Ben Casselman
@bencasselman
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Econ/business reporter @nytimes. Formerly @fivethirtyeight @WSJ. Adjunct @newmarkjschool. He/him [email protected] Photo: Earl Wilson/NY
Joined September 2008
RT @andrewflowers: "Although the official estimates were not revised, BLS will produce experimental time series back to April 2020 for the…
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Worth noting: The BLS under Biden said job growth had been overstated by 800k. Then, in the first jobs report under Trump, BLS says no, it was only overstated by 600k. The exact opposite of what you'd expect if you thought presidents were influencing these numbers.
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The U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate edged down to 4 percent. Data: Full coverage:
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RT @dealbook: In today’s DealBook newsletter: what a potential bill to ban DeepSeek from U.S. government devices says about the A.I. race;…
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RT @JedKolko: Friday’s Jobs Report Will Be Confusing. Here’s How to Make Sense of It. @bencasselman breaks it all down
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RT @nealemahoney: Inspired by @bencasselman's Friday article, I wrote some words on how economists can find our way back from the wildernes…
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RT @KClausing: Appreciate @bencasselman taking on this vexing question. And, despite my sense that economists had less influence in the Bid…
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Thoughtful thread here from @econjared46.
Big @bencasselman fan, but this article gets some things wrong--and a lot right. Re the latter, strong agreement @mioana re increased dispersion in economists’ view/advice to policy makers. Min wg, trade, climate, indus policy, full emp, all good eg’s.
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RT @mioana: Must-read piece by @bencasselman. As Ben reports, I think economists still do have influence. But we can do better at understan…
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Thoughtful thread.
@bencasselman has a interesting NYT piece about economists losing influence in policy. Lots to think about in it. A few reactions 🧵
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Modest offsetting revisions: October up, November down. Net downward revision of 8,000 jobs.
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I went to #ASSA2025, the big annual conference of economists, to find out. Here's what I found: (🎁 link)
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