Neil Irwin

Chief Economic Correspondent at Axios and author of Axios Macro newsletter.

Author of "The Alchemists" and "How to Win"; Formerly: NYT, WashPost.

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@aseitzwald @michaelkruse Yeah, when I was there (~5 years ago) there was a lot of hand-wringing over data showing a huge share of news consumers didn't understand traditional datelines, or the difference between reported pieces and aggregation. This is an elegant attempt at a solution.

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Not even a subtweet, frankly…

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Mark Carney is asked about interest rates and inflation by @colbyLsmith and he prefaces his answer with this: "Thirteen years as a central banker, I defend the right of my central bank to do whatever they think is right."

NYT: Just on these stimulus measures, though, the Bank of Canada looks like it’s on the cusp of raising interest rates and following other major central banks around the world in combating elevated inflation, so do you see any of this working at cross purposes with the central bank? How do you think about inflation?

Carney: Thirteen years as a central banker, I defend the right of my central bank to do whatever they think is right. Core inflation is running at 2%, headlines run into 3%, but core runs into 2, and so the inflation pressures are much less in Canada than some other jurisdictions that you might be familiar with, and the fiscal position is much stronger. You know, we borrow 110 basis points through the U.S. — that tells you a lot, and the economy is growing. This is not European low interest rates because of that. It’s because we got our fiscal house in order and the central bank has a lot of credibility.

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Unrelenting.

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@mtkonczal https://t.co/nhehCemCin

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@conorsen For whatever reason, I've rewatched the entirety of Mad Men on planes and trains a couple of times now and have never desired to do so with The Wire or Breaking Bad.

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Market update:

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Can't stop won't stop

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@conorsen Wild to me that the time from 9/11 to the early onset of the GFC (which I put at August '07) is shorter than the span from the pandemic to now.

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@conorsen Yes but have you considered the fact that the Chargers single-handedly knocked out two of my four survivor pool entries?

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@noamscheiber Relatedly, when you walk out of ORD you are only about halfway there on your voyage to downtown Chicago.

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@vtg2 The follow-up questions really were getting out of control. . .

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Warsh is applying Smart Brevity™ to Fed press conferences.

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Full write-up here: https://t.co/v5OYSbEmWl

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@grossdm That chart is monthly, not daily. It closed at 4.92% on Oct 16 2023, right about where it is today.

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@conorsen We were so alive.

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@levie We’ve had the internet for 40 years and I still get handed a clipboard with a paper form when I show up for an appointment with a new doctor.

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@darioperkins https://t.co/1LdYWQaszF

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@ByrneHobart A+ parenting, thank you for your inspiration here.

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@EamonJavers Big if true.