Preston Mui
@prestonmui.bsky.social
Economist at Employ America | Kasia Niewiadoma Fanboy | Bird Liker
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
You support waymo because they kill fewer pedestrians than human drivers. I support them because they do trafffic calming. We are not the same
How blackouts in San Francisco this weekend shut down Waymo.
“.. Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks.”
@missionlocal.org $GOOGL
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
“.. Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks.”
@missionlocal.org $GOOGL
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
December 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You support waymo because they kill fewer pedestrians than human drivers. I support them because they do trafffic calming. We are not the same
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The number of Americans working part-time jobs for economic reasons has surged to the highest level since early 2021, indicating that employers may be delaying an inevitable wave of layoffs
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
w/ @danielzhao.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org @prestonmui.bsky.social
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
w/ @danielzhao.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org @prestonmui.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The number of Americans working part-time jobs for economic reasons has surged to the highest level since early 2021, indicating that employers may be delaying an inevitable wave of layoffs
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
w/ @danielzhao.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org @prestonmui.bsky.social
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...
w/ @danielzhao.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org @prestonmui.bsky.social
Want to buy an air quality monitor :(
December 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Want to buy an air quality monitor :(
Just in from the Indeed Wage Growth Tracker an hour ago -- YoY growth slips to 2.3%, another low
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just in from the Indeed Wage Growth Tracker an hour ago -- YoY growth slips to 2.3%, another low
Full-time employment keeps falling to the point where I need to adjust my axes
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Full-time employment keeps falling to the point where I need to adjust my axes
Ah well that's a way of finding out my scripts don't handle missing data well.
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ah well that's a way of finding out my scripts don't handle missing data well.
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Confess I had not thought through the implications of no data collection in Oct. for Nov.'s jobs report until I read BLS's FAQ.
1)CPS is a panel. No collection in Oct means no new respondents initiated into the survey, and so many more need to be added in Nov.
2)above clearly has implications for
1)CPS is a panel. No collection in Oct means no new respondents initiated into the survey, and so many more need to be added in Nov.
2)above clearly has implications for
Can't actually find this on the BLS site, suggests we should be cautious on HH survey numbers (eg unemp rate) until '26
*BLS POSTS FAQ ON NOV. HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
*BLS: NOV. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HAS SLIGHTLY LARGER STANDARD ERROR
*BLS HOUSEHOLD POLL'S HIGHER STANDARD ERRORS MAY LAST A FEW MOS.
*BLS POSTS FAQ ON NOV. HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
*BLS: NOV. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HAS SLIGHTLY LARGER STANDARD ERROR
*BLS HOUSEHOLD POLL'S HIGHER STANDARD ERRORS MAY LAST A FEW MOS.
December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Confess I had not thought through the implications of no data collection in Oct. for Nov.'s jobs report until I read BLS's FAQ.
1)CPS is a panel. No collection in Oct means no new respondents initiated into the survey, and so many more need to be added in Nov.
2)above clearly has implications for
1)CPS is a panel. No collection in Oct means no new respondents initiated into the survey, and so many more need to be added in Nov.
2)above clearly has implications for
I love birds so much. Look at this face.
December 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I love birds so much. Look at this face.
Can any health economists explain why none of the price indices in healthcare seem to agree with each other (e.g. CPI/PPI vs HCCI)
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Can any health economists explain why none of the price indices in healthcare seem to agree with each other (e.g. CPI/PPI vs HCCI)
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Fed's Paulson: "On net, I am still a little more concerned about labor market weakness than about upside risks to inflation," adds current "level of rates, together with the cumulative effect of past restrictiveness, should help bring inflation back to 2 percent."
Fed's Paulson says monetary policy still working to cool inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Anna Paulson said Friday her main concern right now is the state of the job market, in remarks that also said the current state of monetary policy should...
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fed's Paulson: "On net, I am still a little more concerned about labor market weakness than about upside risks to inflation," adds current "level of rates, together with the cumulative effect of past restrictiveness, should help bring inflation back to 2 percent."
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Trump says he doesn't know why America can't achieve 25 percent annual economic growth
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Trump says he doesn't know why America can't achieve 25 percent annual economic growth
Degrowth donnie
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Degrowth donnie
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Incredible scenes here: Boom Supersonic is raising $300mm and pivoting to AI by signing a contract to supply its turbines as electrical power for data centers. They're even talking about converting turbines from simple to combined cycle via a "field upgrade". This is all deranged.
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers | TechCrunch
Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.
techcrunch.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Incredible scenes here: Boom Supersonic is raising $300mm and pivoting to AI by signing a contract to supply its turbines as electrical power for data centers. They're even talking about converting turbines from simple to combined cycle via a "field upgrade". This is all deranged.
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An amendment on deck to Seattle's 2026 legislative agenda from Alexis Mercedes Rinck would prioritize the issue of condominium reform and updated elevator standards when it comes to potential housing reforms.
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
An amendment on deck to Seattle's 2026 legislative agenda from Alexis Mercedes Rinck would prioritize the issue of condominium reform and updated elevator standards when it comes to potential housing reforms.
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Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out. wapo.st/4rQFGlZ
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out. wapo.st/4rQFGlZ
December 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Julia Coronado's take
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Julia Coronado's take
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Evercore ISI says Bessent's Fed residency idea currently "is not a material threat to the Fed hawks, though it does flag that the new Fed chair will tighten the existing central supervision of the regional Fed selection process in ways that would constrain" future regional leadership choices.
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Evercore ISI says Bessent's Fed residency idea currently "is not a material threat to the Fed hawks, though it does flag that the new Fed chair will tighten the existing central supervision of the regional Fed selection process in ways that would constrain" future regional leadership choices.
Azi: Did you do this?
Levi: Yes!
Azi: For what purpose
Levi: I just thought it looked nice.
Levi: Yes!
Azi: For what purpose
Levi: I just thought it looked nice.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Azi: Did you do this?
Levi: Yes!
Azi: For what purpose
Levi: I just thought it looked nice.
Levi: Yes!
Azi: For what purpose
Levi: I just thought it looked nice.
sending this back in time to first-year me incredulously hearing about arrow-debreu markets
Fuckin people watching Netflix making prop bets on what minute of the episode we’re first gonna see Vecna. People betting on whether it’s gonna be a Toyotathon commercial or an Activia commercial. Just a little QR code in the bottom corner of every show asking you to bet on everything.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
sending this back in time to first-year me incredulously hearing about arrow-debreu markets
One of the best parts of having a cat is googling "why does my cat ___" and the answer is "because your cat loves and trusts you." I do this once a week
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One of the best parts of having a cat is googling "why does my cat ___" and the answer is "because your cat loves and trusts you." I do this once a week
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Bond Investors Raise Specter Of Hasset-Liability Mismatch
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Bond Investors Raise Specter Of Hasset-Liability Mismatch
