atatrk" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 12:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 47.9K engagements
"#EconWatch: According to my good friend David Stockman a XX% BRICS tariff would cost U.S. importers an additional $XXXX billion in taxes. TARIFFS = TAXES ON AMERICANS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 16:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.2K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: Three mayors of key CHP strongholds were arrested last Saturday as Pres. Erdoan continues his crusade AGAINST FREE-SPEECH. Pres. Erdoan = OPPOSITION ON MUTE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-08 07:00:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 147.3K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: Turkey has detained HUNDREDS of President Erdogan's political opponents in pursuit of so-called "corruption network." PRES. ERDOGAN = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 06:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 103.4K engagements
"The latest stupidity from the Trump White House via spokesman Kush Desai: "The data clearly show that President Trump's policies have successfully tamed inflation." NO. Today's inflation is the result of changes in the money supply X yrs. ago" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 14:09:11 UTC 804.7K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Turkeys inflation comes in at 35.1%/yr. Turkey's money supply (M3) is growing at 43.3%/yr. That's FAR ABOVE Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 12.4%/yr a rate consistent w/ hitting Turkey's 5%/yr inflation target. TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK = INCOMPETENT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 04:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 24.4K engagements
"Yours truly on why politicians fight against currency boards: "The currency board puts a hard budget constraint on the system because you no longer have a central bank that can loan money to gov't. So the politicians are in a straitjacket."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 22:00:02 UTC 804.7K followers, 8666 engagements
"To fight China's deflation its top brass has pledged to prohibit aggressive price cutting. This is exactly the wrong message to fight deflation. China's money supply (M2) is growing at an ANEMIC 7.9%/yr BELOW Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of 10%/yr a rate consistent with hitting China's 2%/yr inflation target" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-09 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.4K engagements
"Yours truly on US income inequality: "In 2020 billionaires' share of GDP was 14.1%. Now it's 21.1%. The Fed increased the money supply asset prices went up & guess who owns the assets Billionaires." By ignoring the money supply the Fed is an ENGINE OF INCOME INEQUALITY" @steve_hanke on X 2025-04-27 18:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 773.6K engagements
"PRES. TRUMP AND PM NETANYAHU SEEM TO BE UNDULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY. Stay tuned. This one is not going away" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 20:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 8735 engagements
"The biggest battle is the war against ignorance. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 11:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 178.5K engagements
"Japans former PM Hatoyama says its time to remove US military bases calling them a magnet for conflict. The USs world reputation in Asia = IN THE TANK" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-08 18:00:02 UTC 804.7K followers, 13.1K engagements
"UChicago Prof. John Mearsheimer on US relations with Iran: "The principal reason that the US has such terrible relations with Iran today is not because Iran & the US don't have shared interests. We have terrible relations with Iran in large part because of Israel."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 20:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9570 engagements
"BREAKING: The UK govt. SECRETLY schemed to relocate almost 25000 Afghans to the UK. They were transported in unmarked government planes. This was all COVERED UP by the UK Ministry of Defense. It has cost the British taxpayer X BILLION s. UK = SCANDAL" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 14:24:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 14K engagements
"Despite the AI HYPE only X% of US firms say they used AI tools in the past two weeks. Even after X years of nonstop buzz adoption remains TINY. AI HYPE = FALSE HOPE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-26 18:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9683 engagements
"Yours truly on the costs of COVID lockdowns: "We shut down the economies. We had tremendous economic costs just in terms of lost Gross National Product. We had educational psychological costs. Lockdowns were one of the biggest policy blunders we've had in the US."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-09 22:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 9794 engagements
"ANOTHER MURDEROUS DAY IN GAZA. The Washington Post reports that Israeli strikes killed at least XX people in Gaza overnight" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 01:23:13 UTC 804.8K followers, 9912 engagements
