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Menzie Chinn
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Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, University of Wisconsin, and Blogger at Econbrowser. All views are my own.

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Menzie David Chinn is a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, co-editor of the Journal of International Money and Finance, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research International Finance and Macroeconomics Program. .. more

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 2h
PLA military exercises around Taiwan, and geoeconomic risks #EconSky
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Jeff Frankel @jefffrankel.bsky.social · 8h
Tariffs did little damage to US GDP & inflation in 2025. Explanatn? 1. Govt shutdown derailed late-year stats 2. Trump backed off the most extreme tariffs 3. Importers stockpiled ahead 4. Firms absorbed higher prices, rather than passing on fully to consumers. Probably in 2026.
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Why Haven’t Trump’s Tariffs Crashed the US Economy?
Jeffrey Frankel explains why a disaster deferred in 2025 may not be a disaster denied in 2026.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h
Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs crashed the US economy? | Jeffrey Frankel
Why haven’t Trump’s tariffs crashed the US economy? | Jeffrey Frankel
Effects on inflation and employment have not been as bad as feared – but could still materialise with full force in 2026
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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 13h
REMINDER: Republicans sent Congress home for the holidays without addressing the health care crisis they’ve inflicted on this country.

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 1d
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The Heritage Foundation and the Economics Implosion Foretold | Econbrowser
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 2d
Highly variable lags btwn corp profit and bus cycle peaks...#EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 3d
4.3% q/q AR growth, vs. MAR 0.65 ppts advance to 3rd release; lessons from the 2001 recession #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 3d
EJ Antoni on how Heritage Foundation remains a bastion of free-trade economics #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 4d
Employment v. output indicators #EconSky
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Adam Shapiro @adamshap.bsky.social · 5d
Tariff offset tax

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 5d
GDP at 4.3% q/q AR v. consensus 3.3%! But GDO at 3.4%, and GDP+ at 2.6%. "core GDP" at 3.0%, up fm 2.9% in Q3, but below level of Nov SPF #EconSky @atlantafed.org @philadelphiafed.bsky.social
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 6d
GDP +4.3% in Q3, but GDO up 3.3%, and GDP+ up 2.6%. "Core GDP" up 3.0%... #EconSky

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 6d
James Hamilton: Good news from the GDP report
"The new numbers bring the Econbrowser recession indicator index down to 2.7% ...The latest numbers put to rest the concern that a recession might have started earlier this year." #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 6d
Conference Board confidence 2.5 std devn below Nov., Gallup 3 std devn #EconSky

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 7d
James Hamilton will discuss tomorrow's Q3 GDP "initial release" on econbrowser.com; Bloomberg consensus is 3.3% SAAR #EconSky

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 7d
Miran is a Fed governor apart #EconSky @clevelandfed.bsky.social
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 7d
2025Q3 growth: Atlanta Fed at 3.5%, GS at 3.6%, St. Louis Fed at 0.4% (all SAAR). Nowcasted "Core GDP" growth drops to 2.4% fm 2.9% in Q2 #EconSky @atlantafed.org @philadelphiafed.bsky.social @stlouisfed.bsky.social @newyorkfed.bsky.social #EconSky
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Michael Kevane @mkevane.com · 7d
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SCOOP-2: Isabela Herrera donated $2.5m to MAGA Inc. on 12/31/2024.

At the time, her father, a Venezuelan-Italian banker, was being prosecuted for bribing Puerto Rico's governor.

In July, Trump's DOJ authorized a misdemeanor plea deal, overruling career prosecutors who had pushed a harsher sentence
Campaign finance filing showing Isabela Herrera's $2.5 million donation to MAGA Inc. Justice Department press release about the indictment of Isabela's father, Julio Herrera Velutini. Bloomberg News story about how Chris Kise, a lawyer who has represented Trump, was hired by Julio Herrera Velutini. Kise approached top Trump Justice Department officials, claiming that Herrera was the victim of a politicized prosecution -- a claim that echoed Trump's own claims about the charges he has faced. In response, Trump's DOJ officials overrode the career prosecutors on the case, brokering a deal with Kise under which Herrera and others charged in the case would be able to plead to misdemeanor offenses that carried far less severe penalties than they would have faced under the initial charges.

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 7d
@heritagefdn.bsky.social EJ Antoni now heads CDA #EconSky
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 7d
SCOOP-2: Isabela Herrera donated $2.5m to MAGA Inc. on 12/31/2024.

At the time, her father, a Venezuelan-Italian banker, was being prosecuted for bribing Puerto Rico's governor.

In July, Trump's DOJ authorized a misdemeanor plea deal, overruling career prosecutors who had pushed a harsher sentence
Campaign finance filing showing Isabela Herrera's $2.5 million donation to MAGA Inc. Justice Department press release about the indictment of Isabela's father, Julio Herrera Velutini. Bloomberg News story about how Chris Kise, a lawyer who has represented Trump, was hired by Julio Herrera Velutini. Kise approached top Trump Justice Department officials, claiming that Herrera was the victim of a politicized prosecution -- a claim that echoed Trump's own claims about the charges he has faced. In response, Trump's DOJ officials overrode the career prosecutors on the case, brokering a deal with Kise under which Herrera and others charged in the case would be able to plead to misdemeanor offenses that carried far less severe penalties than they would have faced under the initial charges.

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 8d
Real mfg value added up 1.3% 2025Q2/2024Q4, but employment measures all seem to be now trending downward #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 9d
(w/data corrections) Beware the population controls in the household survey derived employment series #EconSky
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 10d
Republicans remain largely impervious to economic news. There's only slight erosion of expectations #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 10d
Agree, in sense they did it indirectly by not declaring cpi and employment survey workers essential…(but ICE is?)

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks, I try to make implications clear…

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 11d
How "unlikely" was the November core CPI? #EconSky
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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 11d
Sahm indicator up assuming 4.5% unemployment rate in October, does *not* breach 0.5% threshold (Thanks to Pawel Skrzypczynski points out an error in my prior calculation!). If unemployment at 4.7% in October, then we'd hit threshold #EconSky
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