Watch Chair Powell’s statement from the #FOMC press conference:
Intro clip: https://t.co/QXvE5tUecT
Full video: https://t.co/hvZ2atoBmo
Press Conference materials: https://t.co/W2SBSI2CU3
— Federal Reserve (@federalreserve) September 18, 2019
Read Chair Powell's opening statement from the #FOMC press conference (PDF): https://t.co/C7fU7atGVN
— Federal Reserve (@federalreserve) September 18, 2019
LIVE: Fed Chairman Powell speaks after the rate cut ▶️ https://t.co/d3KDx5pdUw
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) September 18, 2019
Powell also says no more rate cuts. Serious question, how would he know? Again, the Fed's models show that he, and they, are just following the bond mkt.
The projections for fed funds are following in BEHIND Euro$ futures. Literally behind the curve. https://t.co/BE1A0xLDxj pic.twitter.com/0cpf4v9KKw
— Jeffrey P. Snider (@JeffSnider_AIP) September 20, 2019
When asked directly, Trump responded with rare ambivalence.
"Yeah, it’s safe. I mean, sure. Why not?" https://t.co/LPPoqBL9AV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 19, 2019
"Powell and the Fed have been chasing deteriorating conditions just as Ben Bernanke did in 2007. In doing so, Powell appears to be fighting to avert the inevitable: The US economy is eventually headed for a recession," writes Sven Henrich https://t.co/uusw7IzQnY
— CNN Business (@CNNBusiness) September 19, 2019
Powell September 6:
“We’re not forecasting or expecting a recession,” he said. “The most likely outlook is still moderate growth”
“Our main expectation is not at all that there will be a recession,” Powell said.”https://t.co/y9qq1jczvq— Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) September 16, 2019
The Fed's statement left the market pretty much unchanged. Jay Powell's statements….not so much. Yields are pushing notably higher as he speaks, dollar strengthening. pic.twitter.com/N1Y9gHZEld
— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 18, 2019
"Yeah, it’s safe. Sure, why not?” Trump says of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's job https://t.co/Tf2dDIANY6
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) September 19, 2019
#Fed's Powell: Do not foresee Fed using negative rates. pic.twitter.com/YGxuwndXbl
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) September 18, 2019
Despite political pressure to lower interest rates, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has continued to pursue low inflation and high employment. In @thehill, @AEI's Desmond Lachman writes that the health of US economy will depend on his resolve: https://t.co/Kz85CKkoEa
— AEI Economics (@AEIecon) September 24, 2019
The free-market doctrine does not rest on an assumption that consumers make wise choices. Like the mythical “economic man,” the Perfectly Wise Individual is a straw man created by the critics of the theory. | Murray Rothbardhttps://t.co/cx0YJJOVUT
— Mises Institute (@mises) September 8, 2019
Sam Bowles spks to @jcohen570 in @BostonReview abt links btwn his father's legacy & @coreeconteam: "we’re advocating for a new way of understanding how the economy works, what people are like, how we interact in the economy & with our biosphere."https://t.co/z185K7lnGS
— The CORE Project (@coreeconteam) August 5, 2019
Financial panic—worry that the economy could make a surprise downturn—has been a persistent effect of the Great Recession. A new series explores how that panic may be affecting our current economy https://t.co/BbCKTwku3X pic.twitter.com/7upHPzXp1q
— St. Louis Fed (@stlouisfed) August 8, 2019
"You're doing something in a way that's never been done before for people that have never been included in the process. That's power. You are the evolution. The revolution," @iamdellgines @KansasCityFed on the evolution of economic development. https://t.co/CGpkJRL7Bi