""No country is free unless it is democratic." Mustafa Kemal Atatrk" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 11:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 26.2K engagements
"China WILL NOT ACHIEVE its Nominal GDP growth target of 7%/yr in 2025. China is MIRED in DEFLATION" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 08:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.4K engagements
"The Fed and many mainstream economists STILL dont get it. They ignore the fact that every inflation has been preceded by a surge in the money supply. INFLATION IS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE A MONETARY PHENOMENON. More in my latest with @HumanActionPod:" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 15:45:26 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Since January 2022 the Burmese kyat has depreciated XXXXX% against the USD which is why #Myanmar takes the 11th spot in this week's currency watchlist. So long as the junta remains in power the kyat will remain in the tank" @steve_hanke on X 2022-12-07 17:30:00 UTC 804.7K followers, XX engagements
"For every dollar the US government collects in tax revenue about XX cents goes down the rathole to pay the debt. INTEREST ON DEBT = PAYING TAXES FOR NOTHING" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-07 13:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 18.8K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Venezuelan bolivar comes in as the WORLD'S WORST currency. The bolivar has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. MADURO = SOCIALIST NIGHTMARE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 02:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.6K engagements
"#GHAWatch: Last week Bloomberg listed the Ghanaian cedi as the 4th WORST currency in the world. Pres. Akufo-Addo's = A MASTERCLASS IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT" @steve_hanke on X 2024-06-22 08:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 66.7K engagements
"#PakWatch: PAKISTAN MILITARY = RUNS THE SHOW" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 05:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.6K engagements
"BREAKING: Israel strikes Syria's Ministry of Defense headquartersin Damascus. NETANYAHU = WAR HAWK = BOMB ANYTHING IN THE REGION THAT MOVES" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 13:35:36 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.7K engagements
"#PakWatch: The "Free Imran Khan" movement informally launched in Lahore Pakistan on Sunday. PAKISTANIS ARE FED UP SO AM I. FREE IMRAN KHAN" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 05:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 61.1K engagements
"Since 1994 when I was Pres. Nazarbaev's advisor I have kept an eye on Kazakhstan. Trump threatens tariffs on the resource-rich Kaz. STUPID. This will open the door for Russia and China. TRUMPS TROOPS = NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 16:20:41 UTC 804.8K followers, 15.2K engagements
"The EU has approved Bulgaria's request to formally join the Eurozone. FORCED EURO ADOPTION = VOLUNTARILY GIVING UP BULGARIA'S MONETARY SOVEREIGNTY" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 09:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 18.4K engagements
"#IranWatch: During the last year the Iranian rial has depreciated by over XX% relative to the USD. Not surprisingly Iran's inflation is 44%/yr by my measure. A TANKING RIAL & RAGING INFLATION = A DEADLY COCKTAIL" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-15 06:00:01 UTC 804.7K followers, 15.1K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: Turkish police have detained nearly XXX people over the past X days. The detainees have included opposition politicians journalists and activists. ERDOGAN = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM" @steve_hanke on X 2025-02-19 09:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 1M engagements
"Indian software engineer Soham Parekh was caught secretly and simultaneously working X remote tech jobs. Reports are that there is a lot of this going on in the subcontinent SIMULTANEOUS JOBS = LOW-QUALITY WORK" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-06 21:00:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 12.6K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: XXX city hall members have been arrested in the Turkish city of Izmir. Izmir is known as the stronghold for the opposition of Pres. Erdoan. PRES. ERDOGAN = OPPOSITION ON MUTE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-04 03:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 149.2K engagements
"I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing I think that really is the key. Imran Khan" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 12:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 87.4K engagements
"#SwitzerlandWatch: Swiss M2 money supply's crawling at 3.42%/yr LOWER than Hanke's Golden Growth rate of 4.40-6.40%/yr. No wonder Swiss inflation is at a mere 0.1%/yr ONE OF THE WORLDS LOWEST" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 09:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 7884 engagements
"#UKWatch: UK GDP SHRUNK in May for the second month in a row. If Starmer was spending more time on UK economic policy and the UK budget instead of making war with Russia perhaps the UK's economy and the pound sterling wouldn't be IN THE TANK" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 10:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 8051 engagements
"The UK's economy contracted for a second consecutive month in May by 0.1%/yr. NO SURPRISE. M4 Money Supply expanded at 3.5%/yr in May FAR BELOW Hanke Golden Growth Rate of XXX% a rate consistent with hitting the UK's 2%/yr inflation target" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.1K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Iranian rial ranks as the WORLD'S 3rd WORST currency. The rial has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. IRAN = IN THE TRENCHES" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-27 14:00:01 UTC 804.7K followers, 7771 engagements
"#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr comes in as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The Ethiopian birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. PM ABIY AHMED = MASTER OF ECONOMIC INCOMPETENCE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-03-18 10:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 21.9K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: Inflation continues to PUNISH Turks. Today I measure Turkeys inflation at a SEARING 25%/yr. PRES. ERODAN = ARROGANT CORRUPT &INCOMPETENT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 81.9K engagements
"BBC reports that at least XX people were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes today. Stay tuned" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 22:23:37 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.3K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch Aslan Ozdemir editor-in-chief of LeMan Magazine was arrested upon returning from France over a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad. PRES. ERDOGANS = NO VOICE = NO PROBLEM" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 06:30:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 20.6K engagements
"THE EPSTEIN LIST OF CLIENTS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST U.S. GOVERNMENT COVER-UPS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 18:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9014 engagements
"#EthiopiaWatch: Ethiopias inflation continues to PUNISH Ethiopians. Using high-frequency data today I accurately measure Ethiopias inflation at 42.3%/yr. PM ABIY AHMED = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-03 04:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 120.1K engagements
"Israeli vigilantes (aka: settlers) on the West Bank have just murdered an American-Palestinian" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 00:54:53 UTC 804.8K followers, 24.3K engagements
"The US govt is bloated. These cuts are nothing more than a drop in the ocean" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 21:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 21.6K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: A Turkish court is BANNING @elonmusks Grok chatbot for insulting Pres. Erdoan. EVEN AI ISNT SAFE FROM PRES. ERDOANS CENSORSHIP" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 07:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 87.9K engagements
"BREAKING: Turkish court BANS Elon Musks AI chatbot Grok in Turkey over offensive content towards President Erdogan. PRES. ERDOGAN = OPPOSITION ON MUTE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 03:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 63.7K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: Turkey detains opposition mayors in Ankara and Istanbul. The lira plunges as investors flee. ERDOGAN = NO OPPOSITION = NO PROBLEM" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 07:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 33.8K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks again as the WORLD'S WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = A NEVER-ENDING DISASTER" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-23 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 17.7K engagements
"According to my good friend David Stockman the Big Beautiful Bill will lead to the US directly taking on $XX trillion in debt. THE FOOL THINKS WE ARE ALL FOOLS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 14:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.2K engagements
"NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants the elimination of billionaires. Mamdani is BANKROLLED by the Pritzker family Steven Spielberg and George Soros just to name a few. MAMDANI = BACKED BY KNOWN BILLIONAIRES" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 16:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 13.8K engagements
"#TurkeyWatch: PRES. ERDOGANS TURKEY = NO PERSON = NO PROBLEM" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 08:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 83.3K engagements
"Nvidia has just become the first company with a market value of $X TRILLION. The US stock market remains in bubble territory. THE US STOCK MARKET = OVERPRICED OVERVALUED AND OVERHYPED" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 17:00:02 UTC 804.7K followers, 11.9K engagements
"BREAKING: The US will impose a XX% tariff on Canadian goods starting Aug. X. TRUMP = A MASTERCLASS IN HOW TO TURN FRIENDS INTO ENEMIES" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 01:54:07 UTC 804.8K followers, 24.2K engagements
