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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 9h

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 9h

🙏🏼 for Dolly ❤️

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 16h

Growth in H1

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations on all of it!

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 2d

Projection is always the strategy 🙄

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 2d

These are Maine Coons

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 3d

People are talking about the choice of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show as an appeal to an international audience but here’s some data—his 2022 tour was the highest grossing tour in *North America*, Latinos are 20% of the US population, Benito is an American and Latin music is just good

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 3d

May you find all the audacity and resolve of a 10lb kitten…and happy #Caturday

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 6d

*SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO LET TRUMP IMMEDIATELY OUST FED'S COOK

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 7d

Whelp! ADP did a preliminary benchmark to the QCEW and we are already seeing private job losses in August & September...

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 7d

The Damage Done: @marianneguenot.bsky.social tells the story of clinical trials derailed by the administration's reckless science policy, across kidney disease, HIV, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. Years of work and money thrown away, at times just short of a cure.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The damage done - Nature Medicine

When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

www.nature.com

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 7d

This fever dream against diversity is just wildly at odds with the reality of the modern US labor market that all employers, including the military must compete for talent in

the graph shows that white men are a third of the labor market in 2024, down from more than 60% in the 1950s

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 7d

Todays data suggest the labor market is cooling pretty rapidly despite low layoffs and unemployment. The hiring rate hit a new cycle low alongside a decline in quits suggesting it is weak demand rather than limited supply and consumers are reporting a lack of job opportunities

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 12d

DOGE is about stealing data not efficiency:

"DOGE operatives could edit and delete data in this system and potentially share it with private entities or foreign actors"

So grateful to investigative journalists like @makenakelly.bsky.social & @telliotter.bsky.social

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 13d

A new senate report is full of *shocking* details about DOGE activities inside the federal government. Including, unfortunately, the disturbing access that DOGE affiliates had to our SSNs:

"One whistleblower noted the possibility that the agency may need to re-issue SSNs to all who possess one."

Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details

A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.

www.wired.com

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 13d

Tax cuts, AI + some reduction in interest rates may be enough to offset the fistfuls of policy sand being lobbed into the gears of the US economy, but 2/3 of growth comes from consumers, & with companies relying on reduced hiring to protect their margins the engine of hiring /spending is at risk

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 14d

More trouble lies ahead on the US job front - FT column here from the always excellent @jc-econ.bsky.social. The Fed is right to worry about what is happening in employment www.ft.com/content/091c...

More trouble lies ahead on the US job front

The Fed was right to cut rates given the downside risks to employment

www.ft.com

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 14d

More trouble lies ahead on the US job front - FT column here from the always excellent @jc-econ.bsky.social. The Fed is right to worry about what is happening in employment www.ft.com/content/091c...

More trouble lies ahead on the US job front

The Fed was right to cut rates given the downside risks to employment

www.ft.com

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 14d

I never advocated for staying in permanent crisis or not making necessary policy adjustments, but the way you do it matters and involves coalition building, strategy and sometimes patience. Competence and experience are helpful in this regard. Same goes for the US

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 14d

The job of an elected official is to govern, especially through difficult transitions. It doesn't matter if you have good ideas if you can't execute. This isn't a journal article with elegant math, it is the art of policy making

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 15d

And yet guess who the real culprit of our loss of freedoms and economic dynamism is?

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15d

#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 15d

The man who gifted Musk his infamous chainsaw is now begging the US for a bailout…

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18d

Argentina spends $1bn to defend peso as Milei’s crisis spirals on.ft.com/4gtNFzW

Argentina spends $1bn to defend peso as President Javier Milei’s crisis spirals

Monetary authority intervenes in currency market for third time this week, selling $678mn on Friday

on.ft.com

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 18d

More pro growth policies!

*TRUMP EXPECTED TO ADD NEW $100,000 FEE FOR H-1B VISAS

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 19d

@chrisrugaber.bsky.social asked a good Q in yesterday's Fed press conference--could tariffs be reducing labor demand as companies unable to pass them along thru higher prices to cautious consumers protect margins instead by reducing hiring & labor costs. That seems to be just what CEOs are reporting

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 20d

May you live in placid times

--JPow, 2025

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