Preston Mui
@prestonmui.bsky.social
Economist at Employ America | Kasia Niewiadoma Fanboy | Bird Liker
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
Take a chill pill
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Take a chill pill
Wage and compensation growth has fallen steadily over the past couple years but private nonunion EIC growth has been stable for the last year and a half. The decline is all in union and government (which is mostly an product of lagged dynamics and convegence)
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Wage and compensation growth has fallen steadily over the past couple years but private nonunion EIC growth has been stable for the last year and a half. The decline is all in union and government (which is mostly an product of lagged dynamics and convegence)
If you read Will Raderman's piece for us at @employamerica.bsky.social you might remember that these are two of the sectors where reported AI usage is the highest
www.employamerica.org/labor-market...
www.employamerica.org/labor-market...
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
If you read Will Raderman's piece for us at @employamerica.bsky.social you might remember that these are two of the sectors where reported AI usage is the highest
www.employamerica.org/labor-market...
www.employamerica.org/labor-market...
Even the composition of unemployment took a turn for the better, with a jump in the number of unemployed job *leavers* (probably the least bad type of unemployment)
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Even the composition of unemployment took a turn for the better, with a jump in the number of unemployed job *leavers* (probably the least bad type of unemployment)
Despite high-profile layoff headlines it's the Employment to Unemployment flow rate that really drove the good household survey numbers this month
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Despite high-profile layoff headlines it's the Employment to Unemployment flow rate that really drove the good household survey numbers this month
I love the deep state
February 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I love the deep state
Does the game have nominal rigidities though? Or is that only in the expansion
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Does the game have nominal rigidities though? Or is that only in the expansion
Canceled jobs day is the closest thing i have to a snow day these days
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Canceled jobs day is the closest thing i have to a snow day these days
My thoughts exactly
January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
My thoughts exactly
Seattle local environmental activism is dominated by anti-density and pro-parking causes. So embarrassing.
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/27/c...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/27/c...
Conservation Groups Join Push Against Seattle Growth Plan » The Urbanist
# Birds Connect Seattle, Thornton Creek Alliance, and the Orca Conservancy are among the groups trying to send the City of Seattle back to the drawing board on its housing growth plan. They're pushing...
www.theurbanist.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Seattle local environmental activism is dominated by anti-density and pro-parking causes. So embarrassing.
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/27/c...
www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/27/c...
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Today's FOMC statement deletes December reference to "downside risks to emplohment"
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Today's FOMC statement deletes December reference to "downside risks to emplohment"
Don't envy your job today haha
January 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Don't envy your job today haha
They really buffed language in the most recent patch
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
They really buffed language in the most recent patch