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@jasonfurman jasonfurman

Academic economist dissecting US inflation, labor, and productivity with measured rigor

Posts original, data-driven macroeconomic analysis — interpr

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Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

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Not yet in the scored-bets universe (fewer than 20 scoreable calls). Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -5.6% since posting (mean over 5 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-15·@jasonfurman·Argues historical fiscal policy contradicts election-year political business-cycle models.·
2026-10-15·@jasonfurman·Claims inflation and wage growth have rendered the federal minimum wage effectively irrelevant.·
2026-10-13·@jasonfurman·Argues a negative investment shock is disinflationary because demand falls before supply.·
2026-10-13·@jasonfurman·Rejects claims that infrastructure investment or corporate tax cuts are inherently deflationary.·
2026-10-13·@jasonfurman·Explains why higher rates reduce demand before supply and are therefore disinflationary.·
2026-10-10·@jasonfurman·Notes that unusually strong US exports are being driven by nonmonetary gold.·
2026-10-08·@jasonfurman·Links high rates to public debt and data-center investment, with AI demand offsetting crowding out.·
2026-10-08·@jasonfurman·Describes convergence in US employment rates for women with and without children over time.·
2026-10-08·@jasonfurman·Reports US employment levels near the bottom of a comparison, largely driven by mothers.·
2026-10-08·@jasonfurman·Reports US women's employment gains from 2006–2025 lagged nearly every comparison country.·
2026-10-08·@jasonfurman·Weighs US versus European labor systems and links US reallocation to stronger productivity.·
2026-10-08AMZN@jasonfurman+0.00Reports five firms accounted for 37% of top US-listed nonfinancial-company global capex in 2025.-2.4%
2026-10-08GOOGL@jasonfurman+0.00Reports five firms accounted for 37% of top US-listed nonfinancial-company global capex in 2025.-8.1%
2026-10-08ORCL@jasonfurman+0.00Reports five firms accounted for 37% of top US-listed nonfinancial-company global capex in 2025.-7.0%
2026-10-08MSFT@jasonfurman+0.00Reports five firms accounted for 37% of top US-listed nonfinancial-company global capex in 2025.+0.4%

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.