Michael McKee
@mckonomy.bsky.social
International economics and policy for Bloomberg.
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
And some snark
Usually 35,000 feet above somewhere ✈️
Interesting marketing strategy: potato chips -- made from potatoes!
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Interesting marketing strategy: potato chips -- made from potatoes!
I take it there are no economists working at the Department of Labor...
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I take it there are no economists working at the Department of Labor...
Very strict rules at the Nepal Finance Ministry.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Very strict rules at the Nepal Finance Ministry.
Even better than I suggested, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Even better than I suggested, from @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
Why do the words F-You come to mind?
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why do the words F-You come to mind?
Surprised I haven't seen this in every post about the "promised vote" on health care premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Surprised I haven't seen this in every post about the "promised vote" on health care premiums.
If you give a mouse a cookie....
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you give a mouse a cookie....
Courts? Judges? The law? Not in Trump's America....
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Courts? Judges? The law? Not in Trump's America....
Farther down the list of concerns, but still out there: dreading the possibility of time series breaks if we have no October (and/or) November data. Covid totally screwed up chart making:
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Farther down the list of concerns, but still out there: dreading the possibility of time series breaks if we have no October (and/or) November data. Covid totally screwed up chart making:
I assume he's referring to what's happened since Jan. 20, 2025.
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I assume he's referring to what's happened since Jan. 20, 2025.
So, about this:
*TRUMP: MAYBE MEETING WON'T HAPPEN WITH XI
*TRUMP: MAYBE MEETING WON'T HAPPEN WITH XI
October 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So, about this:
*TRUMP: MAYBE MEETING WON'T HAPPEN WITH XI
*TRUMP: MAYBE MEETING WON'T HAPPEN WITH XI
How's that peso intervention working out, Mr. Secretary?
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
How's that peso intervention working out, Mr. Secretary?
Trump loses the Lisa Cook case for now. Supreme Court "defers" a judgement on his request to be able to fire her now, while her case goes through the justice system.
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump loses the Lisa Cook case for now. Supreme Court "defers" a judgement on his request to be able to fire her now, while her case goes through the justice system.
Press room at the Fed today. "Nothing concentrates the mind like a hanging..."
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Press room at the Fed today. "Nothing concentrates the mind like a hanging..."
Insanely beautiful sunset over an insanely crazed city.
September 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Insanely beautiful sunset over an insanely crazed city.
And now this... 🫣
Trump suggests the SEC adopt semiannual earnings report requirement, something he first posited in 2018:
Trump suggests the SEC adopt semiannual earnings report requirement, something he first posited in 2018:
September 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
And now this... 🫣
Trump suggests the SEC adopt semiannual earnings report requirement, something he first posited in 2018:
Trump suggests the SEC adopt semiannual earnings report requirement, something he first posited in 2018:
My favorite economic data point of today comes from @torstenslok.bsky.social - even as the economy cools, visits to the Statue of Liberty are holding up. Definitely mitigates against 50bp next week:
September 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My favorite economic data point of today comes from @torstenslok.bsky.social - even as the economy cools, visits to the Statue of Liberty are holding up. Definitely mitigates against 50bp next week:
Also today. It's the guns.
September 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Also today. It's the guns.
Once again, the Supreme Court overturns a District Court ruling against Trump, with zero explanation. It's like they're hiding something....
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Once again, the Supreme Court overturns a District Court ruling against Trump, with zero explanation. It's like they're hiding something....
Apparently, we're at the limit. From Judge Allison Burroughs opinion in tonight's Harvard case:
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Apparently, we're at the limit. From Judge Allison Burroughs opinion in tonight's Harvard case: