Neil Irwin
@Neil_Irwin
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Chief Economic Correspondent at Axios and author of Axios Macro newsletter. Author of "The Alchemists" and "How to Win"; Formerly: NYT, WashPost.
Washington, DC
Joined June 2010
RT @NickTimiraos: The Fed announced it has left the Network for the Greening of the Financial System, a group of global central bankers and…
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RT @KevinQ: Applications for the Upshot's 2025 Fellowship are now open! Plz share widely with friends and withhold from enemies https://t.c…
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@MichaelRStrain @scottlincicome @thedispatch Sorry if that makes no sense just trying to be part of it.
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@mattyglesias @DKThomp Should've done something more constructive, like yelling at Jay Powell or throwing paint on the Mona Lisa.
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@jasonfurman @byHeatherLong He might want to check the calendar of when governor vacancies are scheduled to present themselves.
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Excellent read here:
Forty years ago this week, an insurance salesman's debut novel began appearing on shelves around DC. That book was THE HUNT FOR THE RED OCTOBER. It launched Tom Clancy's publishing empire — with a nudge from The Post. Come with us on this deep dive…
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@TonyFratto Maybe worth moving to the west coast just for the middle-age compatible sports viewing hours?
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Now they’re going to talk about the Bears-Panthers game, as no one asked for.
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Cool, casual 20bps one-day runup in the 2y yield on those strong September jobs numbers:
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Purely in terms of "getting a clean October jobs report that isn't wildly distorted by one-off events," the timing of both Helene and the port strike relative to the CPS reference week worked out pretty well.
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There's been a tension the last couple of months between AHH THE SKY IS FALLING labor market alarmists and the Fed view of CALM DOWN PEOPLE THINGS ARE BASICALLY FINE and the Fed view definitely won the September jobs report. I say this having had one foot in the former camp.
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If I were the Buccaneers or Falcons, I would simply try to play defense.
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