Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Americans but for questions regularly asked at seminarscnbc.comInside Man: How Chinese spies used lies, love and betrayal to target the Federal ReserveA CNBC investigation shows how former Fed advisor John Rogers became entangled with a man U.S. officials identify as a Chinese intelligence operative. 220
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 30/09/2026can we talk about how fire this shirt is.... where can i get one 040
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.macfound.org/videos/2026-...macfound.orgEllora Derenoncourt - 2026 MacArthur Fellow 371
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 16/09/2026really messing with my habit of going to the gym during the presser 020
Reposted by Preston MuiDom White @domw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just updating this joke and taking aim at the finance newsletter writers. 28413
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 04/09/2026such a fascinating theory of the interest rate -> trade deficit mechanism 1100
Reposted by Preston MuiErika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Jed Kolko, former Commerce official overseeing Census and BEA, on the worrying signs of political interference at Census www.piie.com/blogs/realti...piie.comPolitical meddling at the Census Bureau damages the entire US statistical systemThis summer marks the worst period for US statistical integrity since President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last August. Two different and seemingly uncoordinated eve... 13419
Reposted by Preston MuiErika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"Work on the analysis was not conducted by career civil servants at the Census Bureau, and the team behind it included individuals affiliated with the America First Policy Institute, a think tank started by officials from Trump's first administration.." www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n...npr.orgExperts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen votingA Trump-aligned think tank has ties to a highly unusual Census Bureau report that the president is using to renew false claims of widespread voting by non-U.S. citizens in 2020, NPR has learned. 713546
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Not even sure it is actually a Census report beyond it being hosted on the site and bearing the logo 150
Reposted by Preston MuiEric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026people are really getting into a row about spreadsheets. my column: 983408461
Reposted by Preston MuiStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One of the funniest (sob) things I learned during my time at California YIMBY was that sometimes lawmakers adjudicate differing positions by counting how many studies support each. Also for their purposes, an AER article and a 3D pie chart some nonprofit made were each one (1) study. 924619
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 19/08/2026anyways my real crank hedonic adjustment takes are that (a) there actually isn't enough hedonic adjustment, inflation is overstated and (b) hedonic adjustment in the price indices throw into question some justifications behind the 2% inflation target 060
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Poster also incorrectly assumes that chicken feet are inferior to chicken thighs real dim sum enjoyers know 2101
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 14/08/2026You can read my full take on the decline here, which is that it's mostly a product of the changes in population weights. www.employamerica.org/labor-market...employamerica.orgThe Labor Force Participation Decline is Mostly Aging and Elderly RetirementAbout two-thirds of the decline can be explained by changes in the population weights, and most of the remaining decline is due to lower participation rates amongst older workers, especially those age... 110
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Had a fun time talking to Axios about the recent sharp decline in labor force participation (and employment) rates. Axios article here: www.axios.com/newsletters/... 130
Reposted by Preston MuiEconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026@goolsbee.bsky.social does WIRED Tech Support video???youtu.beEconomist Answers U.S. Economy QuestionsYouTube video by WIRED 0163
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Yesterday he woke me up early begging for food. I walk over to his food bowl. Its full and he won't eat it. I pour food back into the bag, put food back into the bowl, he eats. Would anyone like to take him off my hands. He only eats the most expensive prescription diet out there. 020
Reposted by Preston MuiDavid Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Axios: Warsh has told associates that before taking office, he built AI bots that ingested the collected works of economists Milton Friedman and James Tobin. He then turned to them for their insights on contemporary economic questions. [Who needs task forces?] 4527042
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 09/08/2026going to run numbers later today but this is not inconsistent with retirements driving LFPR fall, if you have aging of the population at the same time simple aging alone will get you lower LFP counts from younger cohorts and higher counts from older cohorts 140
Reposted by Preston MuiVerified Account Tracker @verified.evil.gay · 08/08/2026✅ @stlouisfed.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app. 0174
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 08/08/2026They cooked so hard when they designed this year's route, every stage has been a total banger Two-three years ago I used to think we were in the golden age of women's road cycling and then it just kept getting better and better youtu.be/YMU7qZRc28s?...youtu.beThe Best Climbing Performance in Women's History | Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2026 Stage 7YouTube video by Lanterne Rouge 160
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 07/08/2026insane that they are not pulling her back, gap out to almost 60" now 140
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Payrolls drop best described as local gov't shedding more education employees than usual in July. 010
Reposted by Preston MuiBen Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026In a remarkable twist of timing, President Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Brett Matsumoto, looks likely to be confirmed today, on #jobsday, 12 months after he fired the last BLS commissioner following an unexpectedly weak jobs report. 414940
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Rude to drop an interesting jobs report on the day of the Mont Ventoux stage.... 000
Reposted by Preston MuiThe Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 03/08/2026Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has signed the SEPA reform bill into law. 730444
Reposted by Preston MuiMatthew Pfab @matthewpfabwx.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Heads up, #Seattle...smoke from massive fires in Eastern Washington and Southern British Columbia will move into Western Washington starting early Monday, getting denser through Tuesday and Wednesday. Prepare for an extended period of degraded air quality. #wawx 14201112
Reposted by Preston Muialex williams @atwilliams.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"nobody wants to work anymore" 3313
Reposted by Preston MuiGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 31/07/2026Subtext of this report from @colbylsmith.bsky.social & @bencasselman.bsky.social : FOMC is PISSED (No link yet, will post when I have one) 1334664
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Doesn't this just create an arbitrage opportunity, where people are going to load up on cheap gasoline and sell it outside the higher-priced stations? 3260
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Kashkari dissenting is noticeably more hawkish than his previous statements would have indicated imo 1212
Preston Mui @prestonmui.bsky.social · 29/07/20263 dissents (Kashkari, Logan, Hammack), no changes to the statement 150
