Bill Craighead
@billcraighead.bsky.social
Economist in Colorado Springs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-craighead-economist/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-craighead-economist/
Finally, somebody is doing something about "affordability" - www.autoblog.com/news/koenigs...
Koenigsegg Hints at a More Affordable Supercar After Hiring Gordon Murray’s Former CEO
A new manufacturing chief with rare supercar experience joins Koenigsegg’s leadership.
www.autoblog.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Finally, somebody is doing something about "affordability" - www.autoblog.com/news/koenigs...
Putting "jobs Tuesday" on my calendar:
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Putting "jobs Tuesday" on my calendar:
Cleveland Cavaliers broadcast must have a low opinion of the math ability of their audience
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Cleveland Cavaliers broadcast must have a low opinion of the math ability of their audience
2007 called - it wants its headline back
October 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
2007 called - it wants its headline back
Great reporting on how the administrative costs of upcoming medicaid changes will hit Colorado counties www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
In Some States, Strapped Counties Must Impose Trump’s Medicaid Cuts
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Great reporting on how the administrative costs of upcoming medicaid changes will hit Colorado counties www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Working in a coffee shop today and they're playing "In-A-Godda-Davida" by Iron Butterfly (wow!) - recalling that I used to like to play this on the jukebox at one of the places we frequented in Charlottesville because I thought it was the best value for a quarter.
October 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Working in a coffee shop today and they're playing "In-A-Godda-Davida" by Iron Butterfly (wow!) - recalling that I used to like to play this on the jukebox at one of the places we frequented in Charlottesville because I thought it was the best value for a quarter.
Yikes
#BLS has delayed the 2024 Consumer Expenditures Survey annual release. This is likely due to the severe understaffing in the agency.
Staff losses and hiring freeze are taking their toll.
www.bls.gov/cex/notices/...
#econsky
Staff losses and hiring freeze are taking their toll.
www.bls.gov/cex/notices/...
#econsky
Consumer Expenditures 2024 Data Release to be Rescheduled
Consumer Expenditures 2024 Data Release to be Rescheduled (9/19/2025)
www.bls.gov
September 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yikes
Signed
Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Signed
This is a video I made at work a couple of weeks ago to explain why economists are so concerned by attacks on the Fed’s independence, which may lead to more inflation and higher long-term interest rates (and there are bigger rule of law issues at stake tonight, too) m.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jJ...
July 29, 2025 | Weekly Snapshot | UCCS Economic Forum
YouTube video by UCCS College of Business
m.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is a video I made at work a couple of weeks ago to explain why economists are so concerned by attacks on the Fed’s independence, which may lead to more inflation and higher long-term interest rates (and there are bigger rule of law issues at stake tonight, too) m.youtube.com/watch?v=q7jJ...
Yikes. Not surprising, but yikes
The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, August 14, at 1pm ET.
Kyu Matsuzawa will present: "Sports Betting Legalization Amplifies Emotional Cues and Intimate Partner Violence"
More info: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/
Kyu Matsuzawa will present: "Sports Betting Legalization Amplifies Emotional Cues and Intimate Partner Violence"
More info: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/
August 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Yikes. Not surprising, but yikes
Yep, “bonkers” is a very diplomatic way of putting it
August 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yep, “bonkers” is a very diplomatic way of putting it
Reposted by Bill Craighead
It’s okay to hide in the basket of denial sometimes, but not too long. Postcard from my collection, 1906.
August 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s okay to hide in the basket of denial sometimes, but not too long. Postcard from my collection, 1906.
Reposted by Bill Craighead
This is an attack on democracy itself.
No Democratic or Republican politician can be allowed to suppress the most basic facts that the reveal real-world effects of policy.
Facts are the only basis for accountability, and thus a firebreak against dictatorship.
No Democratic or Republican politician can be allowed to suppress the most basic facts that the reveal real-world effects of policy.
Facts are the only basis for accountability, and thus a firebreak against dictatorship.
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is an attack on democracy itself.
No Democratic or Republican politician can be allowed to suppress the most basic facts that the reveal real-world effects of policy.
Facts are the only basis for accountability, and thus a firebreak against dictatorship.
No Democratic or Republican politician can be allowed to suppress the most basic facts that the reveal real-world effects of policy.
Facts are the only basis for accountability, and thus a firebreak against dictatorship.
