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@ernietedeschi ernietedeschi

Professional macroeconomist dissecting AI, labor, fiscal, and productivity with national-accounts rigor

Posts original, data-driven macroeconomic analysis and threa

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date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-16·@ernietedeschi·Reports internal CEA evidence that Stage 4 PPI improves core PCE forecasts.·
2026-10-16·@ernietedeschi·Notes technology shocks can simultaneously increase and decrease productivity.·
2026-10-15·@ernietedeschi·Clarifies that headline PPI is a broad final-demand index rather than wholesale prices.·
2026-10-15·@ernietedeschi·Reports Stage 4 intermediate prices grew 8% year over year, a non-pandemic record.·
2026-10-14·@ernietedeschi·Charts recreational book prices in nominal terms and relative to hourly earnings.·
2026-10-10·@ernietedeschi·Observes that California generally outgrows the US in GDP and productivity despite a hypothesized weather effect.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·The author explains how population aging and longevity mechanically bias generational wealth comparisons.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·Notes Baby Boomers represented a larger population share at age 35 than later generations.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·Explains that aggregate wealth charts may inform political power but not individual economic well-being.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·Explains that population aging mechanically raises older people's share of total wealth.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·Warns that population aging mechanically raises the median and can understate younger cohorts' wealth.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·Fed survey data suggests Gen Z real wealth is outpacing prior generations at comparable ages.·
2026-10-09·@ernietedeschi·Computers and software add 25 bps to core PCE, a minority of the current one-point inflation miss.·
2026-10-08·@ernietedeschi·Explains why identical deficit ratios can imply different fiscal stances depending on their causes.·
2026-10-08·@ernietedeschi·Introduces a research agenda on first- and second-order economic effects of AI.·

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