Gregory Daco
@gregdaco.bsky.social
Chief Economist @ EY EY-Parthenon
Vice President @ NABE
Previously @OxfordEconomics @IHSMarkit
Judo Black Belt. Football player (the real one). Once-a-year triathlete. Belgian heart. American mind. Father of 3. Husband of one.
Vice President @ NABE
Previously @OxfordEconomics @IHSMarkit
Judo Black Belt. Football player (the real one). Once-a-year triathlete. Belgian heart. American mind. Father of 3. Husband of one.
📉Depressed US consumers! The Conference Board consumer confidence index -6.0pt to 88.7 in Nov: 19% below Dec 2024
🔻Present situation: -4.3pt to 126.9
🔻Expectations: -8.6pt to 63.2
⚠️Confidence depressed by weak job & income conditions & prospects: #inflation, #tariffs & #politics
🔻Present situation: -4.3pt to 126.9
🔻Expectations: -8.6pt to 63.2
⚠️Confidence depressed by weak job & income conditions & prospects: #inflation, #tariffs & #politics
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📉Depressed US consumers! The Conference Board consumer confidence index -6.0pt to 88.7 in Nov: 19% below Dec 2024
🔻Present situation: -4.3pt to 126.9
🔻Expectations: -8.6pt to 63.2
⚠️Confidence depressed by weak job & income conditions & prospects: #inflation, #tariffs & #politics
🔻Present situation: -4.3pt to 126.9
🔻Expectations: -8.6pt to 63.2
⚠️Confidence depressed by weak job & income conditions & prospects: #inflation, #tariffs & #politics
⚠️The ADP weekly pulse on private sector employment is not yet a mature time series with less than 15 data points
🔻So while weekly prints should be taken with a grain of salt (-54k in 4 weeks to November 8), the direction of travel is concerning
⛔️Labor demand is softening
🔻So while weekly prints should be taken with a grain of salt (-54k in 4 weeks to November 8), the direction of travel is concerning
⛔️Labor demand is softening
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
⚠️The ADP weekly pulse on private sector employment is not yet a mature time series with less than 15 data points
🔻So while weekly prints should be taken with a grain of salt (-54k in 4 weeks to November 8), the direction of travel is concerning
⛔️Labor demand is softening
🔻So while weekly prints should be taken with a grain of salt (-54k in 4 weeks to November 8), the direction of travel is concerning
⛔️Labor demand is softening
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, your #Thanksgiving dinner will cost you 5% less this year; largely because of a 16% drop in turkey prices
"While the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring deals to draw demand"
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"While the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring deals to draw demand"
www.fb.org/news-release...
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, your #Thanksgiving dinner will cost you 5% less this year; largely because of a 16% drop in turkey prices
"While the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring deals to draw demand"
www.fb.org/news-release...
"While the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring deals to draw demand"
www.fb.org/news-release...
⚠️It's subtle but the margin squeeze is real...
📉Wholesalers and retailers are eating part of the cost increases from #tariffs amidst increased consumer price sensitivity
📉Wholesalers and retailers are eating part of the cost increases from #tariffs amidst increased consumer price sensitivity
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
⚠️It's subtle but the margin squeeze is real...
📉Wholesalers and retailers are eating part of the cost increases from #tariffs amidst increased consumer price sensitivity
📉Wholesalers and retailers are eating part of the cost increases from #tariffs amidst increased consumer price sensitivity
US PPI #inflation steady (Sep) as higher gas & #tariffs pressure offset by margin squeeze
✅Headline #PPI +0.3%
📈Core +0.1%
🟠Gds +0.9%