— Kauffman Foundation (@KauffmanFDN) July 31, 2019
Hot off the presses, from @JeremyWHegle and the @kansascityfed team, "Disconnected: Seven Lessons on Fixing the Digital Divide" dropped today. Important context for the challenges facing digital inclusion advocates (and a Chattanooga cameo on page 31). https://t.co/smE3RiEJ1R
— Geoff Millener (@gmillener) July 31, 2019
Some economists have questioned whether the traditional inverse relationship between inflation & unemployment, known as the #PhillipsCurve, still holds. However, research suggests Phillips curve models remain useful tools for central banks. https://t.co/xQD7wXdSPz pic.twitter.com/aU4KIoiLqF
— Kansas City Fed (@KansasCityFed) July 31, 2019
Watch Chair Powell’s statement from the #FOMC press conference:
Intro clip: https://t.co/hHN0TgdxBF
Full video: https://t.co/eIDNUYKdoc
Press Conference materials: https://t.co/pnkDWysEdj
— Federal Reserve (@federalreserve) July 31, 2019
10 years after the financial crisis: Uneven progress and some structural disconnects https://t.co/h5X2A8uIpj pic.twitter.com/spLOD4R7Jq
— STEM America (@STEMinAmerica) September 9, 2018
Workers with low levels of education still haven’t recovered from the Great Recession, shows @laurenlbauer @hamiltonproj https://t.co/WeC2BUZ8qD pic.twitter.com/6CO8lPchbQ
— Richard V. Reeves (@RichardvReeves) September 6, 2018
@JoeSquawk John Kerry isn't entirely correct about recent economic growth going to the top. See article recently released by Brookings:
As midterm elections near, smaller, redder places show more economic growth https://t.co/yutRud398i via @BrookingsInst
— Philip Piro (@PhilipAPiro) September 12, 2018
"Perhaps the story of urban decline and revival is about more than statistics? The most important thing seems to be loving the place." https://t.co/9hm6y6XJCA
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 18, 2018
Now: Janet Yellen, @jasonfurman, Don Kohn, Brian Sack, and Ted @TrumanTed join us to discuss monetary and fiscal policy around the world. Watch live here: https://t.co/2Zg9Fdo6B2 #FinCrisisLessons
— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) September 11, 2018
Watch: @RichardvReeves explains the rising share of the safety net going toward the American middle class.
Read the full report here: https://t.co/y5qfnUdXiohttps://t.co/vCXJGKFhEI
— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) September 11, 2018
How can cities bridge the gap between their ambition to leverage technology thoughtfully and the actual outcomes they hope to achieve? https://t.co/DoYh7CYWp1
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) August 23, 2018
Upper Midwest states generate around ⅓ of the nation’s new ideas, technologies, and talent, but attract less than 5% of venture capital investment https://t.co/FnmNXWXN1B
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) August 16, 2018
As the economy becomes more digitized, local governments are losing billions in tax revenue. SCOTUS just opened the door for states to collect: https://t.co/6t1X8pdQFz
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) August 10, 2018
Evidence shows ride-sharing services replace trips on public transportation—but the two don’t necessarily need to compete. https://t.co/Wkz9FoEccb
— Brookings Governance (@BrookingsGov) September 10, 2018
"Does America Face a 'Boom' in Retiree Bankruptcies?" @aeiecon @forbes https://t.co/jrbQD4eQj0
— Andrew G. Biggs (@biggsag) August 11, 2018
"Hardly anyone wants to admit America is beating poverty," Bruce Meyer and James Sullivan write. But the latest @WhiteHouseCEA report "tells the truth."