"Why does the Fed always miss the mark Because they IGNORE the money supply. THE FED = FLYING BLIND" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 94.9K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks as the WORLD'S 2nd WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = WAR FAMINE AND ECONOMIC DISASTER ZONE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-26 14:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 7275 engagements
"Ive solved more hyperinflation problems than any living economist. The solution is always the same: "scrap the central bank and either install a currency board or dollarize." IT WORKS EVERY TIME. My latest via @BobMurphyEcon:" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 22:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 15.9K engagements
".@PeterSchiff is spot on. Companies swapping productive investments for Bitcoin treasuries are playing ROULETTE. Bitcoin and Ethereum treasuries have NO business model because $BTC has NO FUNDAMENTAL VALUE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 13:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 58.1K engagements
"Poland's inflation remains at 4.2%/yr. That's almost double Poland's inflation target of 2.5%/yr. WHY PLs money supply (M3) is growing at only 10.25%/yr. Thats above Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 8.8%/yr a rate consistent with hitting PLs inflation target of 2.5%/yr" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 18:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 8418 engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr ranks as the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. Thebirr has depreciated by XX% against the USDYoY. PM ABIY AHMED = A BIRR CATASTROPHE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-04-04 13:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 37.1K engagements
"BREAKING: US sanctions Cuban President Daz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations. Stupid. Sanctions have kept the Communists in power since Castro's Revolution in 1959" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 22:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.1K engagements
"Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs on the US strikes against Iranian nuclear sites: "Nothing much happened except Iran realizing that it could not negotiate with the US. This was a debacle of the first order."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 02:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9463 engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound comes in as the WORLD'S WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = A DISASTER ZONE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-06-12 11:30:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.9K engagements
"#VNZWatch: Venezuela's printing press is running on overdrive. Its money supply (M3) is SURGING at 153%/yr. As night follows day today I measure Venezuela's inflation at a RED HOT 275%/yr the WORLD'S TOP INFLATOR" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 00:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 12.7K engagements
"For the first time in FIVE MONTHS China's inflation rate is positive at 0.1%/yr. China remains mired in deflation. Chinas money supply (M2) is growing at only 7.9%/yr. Thats FAR Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 10%/yr a rate consistent with hitting Chinas inflation target of 2%/yr" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 08:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Former Prime Minister Imran Khan remains behind bars. IT'S TIME TO FREE CAPTAIN PAKISTAN" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-06 03:32:16 UTC 804.8K followers, 83.5K engagements
"About XX% of broad money in the financial system has been produced by commercial banks via their lending to businesses and households. It's time to remove the Supplementary Leverage Ratio that's straitjacketing commercial banks. Read more in my recent book (Making Money Work) with Matt Sekerke:" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 02:30:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.4K engagements
"#EgyptWatch: Egypt's inflation lowered to 16.2%/yr in June. VERY SUSPECT. Egypt's money supply (M2) is still SURGING at 23.9%/yr FAR HIGHER than Hanke's Golden Growth Rate range of 13-17%/yr a rate consistent w/ hitting Egypt's 5-9%/yr inflation target" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Col. Douglas Macgregor on global distrust of the US: "I don't think anybody beyond the borders of the US believes anything the US says. We have broken our word we have deliberately misled & lied to not just Iranians but to others. They view us as unstable & dangerous."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-05 22:15:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 17.5K engagements
""A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get." Atatrk" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 12:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 40.2K engagements
"#SSudanWatch: Today I measure South Sudans inflation at a CRUSHING 90%/yr. South Sudanese civilians continue to be PUNISHED by inflation and the civil war. I remain the only reliable source for inflationary measures in South Sudan" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 10:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 7347 engagements
