Rate changes (up or down) aren’t in of themselves bad, but just aim to achieve a policy goal—-the key tradeoff being growth v. inflation.

That said, the Trump admin has been actively pressuring the Fed to cut rates to boost growth. You could say they’re an interested party.

Greater inflation

Portuguese!! That makes it all better

I think he mentioned before it’s where all nyt people do their podcasts

So you’re saying you hate people that use Bluesky and not twitter?

These nepo babies smh 😤😤😤

Chris Walter’s handbook chapter!

Do you have strong opinions RE prose versus rhyming translations?

I just read Fagle’s Iliad and I couldn’t help but think how it’d be so much more engaging in a rhyming version, more like the context of how it used to be told.

If Beetle Moses has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Beetle Moses has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Beetle Moses has only one fan then that is me. If Beetle Moses has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Beetle Moses, then I am against the world.

I love this! Gives contrapoints twilight!

I just feel out of touch wondering what’s taking so long? Like, pretty much everything with US govt in the past 3 months has been catastrophic, what are people holding out on?

Mmm I dig, thanks!

Hey, earnest q, do you think a cdf or a pdf is a more intuitive way to visualize this?