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Jeff Sommer

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New York Times financial columnist and editor; former Newsday foreign correspondent and editor. www.nytimes.com/by/jeff-sommer

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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I have been feeling déjà vu all over again. On oil shocks, then and now. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/b...
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The Oil Shocks of the ’70s Changed the World. Will the Iran War Do the Same?
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 16/03/2026
Paying taxes would feel better if the truly rich were bearing a fair share, via @jeffnyc.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...
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It’s Good to Be a Billionaire, Even at Tax Time
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
In a breathtaking reversal of reality, Trump uses a taxpayer funded website to whitewash the history of Jan. 6, blaming Capitol Police, Democrats and Pence -- everyone but himself and the mob that stormed the Capitol. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
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White House Posts False Jan. 6 Narrative on Riot’s 5th Anniversary
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b... A prediction to ignore. Some talk about tennis. And some serious thoughts about the markets. My latest for the New York Times.
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Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w... Important information about the June 4 Tiananmen massacre
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The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b... With a “gift” link
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The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b... My latest NYT column, on the risks in the market and how to deal with them.
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The Markets Are Temperamental. Understand Your Risks.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Final update for tonight to this explainer (gift link). I'm going to go eat something unhealthy.
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Can You Still Get the Covid Shot?
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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
For most Americans, Social Security is their most valuable asset, a CBO study shows, making up 1/3 of wealth for the middle class and keeping low-income households out of destitution. via @jeffnyc.bsky.social (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/b...
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Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security.
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Alliance for Retired Americans @retiredams.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This powerful essay from @jeffnyc.bsky.social makes an excellent point: For most of us, Social Security is our most valuable possession. Like all assets, it's important we keep it, and it's on our elected officials to protect it.
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Americans’ Most Valuable Asset Isn’t Stocks or a Home. It’s Social Security.
For the vast majority of people, the stream of promised retirement checks is worth more than anything else, our columnist says.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 04/08/2025
The Stock Market Is Good, Bad and Ugly, Often in Quick Succession The market’s best days frequently occur in the midst of misery, so don’t bother trying to figure out where stocks are heading, says @jeffnyc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The Danger of a Market Melt-Up www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/b... My latest for @nytimes.com
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The Danger of a Market Melt-Up
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John Berlinsky 🇨🇦 @berlinskyjohn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Markets are indeed doing well. Feels a bit like the Summer of 2007. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/b...
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A Solid Report Card for the Markets, Despite Shock and Worry
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...
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The Markets Are Balancing on a Knife’s Edge
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
There’s a Good Chance Crypto Is Spreading in Your Retirement Account www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/b...
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There’s a Good Chance Crypto Is Spreading in Your Retirement Account
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 09/06/2025
The spoils of being C.E.O. Via @jeffnyc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
corporate income inequality is off the charts, writes @jeffnyc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
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The Rich Compensation for Being the C.E.O.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It’s good to be the boss. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
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The Rich Compensation for Being the C.E.O.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Thank you, my friend. We had a great run. You could not only tell the dismal story but make it funny, a greater feat. @jswatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/b...
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Looking for an Easy-to-Win Trade War of My Very Own (Published 2018)
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
My secret goal for reincarnation. Out there for all to see…. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b... #tennis #finance #bonds
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We Are Witnessing the Bond Market’s Power to Intimidate
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Ben&Jerry’s is in the news again and one of my favorite writers is on it. forward.com/news/720682/...
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Ben & Jerry's co-founder was arrested this week — it was far from the first time
Since Ben & Jerry's ice cream company was founded in 1978, activism has been (half) baked into the brand's DNA.
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 04/05/2025
Putting the recent dollar decline in a larger historical context, from @jeffnyc.bsky.social. The Fed’s Real Broad Trade-Weighted Index showed the dollar up 23 percent over 2004-2024... stronger late last year than it had been since 1985. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...
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Don’t Count the Dollar Out Just Yet
As President Trump’s tariffs rock the world, German bonds and the euro are benefiting. But U.S. strength endures, our columnist says.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Oy. How to navigate the Trump markets and preserve your 401(k). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
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Long-Term Investing Has Gotten Riskier as Trump’s Tariffs Shake the Markets
President Trump’s policies have shaken the markets. Protect yourself first, and, only then, take advantage of investment bargains, our columnist says.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
You knew this was coming:
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Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list
The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars
By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bal... #baloncesto #basketball #Oaxaca #México
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Jump Shots at 6,000 Feet: Inside Oaxaca's Love of Hoops
Every year, thousands of Indigenous athletes flock to a small mountain town for "el honor del competir."