Read the full Wall Street Journal op-ed ⬇️ https://t.co/twSZdz6UhW
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 7, 2018
The latest from James Capretta: Forecasts from the OMB and the CBO show that America’s financial state is in desperate need of repair. via @realclearpolicy https://t.co/M1X35Zzo3a
— AEI Economics (@AEIecon) August 16, 2018
.@MichaelRStrain and @RameshPonnuru on 'Trumponomics': Among the potential dangers to the economy posed by the Trump administration, the threat of a trade war looms largest. https://t.co/tyuy12Z86O
— AEI Economics (@AEIecon) August 8, 2018
.@JimPethokoukis sits down with @AEI's Alan Viard to assess the Trump tax cuts and to discuss tax policy more broadly. https://t.co/5VszNufG6o
— AEI Economics (@AEIecon) August 8, 2018
A little wonky, but this is an interesting discussion. The way we tax capital gains, interest, etc have real impacts on the economy. Plus, proper congressional process matters. @AEI's Alan Viard on capital gains: https://t.co/myIH7haFgd #uspol @AEIecon
— Nic Dunn (@nicdunnutah) August 10, 2018
"only 8 percent of all Medicare enrollees pay an income-related premium, and that percentage is expected to rise to only about 10 percent in the coming years." https://t.co/mbRPGAtphL
— Latino Public Policy (@LatinoPPF) August 9, 2018
The number of Americans who said the federal government needed major reform jumped from 37% in 1997 to 60% in 2018. https://t.co/eQ9KAkaefw
— Brookings Governance (@BrookingsGov) August 14, 2018
#IBM Martin Fleming @Fleming_Martin to participate in the new Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy @BrookingsEcon Productivity Measurement Initiative to improve the quality of economic statistics https://t.co/kORXeiw0yv … via @BrookingsInst
— Anna Sekaran (@amsekaran) July 31, 2018
The U.S. added 213,000 jobs in June, better than economist forecasts of 195,000, but the unemployment rate ticked up to 4% from 3.8%. Read more via @CNBC: https://t.co/gFIOfZJFfQ
— Whitman School at SU (@WhitmanatSU) July 6, 2018
GE sold its distributed power business on Monday to shrink itself and raise cash to pay down a mountain of debt, and it was out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average after more than a century last week. via @CNNMoney: https://t.co/zT0BSBPSvS
— Whitman School at SU (@WhitmanatSU) June 26, 2018
Congressional Budget Office forecast leaves no room for wishful thinking – https://t.co/fH5tb1VqA0
— Porter J Leaman (@PorterJLeaman) April 20, 2018
WATCH: Trump economic adviser praises Ocasio-Cortez on Fox News for exchange with Fed chairman: She "nailed it" https://t.co/bsMYEw3mws pic.twitter.com/T9Xene8DHq
— The Hill (@thehill) July 12, 2019
Wisconsin federal judge orders Anheuser-Busch to pull some corn syrup ads about Chicago-based MillerCoors — however, the Super Bowl ad that kicked off a lawsuit and the Corn Syrup War can keep running https://t.co/VsHVOAYIGf
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) May 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/Trade__Talks/status/1176823240372760577
A major additional economic flashpoint between the Trump administration and Beijing is hiding in plain sight. It revolves around the US threat of economic retaliation over China’s continuing oil imports from Iran and Venezuela. https://t.co/ayuTCDQgFb
— Peterson Institute (@PIIE) September 25, 2019
As US-China trade talks draw near, @AEI's Claude Barfield writes that Chinese trade reforms are still a work in progress. Read part two of his blog on foreign investment, forced technology transfer, and government subsidies in @AEIdeas: https://t.co/QlX67NSvUV
— AEI Economics (@AEIecon) September 25, 2019
5 steps to rejuvenate the economies of the Middle East and North Africa: https://t.co/og9JoHdzRF
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) September 24, 2019
In the first episode of "And Now the Hard Part"—a new podcast by FP & @BrookingsInst—former CIA officer Bruce Riedel argues that Saudi Arabia is a problematic partner and becoming less important to US interests. Get his take on how the US should respond. https://t.co/0DY7RsHeLd
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 25, 2019
The bipartisan #SyriaStudyGroup has released its report on the U.S. strategy toward the #Syria conflict and Director of @SAISStrat Mara Karlin, who served on the group, provides her key takeaways from the report via @BrookingsInst. https://t.co/Aq0SswOSL4
— Johns Hopkins | SAIS (@SAISHopkins) September 24, 2019
An honour to be hosted at a state dinner by @realDonaldTrump & the First Lady. The Rose Garden, where the dinner was held, was decked out in colours of green & gold & topped off with an amazing performance of Waltzing Matilda. America is a great friend (& Jen looked awesome!). pic.twitter.com/XWMguC8Iq7
— Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) September 21, 2019
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny arrive at US President Donald Trump’s second-ever State Dinner in honour of one of his closest allies. But it was Melania who stole the show. More: https://t.co/HpSDBAYEsG pic.twitter.com/3l8cD6rGzI
— news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) September 21, 2019
John Bolton tried his best to draw the U.S. into a war. Luckily, he failed. https://t.co/4KB3DQ8fxZ
— The Intercept (@theintercept) September 11, 2019
“I like to remember, too, the resilience of our country – the coming together around the sense that we were now deeply American. I think we could use some of that again.” @CondoleezzaRice reflects on Sept. 11 pic.twitter.com/v4Kc0Od8JR
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 11, 2019
