RT @arappeport: Biden says $1400 stimulus payments should go to working class and middle class Americans.
David Wessel Sat 20 Feb 2021 16:06

RT @RonBrownstein: Most important decision Biden & Ds face is whether to end filibuster to pass national standards safeguarding right to vo…
David Wessel Sat 20 Feb 2021 15:21

RT @DrPatSoonShiong: WSJ article inaccurate. We are committed to the @LATimes
David Wessel Fri 19 Feb 2021 21:31

RT @Eugenia_South: In first 2 weeks of @PennMedicine vaccine roll out, 22% of Black employees compared to 62% white employees got or were s…
David Wessel Fri 19 Feb 2021 16:50

RT @TraceyRyniec: Booking is busting out to new highs on TripAdvisor's optimism about the second half of 2021. Airbnbs already completely b…
David Wessel Fri 19 Feb 2021 15:55

RT @kearney_melissa: There is much to like about the Romney child benefit proposal, & with some tweaks to the financing, it could be even…
David Wessel Fri 19 Feb 2021 14:50

Noted: Texas is 8% of the US economy (h/t Phil Suttle)
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 20:04

Texas https://t.co/ZRwe0Y2XnW
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 17:29

RT @SadieCollective: ?AMAZING NEWS ALERT? The @SadieCollective is proud and excited to announce that we are entering a multi-year partners…
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 16:49

CBO now expects capital gains realizations — sales of assets — to jump by 45%, topping $1 trillion, compared to what it expected six months ago. That is 10 times the rebound it predicts this year in wages and salaries. via @politico
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 13:29

RT @compliancememe: @davidmwessel Even better: 1993— NYT buys Boston Globe for $1.1 billion 2013— sells Globe to Red Sox owner John Henry…
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 12:54

Life expectancy is the average number of years that a newborn is expected to live if current death rates do not change. Declines in developed countries are rare. US saw one from 2014 to 2017 as the opioid epidemic took its toll. (NYT)
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 12:24

1986: LA Times pays about $400 million for the Baltimore Sun. 2021: Stewart Bainum’s non-profit buys Baltimore Sun (and two smaller papers) from Chicago Tribune for $65 million.
David Wessel Thu 18 Feb 2021 12:14

RT @MayorBowser: Beginning on Thursday, February 18, individuals who work in a grocery store setting, health and human services and social…
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 23:29

RT @sam_a_bell: .@RameshPonnuru + @DavidBeckworth come out swinging: "The danger to which the inflation hawks are pointing is mostly illuso…
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 22:54

And here's how the FOMC minutes describe FOMC participants views on risks to financial stability: https://t.co/WbeSAFNyeS
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 21:54

At Jan FOMC meeting, Fed staff “characterized the financial vulnerabilities of the U.S. financial system as notable.” Noted declining corp bond spreads, risks associated with household and business borrowing. Link
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 21:49

RT @BrookingsEcon: New today: @phil_wellesley analyzes two approaches to lowering the cost of college - doubling the Pell grant or creating…
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 18:23

RT @porszag: Business surveys and other evidence suggest we still have a lot of post-pandemic economic adjustment to come -- and why that j…
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 13:53

RT @EricaLG: “Returning The Baltimore Sun to Maryland hands...????” ? The Baltimore Sun to be acquired by nonprofit from Tribune Publishi…
David Wessel Wed 17 Feb 2021 00:13

RT @ErikFossing: Not far off our estimates. Hat-tip to @RobinBrooksIIF who started this campaign and published similar last week using emp…
David Wessel Tue 16 Feb 2021 16:47

RT @caitlinzemma: Democrats’ use of reconciliation will trigger cuts to Medicare and farm subsidies that both parties must later work to av…
David Wessel Tue 16 Feb 2021 14:47

RT @Rosa_DeLauro: @SandeferSays You should see my living room... https://t.co/e3bsM9MQ2V
David Wessel Tue 16 Feb 2021 14:02

RT @tomricks1: Like the whole govt of a small Iowa town got arrested: "Mayor Greg Buum, Police Chief Craig Merrill, City Clerk Tracie Lang…
David Wessel Sun 14 Feb 2021 13:25

Republican senators Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse and Toomey joined the 50 Democrats in voting guilty.
David Wessel Sat 13 Feb 2021 20:55