🍳Food 1.1%
⛽️Energy 3.5%
📊Core 0.2%
✅Services +0%
🚚Transport 0.8%
⚖️Trade (margins) -0.2%
📈Inflation
🔶PPI: 2.7%
🔶Core: 2.9%
✅Headline #PPI +0.3%
📈Core +0.1%
🟠Gds +0.9%
🍳Food 1.1%
⛽️Energy 3.5%
📊Core 0.2%
✅Services +0%
🚚Transport 0.8%
⚖️Trade (margins) -0.2%
📈Inflation
🔶PPI: 2.7%
🔶Core: 2.9%
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
US PPI #inflation steady (Sep) as higher gas & #tariffs pressure offset by margin squeeze
✅Headline #PPI +0.3%
📈Core +0.1%
🟠Gds +0.9%
🍳Food 1.1%
⛽️Energy 3.5%
📊Core 0.2%
✅Services +0%
🚚Transport 0.8%
⚖️Trade (margins) -0.2%
📈Inflation
🔶PPI: 2.7%
🔶Core: 2.9%
✅Headline #PPI +0.3%
📈Core +0.1%
🟠Gds +0.9%
🍳Food 1.1%
⛽️Energy 3.5%
📊Core 0.2%
✅Services +0%
🚚Transport 0.8%
⚖️Trade (margins) -0.2%
📈Inflation
🔶PPI: 2.7%
🔶Core: 2.9%
Soft US #Retail sales in September
🟠Sales +0.2%
⛔️Inflation-adjusted -0.1%
⛔️Core sales -0.1%
⛔️Volumes -0.4%
⛽️Gas 2.0%
⚕️Health 1.1%
👩🍳Rest/bar 0.7%
🛋️Furn 0.6%
🛒Groc 0.2%
🏠Build mat 0.2%
🏬Merch 0.1%
🚗Auto -0.3%
🎮Elec -0.5%
💻Online -0.7%
👗Cloth -0.7%
⚽️Sports -2.5%
🟠Sales +0.2%
⛔️Inflation-adjusted -0.1%
⛔️Core sales -0.1%
⛔️Volumes -0.4%
⛽️Gas 2.0%
⚕️Health 1.1%
👩🍳Rest/bar 0.7%
🛋️Furn 0.6%
🛒Groc 0.2%
🏠Build mat 0.2%
🏬Merch 0.1%
🚗Auto -0.3%
🎮Elec -0.5%
💻Online -0.7%
👗Cloth -0.7%
⚽️Sports -2.5%
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Soft US #Retail sales in September
🟠Sales +0.2%
⛔️Inflation-adjusted -0.1%
⛔️Core sales -0.1%
⛔️Volumes -0.4%
⛽️Gas 2.0%
⚕️Health 1.1%
👩🍳Rest/bar 0.7%
🛋️Furn 0.6%
🛒Groc 0.2%
🏠Build mat 0.2%
🏬Merch 0.1%
🚗Auto -0.3%
🎮Elec -0.5%
💻Online -0.7%
👗Cloth -0.7%
⚽️Sports -2.5%
🟠Sales +0.2%
⛔️Inflation-adjusted -0.1%
⛔️Core sales -0.1%
⛔️Volumes -0.4%
⛽️Gas 2.0%
⚕️Health 1.1%
👩🍳Rest/bar 0.7%
🛋️Furn 0.6%
🛒Groc 0.2%
🏠Build mat 0.2%
🏬Merch 0.1%
🚗Auto -0.3%
🎮Elec -0.5%
💻Online -0.7%
👗Cloth -0.7%
⚽️Sports -2.5%
⚠️Industrial production and manufacturing activity revised much lower.
▶️Cumulative effects of these revisions leave the level of manufacturing output in August 2025 about -1.5% below its level from Feb 2020, whereas manufacturing output was previously +1.5% over that period
▶️Cumulative effects of these revisions leave the level of manufacturing output in August 2025 about -1.5% below its level from Feb 2020, whereas manufacturing output was previously +1.5% over that period
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
⚠️Industrial production and manufacturing activity revised much lower.
▶️Cumulative effects of these revisions leave the level of manufacturing output in August 2025 about -1.5% below its level from Feb 2020, whereas manufacturing output was previously +1.5% over that period
▶️Cumulative effects of these revisions leave the level of manufacturing output in August 2025 about -1.5% below its level from Feb 2020, whereas manufacturing output was previously +1.5% over that period
Great to be on @bloomberg.com Business Week with Carol Massar and @timsteno.bsky.social to discuss how the economy remains resilient on the surface, but it’s increasingly dependent on three narrow, interconnected “A-pillars”
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Great to be on Bloomberg News Business Week with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec to discuss how the economy remains resilient on the surface, but it’s increasingly dependent on three narrow… | Gregory D...
Great to be on Bloomberg News Business Week with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec to discuss how the economy remains resilient on the surface, but it’s increasingly dependent on three narrow, interconnec...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Great to be on @bloomberg.com Business Week with Carol Massar and @timsteno.bsky.social to discuss how the economy remains resilient on the surface, but it’s increasingly dependent on three narrow, interconnected “A-pillars”
www.linkedin.com/posts/gregor...
www.linkedin.com/posts/gregor...