Japan’s government might end up buying extra corn from the U.S. to avoid President Trump’s ire, one expert suggests, and figure out later what to do with it—even burning it as biofuel https://t.co/wpRNEQq5hU
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) September 12, 2019
Most American students believe that their classmates are afraid to say what they think https://t.co/IJtVDPybMJ
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/BlogsofWar/status/1012072763283001344
Not too surprisingly, and as they should, (Internet search) trends reveal Americans’ concerns about democracy https://t.co/EMQlaWv4mP
— Eva Egron-Polak (@eegronpolak) April 6, 2018
"Opioids are a symptom and a symbol of much larger social and economic problems, and those social and economic problems came to bear during the 2016 election," says Prof Shannon Monnat. @CPRMaxwell @smonnat https://t.co/MsLVJ25weo
— Maxwell School (@MaxwellSU) July 6, 2018
Prof Jennifer Karas Montez & @mdhayward explore how health disparities are related to education & policy. @jennkarasmontez @CPRMaxwell @scientia_social https://t.co/nhnopHJBGZ
— Maxwell School (@MaxwellSU) July 3, 2018
Prof Shannon Monnat says long-running challenges in many #rural communities are the underlying drivers of increased #opioid overdose rates, things like economic decline and social isolation. @smonnat @CPRMaxwell @nhpr https://t.co/0XdhcrHTeH
— Maxwell School (@MaxwellSU) June 28, 2018
Republican "opportunity zone" laws parallel failed Democratic efforts since the 1960s to top-down plan cities with federal spending subsidies. — @CatoEdwards https://t.co/uT4AMyDhXO #CatoEcon pic.twitter.com/2o26HrPiir
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) September 26, 2019
In a paper published by @ConcordC, @AEI's @joeantos and @BrookingsInst's Alice Rivlin present a viable agenda for controlling health spending while promoting access to affordable, high-quality care.
Read their paper here: https://t.co/ZKcxkMzaH3 pic.twitter.com/qtV5WhcWUw
— AEI Economics (@AEIecon) September 25, 2019
"The logic is straightforward: when taxes go up people work less; when Social Security benefits go up, people save less. If people work less and save less, the economy grows more slowly." @biggsag in @Forbes https://t.co/LlvYm65pEt
— AEI (@AEI) September 19, 2019
Texas & a number of other states have sued the federal government, arguing that the ACA should be struck down. Where does your state stand? https://t.co/MX41eTusVp
— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) September 24, 2019
How does the impeachment process work?
The Brookings Institute's Elaine Kamarck breaks it down for @ABC News: https://t.co/XQxW4odwO8 pic.twitter.com/QnOGKn9Gfu
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 25, 2019
Pelosi has announced formal #impeachment proceedings of President Trump. @CatoInstitute expert on executive power and the role of the president, @GeneHealy, is here to help you understand what impeachment actually means. https://t.co/nf4D88tHGy
— Building Tomorrow (@BuildTmrw) September 25, 2019
Without policies in place to control the growth of healthcare spending, a large amount of the U.S. economy’s future growth could be absorbed by excessively costly health systems: https://t.co/4HsZCNyETr
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) September 25, 2019
WATCH: Trump allies raising millions to investigate the press #MTPDaily@ChuckTodd: “Organized efforts to target journalists and discredit their reporting happen in places like Russia and China… Organized efforts to target journalists should not happen in America.” pic.twitter.com/U6KIEaGERD
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) September 3, 2019
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of @factcheckdotorg said at a #JFKForum says she has a “different name” for fake news. pic.twitter.com/yiey9xVjkK
— JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) December 21, 2017
Or read more here: How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump https://t.co/pRoMt8W16B https://t.co/SZ2vdIZxvG
— APPC Penn (@APPCPenn) June 5, 2019
Trump can’t win reelection without winning Florida. And he’s acting like it.https://t.co/3uodaVcGxH
— David Smiley (@NewsbySmiley) May 25, 2019
On @AJUpFront, I asked Trump campaign adviser Marc Porter if he was ok with the Democratic 2020 presidential candidate calling on China to hack Trump’s emails, or for the candidate’s kids to meet in secret with representatives of the Iranian government:pic.twitter.com/g9zpDjg0Zb
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 1, 2019
British consumers have begun trading in smartphones from Huawei in growing numbers since the Chinese tech giant was hit by a U.S. supply blacklist. https://t.co/dygAtAmMFE
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 25, 2019
Gen. Jim Mattis tells @FiringLineShow that fiscal sustainability is critical to democracy and right now, we are not acting responsibly. “History will tell you that no country has maintained its sovereignty or its military security if it didn't keep its fiscal house in order.” pic.twitter.com/QrUqkDAQuR
— Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (@FiringLineShow) September 5, 2019
The Trump administration will reveal its plans to rescind California’s authority to regulate auto emissions at an event on Wednesday https://t.co/7lJ3eopx88
— Bloomberg (@business) September 17, 2019
We spend too much time focused on specific vulnerabilities and not enough on systemic risk, so I tried to make some of the systemic US election risks clear in this speculative fiction piece in @lawfareblog.
