Reposted by David WiczerErika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The larger-than-usual downward revision last month was in large part driven by a negative skew in the job growth distribution among late reporting firms. That’s unusual, but it’s happened before when the pace of job growth slows rapidly. This print is more evidence that was the case 9377134
Reposted by David WiczerAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 14/07/2025Unemployment insurance raises workers' bargaining power and wages, new research from @davidwiczer.bsky.social @atlantafed.org & co-authors. #EconSky www.atlantafed.org/research/pub... 46724
Reposted by David WiczerGizem Kosar @gizemkosar.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Households often use stimulus checks to repay their debt. How does this affect the effectiveness and design of fiscal policy? Check out the @FacultiNet video where we discuss our joint work with Davide Melcangi, @pilossopher.bsky.social, and @davidwiczer.bsky.social faculti.net/debt-stimulu...faculti.netDebt, Stimulus & Household Cash TransfersIf most households use stimulus checks to repay debt, what does that mean for how we design economic policy? 071
David Wiczer @davidwiczer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025A fun/important little piece with @AtlantaFed colleagues. Our survey center asked firms how exposed their supply chain was to imports. More import-intensive firms expect to raise prices more *and* the more their competitors import,the more they'll raise. www.atlantafed.org/research/pub...atlantafed.orgWill Tariffs Touch Off an Inflationary Impulse? Business Execs Think So.This Policy Hub paper uses survey data to explore tariffs' potential inflationary impact and how it could spill over beyond those firms directly affected. 132
Reposted by David WiczerPeterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 09/04/2025nvm 20606129
David Wiczer @davidwiczer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The question here is how to read different sources. I think that JOLTS are tricky now because vacancy yields are so low. It can inflate the stock, and we saw that... Fewer hires than would've been expected from this tightness ever since the end of the pandemic. 142
Reposted by David WiczerAEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Forthcoming in AEJ: Macroeconomics: "‘Less is More’: Consumer Spending and the Size of Economic Stimulus Payments" by Michele Andreolli and Paolo Surico. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...aeaweb.org‘Less is More’: Consumer Spending and the Size of Economic Stimulus Payments(Forthcoming Article) - We study the consumption response to unexpected transitory income gains of different size, using hypothetical questions from the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth. ... 083
Reposted by David WiczerTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 25/11/2024My recent op-ed in Project Syndicate (with @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social and others) lays out some arguments for why Trump should support a victory in Ukraine. Check it out. Key points summarized below. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...project-syndicate.orgTrump’s Best Hope for Peace Is to Support Ukraine | by Tatyana Deryugina, et al - Project SyndicateTatyana Deryugina, et al warn that trying to appease Putin could cast the American president-elect as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain. 11412
Reposted by David WiczerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/11/2024Pete Buttigieg told Democrats to not allow themselves to be so outraged by the Trump administration that they would neglect working for their constituents. “We cannot be mesmerized by the worst things that we see happening,” Buttigieg said. nyti.ms/3ZiKILz 1173548380
David Wiczer @davidwiczer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I love this: tariffs are expected to have an even bigger final goods price effect because of their effects on intermediate input prices...this'll be interesting learning where the market power is, i.e. who passes what through 020
Reposted by David WiczerChristian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Authenticating your Bluesky identity involves a custom domain. Given that your RePEc account is authenticated, you can also do it by having your Bluesky handle listed on your RePEc profile. Not perfect, but it works among economists. authors.repec.org #EconSky #RePEcauthors.repec.orgRePEc Author Service 0116
Reposted by David WiczerChristian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · 18/11/2024You can now list your Bluesky account in your RePEc profile, like you already could for Mastodon and Twitter. Log in at the RePEc Author Service, click on "contacts", enter it and save. It will be listed on your profile at IDEAS after the next nightly refresh. authors.repec.org #econsky #RePEcauthors.repec.orgRePEc Author Service 413564
David Wiczer @davidwiczer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Fun little Policy Hub piece from Pat Higgins, Melinda Pitts, and me (doi.org/10.29338/ph2...). The basic point was to highlight how concentrated among a few industries was employment growth in the past bit.doi.orgIndustry-Level Sources for Solid US Employment Growth: Running on Empty or More Room to Run?This Policy Hub paper examines the recent US labor market, finding that three key sectors are primarily driving ongoing solid growth. 110
Reposted by David WiczerJordan Weissmann @jhweissmann.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Good piece from @jerusalem.bsky.social about how Democrats are on the verge of NIMBYing themselves into being uncompetitive in presidential elections. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThe Democrats Are Committing PartycideIn the future, even winning the former “Blue Wall” states won’t be enough for the party’s presidential nominees. 191
Reposted by David WiczerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/11/2024The Onion, a satirical publication that skewers newsmakers and current events, said on Thursday that it had won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars, a website founded and operated by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. nyti.ms/4fqnxEF 271125115