"#NGAWatch: Why should the IMF not grant Nigeria a breather. Nigeria's money supply continues to grow out of control. Its money supply (M3) SURGES at 22.7%/yr. That's nearly 2x Hankes Golden Growth Rate of 12.4%/yr for a 6%/yr inflation target. TINUBU = ARROGANT INCOMPETENT & CORRUPT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 06:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 9237 engagements
"#EthiopiaWatch: On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birrchecks in as the WORST CURRENCY IN THE WORLD. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. MORE EVIDENCE OF AN IMF FAILURE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-02-12 07:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 64.8K engagements
"#ZIMWatch: Zimbabwes money supply (M2) is still SURGING at 122%/yr. Today I measure ZIM's inflation at a PUNISHING 79%/yr. ZIMBABWES ECONOMY = IN THE TANK" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-16 09:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 8495 engagements
"#PAKWatch: The Balochistan Liberation Front a rebel faction in Pakistan has launched a new wave of XX coordinated attacks on government and military installations. PAKISTAN = LAWLESS. FREE IMRAN KHAN" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-13 20:29:52 UTC 804.8K followers, 13.4K engagements
"#ARGWatch: Argentine lawmakers recently passed a pension hike in spite of President Milei's objections. Once again Argentina's political class can't stop their ADDICTION to unsustainable SPENDING. ARGENTINA = WORLD'S BIGGEST DEADBEAT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-17 00:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9001 engagements
"Pres. Trump is now calling on the Fed to cut rates by AT LEAST XXX basis points. By not focusing on the money supply Fed Chairman Powell and Trump are both flying blind. BOTH = MONETARY NINCOMPOOPS" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 20:00:00 UTC 804.7K followers, 15K engagements
"#ZIMWatch: Zimbabwe's money supply (M2) is SURGING at 122%/yr. As night follows day today I measure Zimbabwe's inflation at a CRUSHING 79%/yr. Pres. Mnangagwa = A MASTERCLASS IN ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-17 06:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 5918 engagements
"My great friend and mentor Milton Friedman on government spending: "The government will spend whatever the tax system will yield plus as much more as it can get away with. Its doing far more harm than good."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-09 14:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.8K engagements
"In 1979 my friend mentor and Nobelist Milton Friedman proposed a 3-STEP SOLUTION to REVIVE the US economy: 1) CUT GOV SPENDING. 2) SOUND MONEY. 3) CUT RED TAPE. THE TRUMP TROOPS = NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-15 16:00:02 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.6K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the South Sudanese pound ranks again as the WORLD'S 2nd WORST currency. The pound has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. SOUTH SUDAN = HUMANITARIAN DISASTER" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 02:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 10.4K engagements
"ANOTHER MURDEROUS DAY IN GAZA. XX people including X children were killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting to fill water containers on Sunday" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 00:28:46 UTC 804.8K followers, 22.9K engagements
"#PAKWatch: Pakistans central bank is preparing to launch a pilot program for digital currency. PAKISTAN NEEDS A DIGITAL CURRENCY LIKE IT NEEDS A HOLE IN THE HEAD. CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES = MORE STATE SURVEILLANCE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-11 04:00:01 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.5K engagements
"PhD economists say tariffs will slow growth CapEx and earnings. MBA forecasters say earnings will accelerate. Both cant be right. I'm on the side of the PhD economists" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-14 19:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 9620 engagements
"Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman on US involvement in Ukraine & Israel: "We can't really handle both the proxy war in Ukraine & the proxy war that Israel is conducting. Turns out we don't have the infinite capacity that the President sometimes seems to imagine we do."" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-10 15:00:03 UTC 804.8K followers, 7810 engagements
"#EgyptWatch: Egypt's inflation fell from 17%/yr in May to 15%/yr in June. BUT INFLATION IS DOUBLE EGYPT'S INFLATION TARGET OF 5-9%/yr. This is no surprise. Egypt's money supply (M2) is growing at 24%/yr ABOVE Hanke's Golden Growth Rate Range of 13-17%/yr" @steve_hanke on X 2025-07-12 06:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 11.4K engagements
"On this week's Hanke's #CurrencyWatchlist the Ethiopian birr is the WORLD'S 4TH WORST currency. The birr has depreciated by XX% against the USD YoY. ETHIOPIA = BURIED IN A HOLE" @steve_hanke on X 2025-04-09 08:00:00 UTC 804.8K followers, 40.7K engagements