Mike Madowitz
@mikemadowitz.bsky.social
Now: Principal Economist @rooseveltinstitute.org & Roosevelt Forward. Then: @equitablegrowth |@JECDems | @amprog | @RFF | @UCSDecon | @BrookingsEcon.
This = me+β(no_sleep)+ε
This = me+β(no_sleep)+ε
Yes! Also, maybe a more deeply thought through shutdown plan would be smart next year?
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yes! Also, maybe a more deeply thought through shutdown plan would be smart next year?
This brings me so much joy!
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This brings me so much joy!
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shoutout to the Gecko for finally coming through on CPI we're back down to 3.1% car insurance inflation!
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shoutout to the Gecko for finally coming through on CPI we're back down to 3.1% car insurance inflation!
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
I guess the good news is things are pretty boring!
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I guess the good news is things are pretty boring!
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
um....
seems bad?
seems bad?
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
um....
seems bad?
seems bad?
A statistical release Army of One!
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A statistical release Army of One!
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
We used to be a country
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We used to be a country
This is quote isn't super germane to the article, but you gotta respect @nicktimiraos.bsky.social for getting good material into a great writeup!
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is quote isn't super germane to the article, but you gotta respect @nicktimiraos.bsky.social for getting good material into a great writeup!
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just checking in on my etymology app and…
Yeah
Yeah
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just checking in on my etymology app and…
Yeah
Yeah
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This wasn’t even for me but my fam let me open it
Marry someone who gets you!
Marry someone who gets you!
September 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This wasn’t even for me but my fam let me open it
Marry someone who gets you!
Marry someone who gets you!
Methinks the Administration is about to learn the Fed doesn't set ALL, or even most, interest rates
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Methinks the Administration is about to learn the Fed doesn't set ALL, or even most, interest rates
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
These are MUCH rosier forecasts to be clear
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
These are MUCH rosier forecasts to be clear
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
Jesus, this is quite the unsubstantiated comparison with Dr Cook
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Jesus, this is quite the unsubstantiated comparison with Dr Cook
The cooling saucer continues to leak
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The cooling saucer continues to leak
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
Apparently moving sooner?
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Apparently moving sooner?
This is the strangest Econ story this year
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
September 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is the strangest Econ story this year
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
Industry breakdown = across the board
Negative outliers:
- Trade (maybe less anticipatory inventory hiring than we thought?)
- Information (higher biz failure rates in tech?)
Positive outliers:
- utilities (beat those cuts?)
- transportation (beat those tariffs?)
www.bls.gov/news.release...
Negative outliers:
- Trade (maybe less anticipatory inventory hiring than we thought?)
- Information (higher biz failure rates in tech?)
Positive outliers:
- utilities (beat those cuts?)
- transportation (beat those tariffs?)
www.bls.gov/news.release...
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Industry breakdown = across the board
Negative outliers:
- Trade (maybe less anticipatory inventory hiring than we thought?)
- Information (higher biz failure rates in tech?)
Positive outliers:
- utilities (beat those cuts?)
- transportation (beat those tariffs?)
www.bls.gov/news.release...
Negative outliers:
- Trade (maybe less anticipatory inventory hiring than we thought?)
- Information (higher biz failure rates in tech?)
Positive outliers:
- utilities (beat those cuts?)
- transportation (beat those tariffs?)
www.bls.gov/news.release...
Something very 2025 about brushing up on stats methodology so you can better explain why the people who understand it and show their work are more trustworthy than crypto bros
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Something very 2025 about brushing up on stats methodology so you can better explain why the people who understand it and show their work are more trustworthy than crypto bros
Soft jobs report, not catastrophic.
Weakness is EXACTLY where you'd expect it from Trump admin policies:
trade exposed jobs, construction & public services get hammered, drag everything else down with them
Weakness is EXACTLY where you'd expect it from Trump admin policies:
trade exposed jobs, construction & public services get hammered, drag everything else down with them
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Soft jobs report, not catastrophic.
Weakness is EXACTLY where you'd expect it from Trump admin policies:
trade exposed jobs, construction & public services get hammered, drag everything else down with them
Weakness is EXACTLY where you'd expect it from Trump admin policies:
trade exposed jobs, construction & public services get hammered, drag everything else down with them
TFW it's not your first day at the Ideas Forge
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
TFW it's not your first day at the Ideas Forge