Some points I would like to highlight… https://t.co/fJIjRCsIdi
— Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) September 5, 2019
The SAFE Banking Act addresses a major financial issue for cannabis-related businesses, but @mhnickie, @JohnJHudak, and @Aarondklein argue that it is also an opportunity to ameliorate the effects of the “war on drugs” on communities of color. https://t.co/sqs789h2Z5
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) September 25, 2019
This new post by @trounstine discusses her new book, 'Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities', followed by several reactions to the book from notable scholars of local and urban politics https://t.co/irgeQTCt5d
— Urban Affairs Review (@UrbanAffairsRev) July 3, 2019
A Mike Pompeo-led CIA review in 2017 found no wrongdoing in how the agency concluded that Russia wanted to help Donald Trump in 2016https://t.co/4dCopkpWvP
— POLITICO (@politico) July 12, 2019
The NRA celebrated the changes. https://t.co/GxuLfpZieN
— Slate (@Slate) September 2, 2019
NEW FROM @ABCNEWS: Would TRUMP accept dirt on a 2020 Democratic opponent from Russia or China, or would call the @FBI?
"I think maybe you do both. I think you might want to listen. There’s nothing wrong with listening … It’s not an interference.” pic.twitter.com/N6AmTNIzmZ— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) June 12, 2019
A financial audit filed by the National Rifle Association and obtained by CREW shows that in 2018 the gun-rights organization spent millions more than it brought in, leading to a nearly $9 million decline in net assets at the end of the year. https://t.co/P5FmGHsNuz
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 2, 2019
Oh, and let’s see which Congresspeople get the most money from the NRA… oh hey, look at that!https://t.co/JN3ULr441I pic.twitter.com/Pt2fuyVIMR
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) September 2, 2019
Idea: The more people read-understand the Mueller Report findings, the stronger our democracy.
Application: We (@just_security) asked very top legal experts to provide a super-condensed version of the Mueller Report
Result: #MuellerReportExpertSummarieshttps://t.co/wl2Astg872
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/hmtennapel/status/1023194443468427265
From our #Cyberstates report, the estimated total output of the tech industry into the US economy is around 1.6 trillion. Read more here: https://t.co/AMD8xUUAxZ pic.twitter.com/X8SgX3xz25
— CompTIA (@CompTIA) July 15, 2018
The worries over U.S. intelligencehttps://t.co/zh4MaK9J4o#JamesClapper @BelferCenter
— EsanE (@nikkeix225) July 15, 2018
Is Trump’s America the Safest Country in the World? – Foreign Policy https://t.co/f8486txld4
— Anurag Shrivastava (@hrnext) June 27, 2018
What America can learn from Europe’s new digital privacy laws (if it is willing to learn, or capable of learning, anything from any other country now) : How EU General Data Protection Regulation empowers digital civic engagement https://t.co/YfZeq4Zrz8 #EU #data #digital #privacy
— John Voelcker (@johnvoelcker) May 10, 2018
America vs the #hackers: inside a #cybersecurity bootcamp https://t.co/qPjBjmftCP via TheCyberSecHub #Tech #Fintech #Finserv #AI #Insurtech #MachineLearning #ML #Insurance #CX #Robotics #Chatbot #Bot #Data #Bigdata #Analytics #AdvancedAnalytics
— Colin Bristow (@BristowColin) April 27, 2018
