RT @amacker: NEW: FSOC to meet for the first time during the Biden admin on March 31 at 3pm. Up for public discussion: climate change. Priv…
David Wessel Wed 24 Mar 2021 20:39

Fact o day. At year-end 2019, Amazon had 798,000 full- and part-time employees (not counting contractors and temps.) At year end 2020, the company had 1,298,000. a 62% increase.
David Wessel Wed 24 Mar 2021 13:04

Jay Powell says the Fed doesn’t want the SLR to be the binding constraint, wants risk-based capital to be the binding constraint and will be making proposals to that end “relatively soon" https://t.co/2sTZKE2PsJ
David Wessel Tue 23 Mar 2021 23:08

RT @adamcancryn: I’ve read a lot of financial disclosures (far too many), but this is a new one for me: Jeff Zients – the WH Covid respon…
David Wessel Tue 23 Mar 2021 20:08

RT @caitlinzemma: OMB says it will release Biden’s fiscal 2022 discretionary funding request next week. Confirming @jeneps report.
David Wessel Tue 23 Mar 2021 19:28

RT @ChadAldeman: Wow. Census Bureau data suggest homeschooling rose from 5.4 percent of households last spring to 11.1% this fall. (Surve…
David Wessel Mon 22 Mar 2021 20:37

RT @USDOL: Know a researcher who’s passionate about - Using data to understand equity issues - Understanding how policies impact access to…
David Wessel Mon 22 Mar 2021 20:37

RT @JonLemire: Former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach club - where the former president lives - has been partially closed because of a…
David Wessel Fri 19 Mar 2021 21:40

RT @damianpaletta: Interviews with more than 170 officials and counting...@yabutaleb7 and I are so excited for June 29.
David Wessel Fri 19 Mar 2021 19:00

RT @R_Perli: 1/8 This is a thread about whether Fed policy is really as easy and dovish as it seems and as the Fed intends it to be. I…
David Wessel Fri 19 Mar 2021 15:19

Here’s the BoJ (English) summary of what it did today (abandoned target for stock purchases, widened band for yield on 10-year JGB). It was easier to understand when all central banks did was adjust short-term rates Link
David Wessel Fri 19 Mar 2021 11:09

RT @JRubinBlogger: If Sinema and Manchin want to keep the filibuster they need to find 10 Rs to pass basic voting rights. Period. If they c…
David Wessel Fri 19 Mar 2021 01:14

RT @thefactualnews: ? What impact will this new $1.9 trillion stimulus have? Join us at The Factual Club on Clubhouse today as we discuss t…
David Wessel Thu 18 Mar 2021 18:34

RT @EricLiptonNYT: Young staffers at Goldman Sachs are not happy. Here is anonymous survey 13 first-year analysts at Goldman did and then s…
David Wessel Thu 18 Mar 2021 18:08

RT @reckless: It took 7 years(!), a trip to the Delaware Supreme Court(!) and an amicus brief signed by 40+ other media companies(!), but t…
David Wessel Thu 18 Mar 2021 18:03

RT @sam_a_bell: you guys are still asking about the dots?! https://t.co/z5l34wpgSr
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 19:28

Powell disses the dots, as Yellen did when they were at odds with the signal the Fed was trying to send.
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 18:53

Jay Powell: Don’t look at the rising number of dots predicting rate increases, look at the “bulk of the committee”
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 18:48

Fed wants to see “actual progress…not forecast progress” towards employment and inflation goals: Powell
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 18:43

In December, only 1 FOMC members saw a 2022 #Fed rate hike; today, 4 do. In December, 5 saw a 2023 rate hike; today 7 do.
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 18:33

RT @Neil_Irwin: I suspect this is the exact headline Powell was hoping for. Now just has to avoid muddying the message in Q&A. https://t.co…
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 18:18

RT @byHeatherLong: BIG NEWS: The IRS is delaying the tax filing deadline by a month to May 15, sources say The IRS has a backlog of 24 mil…
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 18:18

ICYMI. Here's video of a great panel on antitrust, market power & competition w/MIT's Nancy Rose, IMF's Romain Duval, Tomasso Valletti of Imperial College, moderated by @greg_ip of @WSJ. Starts at 59:00 https:/brook.gs/3e1UwCo via @BrookingsInst Hutchins Center & @Bruegel_org
David Wessel Wed 17 Mar 2021 14:07

RT @nabjprez2011: The Boston Globe is seeking a DC Bureau Chief. Come join us. If you have questions or have an interest, let me know. @NAB…
David Wessel Tue 16 Mar 2021 19:31

Roberto Perli: Investors don’t see inflation sustainably overshooting Fed's 2% target before 2023and don’t see the labor market reaching maximum employment before 2023. But almost 80% of investors in Cornerstone Macro survey see Fed lifting off before the end of 2023.
David Wessel Tue 16 Mar 2021 18:41