⚖️𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡
🔎 In the latest "The Inflation Brief," @laurarosner.bsky.social and I welcome Alan Detmeister to cut through the noise & unpack what missing data means for #inflation & the #Fed
Tune in to the @nabe-econ.bsky.social podcast
linktr.ee/nabe_econ
🔎 In the latest "The Inflation Brief," @laurarosner.bsky.social and I welcome Alan Detmeister to cut through the noise & unpack what missing data means for #inflation & the #Fed
Tune in to the @nabe-econ.bsky.social podcast
linktr.ee/nabe_econ
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
⚖️𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡
🔎 In the latest "The Inflation Brief," @laurarosner.bsky.social and I welcome Alan Detmeister to cut through the noise & unpack what missing data means for #inflation & the #Fed
Tune in to the @nabe-econ.bsky.social podcast
linktr.ee/nabe_econ
🔎 In the latest "The Inflation Brief," @laurarosner.bsky.social and I welcome Alan Detmeister to cut through the noise & unpack what missing data means for #inflation & the #Fed
Tune in to the @nabe-econ.bsky.social podcast
linktr.ee/nabe_econ
For Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, monthly CPI values are used to interpolate daily index ratios that determine accrued interest
Without CPI value, regulations for TIPS call for a synthetic number “based on last available 12-mo change in CPI”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Without CPI value, regulations for TIPS call for a synthetic number “based on last available 12-mo change in CPI”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Inflation Traders to Use Untested Fallbacks for Missing CPI
The $7 trillion market for securities linked to US inflation will employ fallback mechanisms for the first time after the longest government shutdown in history derailed economic data collection.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, monthly CPI values are used to interpolate daily index ratios that determine accrued interest
Without CPI value, regulations for TIPS call for a synthetic number “based on last available 12-mo change in CPI”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Without CPI value, regulations for TIPS call for a synthetic number “based on last available 12-mo change in CPI”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🚨BLS announces that it won't release the full October CPI data due to the government shutdown
📊 It will release the November #CPI on December 18 & include partial CPI data for October using nonsurvey data sources (business data)
🌫️Needless to say the #inflation picture will be extremely murky
📊 It will release the November #CPI on December 18 & include partial CPI data for October using nonsurvey data sources (business data)
🌫️Needless to say the #inflation picture will be extremely murky
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨BLS announces that it won't release the full October CPI data due to the government shutdown
📊 It will release the November #CPI on December 18 & include partial CPI data for October using nonsurvey data sources (business data)
🌫️Needless to say the #inflation picture will be extremely murky
📊 It will release the November #CPI on December 18 & include partial CPI data for October using nonsurvey data sources (business data)
🌫️Needless to say the #inflation picture will be extremely murky
US Fragility in the system...
📈Initial claims for #unemployment fell back in week-ended Nov 15 but Continuing claims reached a new 4-year high.
📉Claims: 220k (-8k)
📉4-wk avg: 224k (-3k)
⚠️Continuing claims 1.97mn (+28k): High since Nov '21
📈Initial claims for #unemployment fell back in week-ended Nov 15 but Continuing claims reached a new 4-year high.
📉Claims: 220k (-8k)
📉4-wk avg: 224k (-3k)
⚠️Continuing claims 1.97mn (+28k): High since Nov '21
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
US Fragility in the system...
📈Initial claims for #unemployment fell back in week-ended Nov 15 but Continuing claims reached a new 4-year high.
📉Claims: 220k (-8k)
📉4-wk avg: 224k (-3k)
⚠️Continuing claims 1.97mn (+28k): High since Nov '21
📈Initial claims for #unemployment fell back in week-ended Nov 15 but Continuing claims reached a new 4-year high.
📉Claims: 220k (-8k)
📉4-wk avg: 224k (-3k)
⚠️Continuing claims 1.97mn (+28k): High since Nov '21
Reposted by Gregory Daco
Finance is on Bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Finance is on Bluesky
Reposted by Gregory Daco
"The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol..."
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The labor market is not falling off a cliff, but it is loosening. With an unemployment rate at 4.44% and rising we think the Fed moves ahead with a third risk management rate cut in December to get policy closer to neutral
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The labor market is not falling off a cliff, but it is loosening. With an unemployment rate at 4.44% and rising we think the Fed moves ahead with a third risk management rate cut in December to get policy closer to neutral
Reposted by Gregory Daco
The delay in the data did have one benefit: more survey responses! The collection rate for the establishment survey topped 80% in September, far above the recent average for the first release. Though still below the ~90% that is typical for the second release.
#NumbersDay
#NumbersDay
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The delay in the data did have one benefit: more survey responses! The collection rate for the establishment survey topped 80% in September, far above the recent average for the first release. Though still below the ~90% that is typical for the second release.
