Michael McKee
@mckonomy.bsky.social
International economics and policy for Bloomberg.
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
This... is a jacket. Of some sort.
January 11, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This... is a jacket. Of some sort.
Trump posted this chart last night, which included today's jobs figures. The administration gets the data at 6pm on the day before the jobs release - but the data are supposed to be embargoed.
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Trump posted this chart last night, which included today's jobs figures. The administration gets the data at 6pm on the day before the jobs release - but the data are supposed to be embargoed.
If "data don't lie" that must mean Trump lied when he fired Dr McEntarfer at BLS.
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If "data don't lie" that must mean Trump lied when he fired Dr McEntarfer at BLS.
Defacing a national monument. I can only imagine the question Joseph Welch would ask Karoline Leavitt. Or Donald Trump.
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Defacing a national monument. I can only imagine the question Joseph Welch would ask Karoline Leavitt. Or Donald Trump.
There is just no bottom. No shame. No morality.
December 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
There is just no bottom. No shame. No morality.
A week before Christmas, so of course the store down the street is full of holiday items.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A week before Christmas, so of course the store down the street is full of holiday items.
A week before Christmas, so of course the store down the street is full of holiday items.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A week before Christmas, so of course the store down the street is full of holiday items.
This is what the BLS CPI tables look like. Mostly blank spaces. You have to impute from 2-month changes in the annual rates. But imputing does suggest general good news.
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is what the BLS CPI tables look like. Mostly blank spaces. You have to impute from 2-month changes in the annual rates. But imputing does suggest general good news.
Rumor has it there is some interest in the Federal Reserve today...
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Rumor has it there is some interest in the Federal Reserve today...
Another way of raising a question for the @federalreserve.gov
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another way of raising a question for the @federalreserve.gov
JOLTS poses a devil's advocate question for @federalreserve.gov policymakers: what if... the labor market isn't weaking all that much?
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
JOLTS poses a devil's advocate question for @federalreserve.gov policymakers: what if... the labor market isn't weaking all that much?
Back-to-back in my timeline:
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Back-to-back in my timeline:
Interesting marketing strategy: potato chips -- made from potatoes!
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Interesting marketing strategy: potato chips -- made from potatoes!
I take it there are no economists working at the Department of Labor...
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I take it there are no economists working at the Department of Labor...
Very strict rules at the Nepal Finance Ministry.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Very strict rules at the Nepal Finance Ministry.
Even better than I suggested, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Even better than I suggested, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
Why do the words F-You come to mind?
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why do the words F-You come to mind?
Surprised I haven't seen this in every post about the "promised vote" on health care premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Surprised I haven't seen this in every post about the "promised vote" on health care premiums.
If you give a mouse a cookie....
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you give a mouse a cookie....
Courts? Judges? The law? Not in Trump's America....
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Courts? Judges? The law? Not in Trump's America....
Farther down the list of concerns, but still out there: dreading the possibility of time series breaks if we have no October (and/or) November data. Covid totally screwed up chart making:
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Farther down the list of concerns, but still out there: dreading the possibility of time series breaks if we have no October (and/or) November data. Covid totally screwed up chart making:
I assume he's referring to what's happened since Jan. 20, 2025.
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I assume he's referring to what's happened since Jan. 20, 2025.