MikeSasso

Bloomberg Real Economy reporter. Proud husband of Marie and father of Veronica. Email me at [email protected]

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President Trump has thrown almost every affordable housing idea against the wall to see what'll stick - 50-yr mortgages, builder antitrust cases. Will any? Check out Bloomberg Intelligence's Votes & Verdicts podcast.
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@PeterSchorschFL @AnthropicAI @DrewWilsonFL If it’s Anthropic, makes you wonder if she’s real or an AI creation.

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Some small businesses are touting that "We're not private equity," as PE firms delve more deeply into Main Street America. My latest with Saijel Kishan
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Redistricting" (aka gerrymandering) is big news in TX and CA and beyond, but South Carolina is showing it's risky. An effort to squeeze out high-profile Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn could wind up costing Republicans a seat, some in the GOP fear. w/Anna Edgerton and Christoper Cannon

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@SteveMatthews12 @Citrini7 I'm looking forward to the government starting mass universal basic income and letting the robots and AI do everything, personally

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Atlanta area and GA politicians are eager to take on private equity home investors, not waiting on Trump's next move. My latest with @kristoncapps
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@drantbradley It's also about spending $4,000/yr for travel ball dues, and getting badgered by friends who claim your kid will never play high school ball without shelling out for travel ball.

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There's a party on Wall Street, and many US small businesses wonder where their invite went. Small firms lag the blowout profits of big corporations, creating the latest K-shape for the economy. With my colleagues Mark Niquette and Steven Church
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Jobseekers are giving up their pickiness in a weak hiring market. Hard-to-fill jobs in substitute teaching, corrections, solid waste and "traffic flagging" are seeing more applicants lately, employers say. (free link)
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@SteveMatthews12 I’d like to see that. Then he’d stop beating me to housing stories

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Ouch, home prices and mortgage rates are so bad the median age of a first-time homebuyer is now 40
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US companies' fear of firing appears to be coming to an end. A rash of layoffs by Amazon, Target and UPS suggests US firms are more willing to part with employees. Is the "low hire, low fire" labor market ending? My lastest with colleague Julia Fanzeres
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It's so hard to get a full-time job right now, job-hunters are hoping for the next best thing: a Christmas season job, most likely at a store. From Indeed data
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@JustinWolfers However, as my colleagues have reported, there is widespread abuse of H-1Bs by staffing firms, who hoard H-1Bs. Until that’s sorted out, how’s it possible to evaluate the system?

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@gutavsaraiva @mniquette https://t.co/dqzG7PrNoE

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The #jobmarket is so tough, Americans are either clinging to jobs, or being frozen out of them. There's little in between. My latest with @gutavsaraiva and @mniquette

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Behind the drama at the giant Hyundai "Metaplant" near Savannah, company officials and Korean sources say there was just misunderstanding over visas, while locals insist Hyundai's suppliers favored foreign workers. W/Brett Pulley and Gaby Coppola
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Economists hammered #donaldtrump for firing BLS's commissioner this month. Many also agree the data need improvement. One idea: pay survey takers.
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