#NumbersDay
#NumbersDay
US #Jobsreport September '25: Reassuring but stale upon release
✅Payrolls +119k
✅Private +97k
🟠Gds +10k
✅Services +87k
✅Gov 22k
🟠Diffusion 56%
🚨Revisions Jul/Aug -33k
🟠Hours +0%
🔺#Unemployment 4.4% (+0.1pt)
✅Part rate 62.4% (+0.1pt)
📉Wages
✅+0.2% m/m
✅3.8% y/y
✅Payrolls +119k
✅Private +97k
🟠Gds +10k
✅Services +87k
✅Gov 22k
🟠Diffusion 56%
🚨Revisions Jul/Aug -33k
🟠Hours +0%
🔺#Unemployment 4.4% (+0.1pt)
✅Part rate 62.4% (+0.1pt)
📉Wages
✅+0.2% m/m
✅3.8% y/y
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
US #Jobsreport September '25: Reassuring but stale upon release
✅Payrolls +119k
✅Private +97k
🟠Gds +10k
✅Services +87k
✅Gov 22k
🟠Diffusion 56%
🚨Revisions Jul/Aug -33k
🟠Hours +0%
🔺#Unemployment 4.4% (+0.1pt)
✅Part rate 62.4% (+0.1pt)
📉Wages
✅+0.2% m/m
✅3.8% y/y
✅Payrolls +119k
✅Private +97k
🟠Gds +10k
✅Services +87k
✅Gov 22k
🟠Diffusion 56%
🚨Revisions Jul/Aug -33k
🟠Hours +0%
🔺#Unemployment 4.4% (+0.1pt)
✅Part rate 62.4% (+0.1pt)
📉Wages
✅+0.2% m/m
✅3.8% y/y
⚠️@BLS_gov just released new release dates:
▶️Employment report for October (only payrolls) & November will be released on December 16 -- after next #Fed/#FOMC meeting (Dec 9-10)
▶️No household survey data for October
▶️Employment report for October (only payrolls) & November will be released on December 16 -- after next #Fed/#FOMC meeting (Dec 9-10)
▶️No household survey data for October
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
⚠️@BLS_gov just released new release dates:
▶️Employment report for October (only payrolls) & November will be released on December 16 -- after next #Fed/#FOMC meeting (Dec 9-10)
▶️No household survey data for October
▶️Employment report for October (only payrolls) & November will be released on December 16 -- after next #Fed/#FOMC meeting (Dec 9-10)
▶️No household survey data for October
Great addition for anyone interested in Economics and Finance on @bsky.app ⤵️
Fun new thing: Bluesky now has "Finance" as an interest new users can select during onboarding. When they do, they're given the opportunity to follow Starter Packs of some of the top Investing and Economics accounts
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Great addition for anyone interested in Economics and Finance on @bsky.app ⤵️
Reposted by Gregory Daco
Fun new thing: Bluesky now has "Finance" as an interest new users can select during onboarding. When they do, they're given the opportunity to follow Starter Packs of some of the top Investing and Economics accounts
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fun new thing: Bluesky now has "Finance" as an interest new users can select during onboarding. When they do, they're given the opportunity to follow Starter Packs of some of the top Investing and Economics accounts
Target to Invest Billions to Upgrade Stores as Sales Slump Continues
« For Halloween, Target shoppers spent on candy and costumes, but cut back on more discretionary categories such as seasonal decor »
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
« For Halloween, Target shoppers spent on candy and costumes, but cut back on more discretionary categories such as seasonal decor »
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
Target to Invest Billions to Upgrade Stores as Sales Slump Continues
The retailer lowered its expected profit range for the full year as net sales fell 1.5% in the third quarter.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Target to Invest Billions to Upgrade Stores as Sales Slump Continues
« For Halloween, Target shoppers spent on candy and costumes, but cut back on more discretionary categories such as seasonal decor »
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
« For Halloween, Target shoppers spent on candy and costumes, but cut back on more discretionary categories such as seasonal decor »
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
📉Continued job losses in the private sector
🔻ADP National Employment Report weekly pulse for 4 weeks ending Nov 1, 2025
🔻-10k jobs (in monthly equivalent)
www.adpresearch.com/job-growth-i...
🔻ADP National Employment Report weekly pulse for 4 weeks ending Nov 1, 2025
🔻-10k jobs (in monthly equivalent)
www.adpresearch.com/job-growth-i...
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📉Continued job losses in the private sector
🔻ADP National Employment Report weekly pulse for 4 weeks ending Nov 1, 2025
🔻-10k jobs (in monthly equivalent)
www.adpresearch.com/job-growth-i...
🔻ADP National Employment Report weekly pulse for 4 weeks ending Nov 1, 2025
🔻-10k jobs (in monthly equivalent)
www.adpresearch.com/job-growth-i...
Reposted by Gregory Daco
NEW: Top supervisors at the Fed's 12 reserve banks and senior staff in Washington received a memo on Oct 29 with directives fundamentally changing how the central bank oversees banks
It is part of a sweeping overhaul led by Bowman
🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b... @nytimes.com
It is part of a sweeping overhaul led by Bowman
🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b... @nytimes.com
Wall Street’s Top Cop Ushers In Lighter-Touch Oversight of Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
NEW: Top supervisors at the Fed's 12 reserve banks and senior staff in Washington received a memo on Oct 29 with directives fundamentally changing how the central bank oversees banks
It is part of a sweeping overhaul led by Bowman
🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b... @nytimes.com
It is part of a sweeping overhaul led by Bowman
🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b... @nytimes.com