On the 149th anniversary of statehood, Colorado has the:
*15th largest state economy ($569.2 billion)
*8th highest per capita personal income ($85,002)
*2nd highest share of the population 25 and over with a bachelor's degree (46.4%)
*10th largest outdoor recreation economy ($17.2 billion)
*15th largest state economy ($569.2 billion)
*8th highest per capita personal income ($85,002)
*2nd highest share of the population 25 and over with a bachelor's degree (46.4%)
*10th largest outdoor recreation economy ($17.2 billion)
August 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
On the 149th anniversary of statehood, Colorado has the:
*15th largest state economy ($569.2 billion)
*8th highest per capita personal income ($85,002)
*2nd highest share of the population 25 and over with a bachelor's degree (46.4%)
*10th largest outdoor recreation economy ($17.2 billion)
*15th largest state economy ($569.2 billion)
*8th highest per capita personal income ($85,002)
*2nd highest share of the population 25 and over with a bachelor's degree (46.4%)
*10th largest outdoor recreation economy ($17.2 billion)
I’m old enough to remember when you could just buy something without being asked to ‘provide feedback’
July 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I’m old enough to remember when you could just buy something without being asked to ‘provide feedback’
Alabama receives more from Washington DC - $9316 per capita - than it sends. California $2129 (per cap), Mass ($3873), NJ ($3123) among net senders of funds. Colorado is net sender, $511 per capita, according to Rockefeller Institute. rockinst.org/issue-areas/...
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Alabama receives more from Washington DC - $9316 per capita - than it sends. California $2129 (per cap), Mass ($3873), NJ ($3123) among net senders of funds. Colorado is net sender, $511 per capita, according to Rockefeller Institute. rockinst.org/issue-areas/...
Second. We also recently made this discovery and it is quite good.
Happy to have found a Colorado answer to Campari in Crested Butte. Anthracite Spirits bought used equipment from trailblazer Montanya Distillers down Elk Ave.
May 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Second. We also recently made this discovery and it is quite good.
So, 3.2-star officers?
May 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So, 3.2-star officers?
Does giving these treats to my cat make up for the fact that she never gets to go outside?
April 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Does giving these treats to my cat make up for the fact that she never gets to go outside?
When I saw this ad on Detroit TV in the 1980s, I didn't imagine that it would someday become president:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILsK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILsK...
Al Dittrich Oldsmobile - 1987 commercial - WJBK-TV Detroit
YouTube video by Mason Pitzel
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
When I saw this ad on Detroit TV in the 1980s, I didn't imagine that it would someday become president:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILsK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILsK...
Yeah, airports aren’t like they used to be youtu.be/Lo0MIUrrNpc
March 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Yeah, airports aren’t like they used to be youtu.be/Lo0MIUrrNpc
This is particularly important for this region - Colorado Springs has 2nd highest veteran share among metro areas with populations over 500,000 (metro area is El Paso + Teller counties, Killeen-Temple TX is highest)
Nearly one third of the employees at VA health care facilities in the U.S. are veterans.
Now many of them, victims of the government’s mass layoffs, are out of a job.
We talked to a few of them. It’s on the Gazette’s front page today:
daily.gazette.com/the-colorado...
Now many of them, victims of the government’s mass layoffs, are out of a job.
We talked to a few of them. It’s on the Gazette’s front page today:
daily.gazette.com/the-colorado...
The Colorado Springs Gazette
The Colorado Springs Gazette
daily.gazette.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is particularly important for this region - Colorado Springs has 2nd highest veteran share among metro areas with populations over 500,000 (metro area is El Paso + Teller counties, Killeen-Temple TX is highest)
Reposted by Bill Craighead
Amid a trade picture changing day by day, business owners, industry experts and economists in #ColoradoSprings are warning of the potentially far-reaching impacts of new #tariffs enacted or promised by President #DonaldTrump. #businessnews #elpasocounty #colorado gazette.com/business/eco...
Looming tariffs cause uncertainty for business, industry in Colorado Springs
Amid a trade picture changing day by day, business owners, industry experts and economists in Colorado Springs are warning of the potentially far-reaching impacts of new tariffs enacted or promised by...
gazette.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Amid a trade picture changing day by day, business owners, industry experts and economists in #ColoradoSprings are warning of the potentially far-reaching impacts of new #tariffs enacted or promised by President #DonaldTrump. #businessnews #elpasocounty #colorado gazette.com/business/eco...
Reposted by Bill Craighead
Yes, please. Make it a double.
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yes, please. Make it a double.
George Blaha is the best. Well-deserved. “Count that baby and a foul!”
Gowdy Award winner (broadcast): George Blaha
Gowdy Award winner (Insight): Adrian Wojnarowski
Gowdy Award winner (Insight): Adrian Wojnarowski
February 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
George Blaha is the best. Well-deserved. “Count that baby and a foul!”