#Stlouisfed

Michael Madowitz

mikemadowitz

Women are getting the worst of this recessionBut it turns out there’s a huge marriage story we’ve been missingMarried women lost almost 1 million jobs last month. (single men gained

michaeljburry

michaeljburry

More lack of preparation. Since the GFC, Federal Govt added $2.50 Debt:$1.00 GDP, and S&P500 cos borrowed $4 trillion to buy back $4 trillion stock. Households, with longer memories, had

Donald Schneider

DonFSchneider

For posterity, a few charts on cost per month of a few ideas:First, here's the cumulative share of the labor force sorted by occupational contact intensity (proxy for Covid risk).

Daniel Dale

ddale8

This manufacturing jobs section is a mess on both sides.1) Harris said the US lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs because of the China trade war. But the US gained manufacturing jobs

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/-I've re-read a brilliant 1939 speech by Marriner Eccle that has much to teach the next administration on how to emerge from many years of weak growth exacerbated by Covid-19.

Darshan Dorsey

darshandorsey

For the first time in a decade, US asset investors find themselves caught between two titanic forces. Quantifying the balance between the two is critical in assessing future risk:reward. 1/n

Payt🗳️n Chung

paytonchung

Construction costs have almost doubled (+98%) since 2000, almost twice as fast as inflation (+53%).https://www.rsmeansonline.com/references/unit/refpdf/hci.pdfOne big reason why do new houses cost so much more than they used to: because

Matt Pearce 🦅

mattdpearce

“In the decades after a pandemic, real wages in Europe (for which there is the best continuous data) invariably increase ... These gains are at the expense of capital; shareholders

Heather Boushey

HBoushey

Long thread on upcoming #JobsDay—This Friday, BLS will release new data showing how many jobs were gained—or lost—in July. This data is critical for understanding whether the economy is in

Jonathan Welburn

jwwelburn

#GDP numbers got a lot of reaction this morning because…+33%! But context is important, and since I love making charts, here are couple that guide my interpretation. First, rates are

Richmond Fed

RichmondFed

Research Director Kartik Athreya, along with colleagues from @KansasCityFed and @stlouisfed, authored a fourth special report on financial distress and the second wave of #COVID19: https://bit.ly/FinDistress4 Between April 15 and

covid19sitrep

covid19sitrep

Covid19 update thread for 04-05-2020Today: reported daily positives and fatalaties dropped. This is good, but I'm skeptical it's not just a reporting artifact (especially since fatalaties should lag positives). Also

Evan Woolley

EWoolleyWard8

1/ #GreenLine will help shape Calgary for the next 100 years. Lets talk about what the future holds.Even during economic downturns, #Calgary has seen transit ridership grow. The graph below

Gerg

Gergyl

I'm curious about funny money economics, which has a long history in our region -- Social Credit in NZ, and of course Bill Mitchell's MMT. Relevant atm with governments around

Czarina Harris

CzarinaHarris

The @BlackAmCaucus is putting on an excellent twitter townhall using #unbanked and addressing the direct impact #COVID19 is having on black lives. I’ll be sharing some of the housing topics

Michael Madowitz

mikemadowitz

New paper on women in the recession, w/ @capwomenIt. Is. Grim.Space Shuttle Challenger disaster: 1986Today’s Women’s employment to population ratio: back to 1986 levels There are many parallels…https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/