Lee Seltzer
@leeseltzer.bsky.social
Economist at the New York Fed. Studies climate risk, real estate and corporate finance, UT Austin PhD. Views my own and not the Fed. He/him
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Lee Seltzer
@leeseltzer.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Staff Reports
Technical working papers
www.newyorkfed.org
www.newyorkfed.org/research/sta...
Excited to share a new staff report with Jacob Kim-Sherman (who is applying to PhD programs, keep your eyes out admissions committees!)
We study the implications of the tendency for natural disasters to cluster across space and time for economic research #EconSky
Excited to share a new staff report with Jacob Kim-Sherman (who is applying to PhD programs, keep your eyes out admissions committees!)
We study the implications of the tendency for natural disasters to cluster across space and time for economic research #EconSky
New blog out on clustering in natural disaster damages!
What Is Natural Disaster Clustering—and Why Does It Matter for the Economy? - Liberty Street Economics
A look at the financial and economic impact of natural disaster clustering, or how natural disaster systems interact.
libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
New blog out on clustering in natural disaster damages!
Can’t think of anything that’d make 15 year old me prouder than knowing that at 33 I’d be watching the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest from a dunkin
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Can’t think of anything that’d make 15 year old me prouder than knowing that at 33 I’d be watching the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest from a dunkin
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Your thirties are all about getting terrible acid reflux while you’re at a trampoline park for a bachelor party
April 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Your thirties are all about getting terrible acid reflux while you’re at a trampoline park for a bachelor party
Some pictures really are worth 1000 words
April 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Some pictures really are worth 1000 words
Looking forward to presenting in the Bank Credit Supply session tomorrow at MFA!
March 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Looking forward to presenting in the Bank Credit Supply session tomorrow at MFA!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h... an empirically ideal, but also terrifying, natural experiment
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h... an empirically ideal, but also terrifying, natural experiment
The hora is the purest form of moshing
March 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The hora is the purest form of moshing
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Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
February 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?
A thread/
A thread/
1) What’s happening to federal employees is a travesty
2) Hey I know him that’s my friend on MSNBC!!!
2) Hey I know him that’s my friend on MSNBC!!!
🚨 “They want no one stopping them from making as much profit as they can.” — Paul Osadebe, a federal attorney and union steward, speaking out.
Musk & Trump are gutting public services so corporations can pollute, scam, & exploit without accountability. Workers are fighting back.
Musk & Trump are gutting public services so corporations can pollute, scam, & exploit without accountability. Workers are fighting back.
February 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
1) What’s happening to federal employees is a travesty
2) Hey I know him that’s my friend on MSNBC!!!
2) Hey I know him that’s my friend on MSNBC!!!
It’ll be interesting to see what this looks like. Also surprising to see something like this coming out of the “anti-socialism” party www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
Trump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fund
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It’ll be interesting to see what this looks like. Also surprising to see something like this coming out of the “anti-socialism” party www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
I love how the njtransit part of Penn station is filled with messaging that Jersey is a place worth spending time in, they’re truly doing gods work
January 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I love how the njtransit part of Penn station is filled with messaging that Jersey is a place worth spending time in, they’re truly doing gods work
Looking forward to traveling to SF this week to present my paper “Household Credit and Spending Under Usury Limits” at ASSA!
January 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looking forward to traveling to SF this week to present my paper “Household Credit and Spending Under Usury Limits” at ASSA!
Amount of any settlers of catan game I spend standing up: 90%
Amount of any other board game I spend standing up: 0%
Amount of any other board game I spend standing up: 0%
December 31, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Amount of any settlers of catan game I spend standing up: 90%
Amount of any other board game I spend standing up: 0%
Amount of any other board game I spend standing up: 0%
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I'm currently building a starter pack on a critical topic: the role of finance in driving climate resilience, mitigation, and a circular economy.
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
December 31, 2024 at 1:12 AM
I'm currently building a starter pack on a critical topic: the role of finance in driving climate resilience, mitigation, and a circular economy.
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!
Got the same fake recruiting spam text three times in an hour so finally decided to respond with this
December 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Got the same fake recruiting spam text three times in an hour so finally decided to respond with this
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Got AEA & ASSA emails this morning abt hotel workers striking in SF?