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I mean, true, but not by changing statutory rates...
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My latest column.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My latest column.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time
With stocks in a steep decline and tariffs inducing recession jitters, the patience of investors may be tested.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
In Worst Stock Market in Years, Slow and Boring Has Eased the Pain www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...
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With the Worst U.S. Stock Market In Years, Try Some Old-Fashioned Investments
People have avoided huge losses by holding old-fashioned, well-balanced investments, an approach our columnist is banking on for the future.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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How to Invest in a Time of Stock Market Turmoil and Economic Uncertainty (Gift Article)
People with bond and international stock funds have held their own, despite a shaky U.S. stock market and the uncertainty and turmoil flowing from the White House.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/b... Watch the 10-year Treasury market for clues about mortgages, credit cards, stocks, and the future of the Trump administration. My New York Times column.
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Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, credit cards and much more, our columnist says.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b... What’s A.I. really worth?
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When It Comes to Investing, Is A.I. Worth the Hype?
After the arrival of a less costly A.I. model from China, U.S. markets and academics are wrestling with the ultimate economic value of the technology.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/b... My latest NYT column
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The Fed Is Sitting on the Sidelines, but for How Long?
The relative calm in the markets may not survive upheaval in the A.I. sector and a deluge of disruptive Trump policies, our columnist says.
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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/b... In my latest NYT column, I suggest ways of thinking about stocks and bonds during a presidency with a deep devotion to profits.
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For Investors, the Business of America Is Still Business
Our columnist suggests how to think about stocks and bonds during a presidency that is signaling a deep devotion to profits.
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Holy cow. Executives at CBS’s parent company have discussed settling Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News/60 Minutes, because they need the Trump administration to sign off on a planned corporate merger. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b... The markets are confused, and no wonder. My NYT column.
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Investing in Stocks and Bonds Will Be Trickier Under Trump
Sizzling returns well may continue, but our columnist suggests that it would be wise to prepare for the next storm.
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Orthodox economists are finally getting their come-uppance."What was the point of their careful data-gathering, their complex models, their intricate theories if no one was going to listen to their advice anyway?" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
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Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/b... Good piece by Santul Nerkar. Appreciating coffee.
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Why Coffee Prices Are Soaring (Again)
Wholesale coffee prices are trading near a 50-year high because of shortages related to extreme weather and increased global demand.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
search.app/t77ms7MjCfGe... Looking for a Hanukkah meal to remember? Here are three ways to ensure you get one — with, gasp, no latkes involved. Source: The Forward A great one from a young food expert.
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A Hanukkah with no latkes? 3 tips for the best holiday feast of your life
Looking for a Hanukkah meal to remember? Here are three ways to ensure you get one — with, gasp, no latkes involved.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/b... Optimistic guesses about the future are not forecasts. My latest NYT column.
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Wall St. Is Making Irrelevant Predictions, Again
Optimistic guesses about the future are not forecasts, our columnist says.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Thoughtful, honest writing about work in this difficult profession. Bravo!
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b... The Fed Is Stuck Fighting the Last War: Mired in a battle to contain surging prices, the central bank also needs to be nimble enough for the economic downturns to come. My NYT column.
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The Fed Is Stuck Fighting the Last War
Mired in a battle to contain surging prices, the central bank also needs to be nimble enough for the economic downturns to come, our columnist says.
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8 This is such a gift. Watched it just now with my brother and my mother, who was born in February 1927.
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Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
YouTube video by Coldplay
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Jeff Sommer @jeffnyc.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b... #Bitcoin #crypto #retirement
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The Cryptocurrency You May Not Even Know You Own
Many funds hold stakes in MicroStrategy, which behaves like Bitcoin’s wilder cousin. This may not be what you want in your retirement portfolio, our columnist says.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
And it’s official. I’m immensely grateful to the world’s greatest news organization for giving me a platform all these years, and greatly appreciate the moving sendoff 1/ www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...
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Paul Krugman retires as Times columnist | The New York Times Company
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 05/12/2024
Just saw a man wearing a shirt that reads "less friends, more money" 🙄 and resisted the urge to shout "FEWER*" Please clap.
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Patrick LaForge @palafo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Uh huh
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