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Hotel workers' strike and the 2025 ASSA annual meeting - Aaron Sojourner
By Hannah Archambault, Jennifer Cohen, and Aaron Sojourner Are you planning to attend the 2025 ASSA meetings in San Francisco? If so, then you are planning to attend events at a hotel where the empl...
aaronsojourner.org
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Got AEA & ASSA emails this morning abt hotel workers striking in SF?
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Serious question: if you post on Bluesky what’s it called? I’ve been using the word tweet but obviously this is incorrect
December 5, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Serious question: if you post on Bluesky what’s it called? I’ve been using the word tweet but obviously this is incorrect
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Day 2 visiting @newyorkfed.bsky.social! Working with @leeseltzer.bsky.social on a new project relating to evictions and foreclosure and looking forward to meeting with a talented group of RAs.
December 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Day 2 visiting @newyorkfed.bsky.social! Working with @leeseltzer.bsky.social on a new project relating to evictions and foreclosure and looking forward to meeting with a talented group of RAs.
I got to know Bhavyaa when she interned at the New York Fed a couple years ago. She has a super interesting job market paper, I encourage everyone to take a look!
Hello #EconSky! I’m Bhavyaa Sharma, a Macro-Finance and Climate Finance #JMC from UC Santa Cruz.
My research focuses on how financial institutions & households navigate climate risks amidst information frictions & behavioral biases.
🌐 Website: www.bhavyaasharma.com
🧵 on my JMP 👇
#EconJMP
My research focuses on how financial institutions & households navigate climate risks amidst information frictions & behavioral biases.
🌐 Website: www.bhavyaasharma.com
🧵 on my JMP 👇
#EconJMP
November 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
I got to know Bhavyaa when she interned at the New York Fed a couple years ago. She has a super interesting job market paper, I encourage everyone to take a look!
go.bsky.app/5U14C7z just learned about starter packs and I think it’s such a cool feature! I made one with researchers in Climate Econ and Finance. It’s short so please let me know if you’d like to be added!
November 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
go.bsky.app/5U14C7z just learned about starter packs and I think it’s such a cool feature! I made one with researchers in Climate Econ and Finance. It’s short so please let me know if you’d like to be added!
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Got the ball rolling on a Fed Economists starter pack go.bsky.app/GudXeoo
Fed economists, let me know if you’re on Bluesky and I’ll add you
Fed economists, let me know if you’re on Bluesky and I’ll add you
November 15, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Got the ball rolling on a Fed Economists starter pack go.bsky.app/GudXeoo
Fed economists, let me know if you’re on Bluesky and I’ll add you
Fed economists, let me know if you’re on Bluesky and I’ll add you
www.newyorkfed.org/research/sta...
Excited to share a new staff report with Jacob Kim-Sherman (who is applying to PhD programs, keep your eyes out admissions committees!)
We study the implications of the tendency for natural disasters to cluster across space and time for economic research #EconSky
Excited to share a new staff report with Jacob Kim-Sherman (who is applying to PhD programs, keep your eyes out admissions committees!)
We study the implications of the tendency for natural disasters to cluster across space and time for economic research #EconSky
Staff Reports
Technical working papers
www.newyorkfed.org
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 PM
www.newyorkfed.org/research/sta...
Excited to share a new staff report with Jacob Kim-Sherman (who is applying to PhD programs, keep your eyes out admissions committees!)
We study the implications of the tendency for natural disasters to cluster across space and time for economic research #EconSky
Excited to share a new staff report with Jacob Kim-Sherman (who is applying to PhD programs, keep your eyes out admissions committees!)
We study the implications of the tendency for natural disasters to cluster across space and time for economic research #EconSky
Seems like this could be a pretty huge deal, excited to read the paper eventually published on it in ten years!
Breaking News: For the first time, the U.S. plans to require oil and gas companies to pay fines for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Biden Administration to Fine Oil and Gas Companies for Excess Methane
A plan to impose a fee of $900 to $1,500 on every excess ton of methane emissions would be the first federal price on greenhouse gas pollution.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Seems like this could be a pretty huge deal, excited to read the paper eventually published on it in ten years!