Christine Zhang

a surreal scene at the hotel st george in brooklyn heights this morning

Chart showing job gains over the last 13 months. In July, the economy gained 73,000 jobs. Growth in May and June was lower than initially estimated due to revision.

busy week for econ data. jobs report out this morning shows significant downward revisions for jobs in May & June, meaning job growth was a lot lower those months (~258K lower) than initially estimated

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See How Often Fed Governors Have Broken Ranks

First time there have been two (or more) governor dissents on an interest rate decision since 1993. My colleague @christinezhang.bsky.social had a great chart:
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Tracking Trump’s Tariffs: Rates for China, the E.U. and More The president is set to raise taxes on imports arriving from many countries, including Canada and Mexico. That’s on top of the tariffs that the White House has already announced on specific products, ...

NEW: This morning, we published a detailed look at Trump's second term tariffs -- the rates that each country either faces starting Aug. 1 or has brokered through a preliminary deal. We'll be updating as we learn more.
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How Trump’s Attacks on the Fed’s Powell Have Intensified President Trump has targeted Jerome H. Powell on more than 70 separate occasions, more than half of them since April. His statements fall into four broad categories.

In his second term, Trump has targeted Powell around 43 times, all since April. The verbal attacks have outpaced those made during the entirety of Trump’s first term.

Via @christinezhang.bsky.social

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Great story/charts from @lydiadepillis.bsky.social @christinezhang.bsky.social on how health care ate the American economy. This pair of maps is especially striking. #EconSky
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How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy Medicine is now the nation’s largest employer, but its growth may be slowing.

For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care.

How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us:

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The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results See neighborhood-level election results from the first round of the mayoral race.

See neighborhood-level election results from the Democratic primary for mayor in New York City.

Business Lobbyists Scramble to Kill $100 Billion ‘Revenge Tax’

Angst about the "revenge tax" in the GOP bill centers around an overarching fear that it will deter foreign investment at exactly the moment the US would value it most

"It’s right for people to be nervous"

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u... w/ Alan Rappeport @nytimes.com

A bar chart showing the impact on federal government revenues of the administration’s tariff policy compared with the impact of the proposed tax cuts, according to a forecast by the Tax foundation. Under this forecast, tariffs would bring in additional revenue, but it would not be enough to offset the revenue losses from the proposed tax cuts until 2029.

can tariffs pay for tax cuts?

this chart in @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & my story shows an analysis by @taxfoundation.bsky.social

assuming tariffs continue, they won't offset revenue losses from the proposed tax cuts until 2029 — after many cuts are set to expire

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The House’s Policy Bill Would Lose Money. Could Trump’s Tariffs Replace It? The short answer is probably not, according to multiple forecasters.

Tickled to team up today with @christinezhang.bsky.social
for this exploration of how tariff revenue is shaping up and whether it could really fill the fiscal hole the Big GOP Spending/Tax/Etc. Bill would create: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/b...
(Spoiler: Probably not. Among other problems.)

Happy Jobs Day (and, apparently), National Donut Day 🍩
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Charts (though not Donut Charts), to come: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06... 📊

U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is cutting back its collection of data on consumer prices, raising questions about the reliability of federal economic statistics under President Trump. #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

How Hard It Is to Make Trade Deals (Gift Article) It takes years to close a typical trade deal. How do the current talks compare?

My latest for the NYT Business desk - It typically takes 900+ days to make a trade deal. See how the current talks compare.

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NEW: These two maps help tell the story of America's political realignment in the Trump era.

They show every county the two parties have continuously improved in over the 2016, 2020 and 2024 elections.

It's a stark map.
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NEW: The US consumer has seemed unstoppable in recent years, spending throughout soaring inflation and the highest borrowing costs in decades. But as tariffs bite, they are starting to show signs of strain www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @nytimes.com @christinezhang.bsky.social

a wonky polls story about a wonky topic, from me & Ruth Igielnik 📈📉

How Could the Weather Service Change Under Trump? President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that means for weather data.

new from me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...

Help us go the last mile in Pennsylvania.

An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election Results: Trump vs. Harris See how your neighborhood voted on our interactive, precinct-level results map of the presidential election.

The folks at @upshot.nytimes.com have released their first cut at a precinct-level map of 2024 presidential results, using some of the data we collected and published for Michigan:

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From Inflation to Bitcoin, 9 Charts That Explain 2024 Rate cuts, stock surges, and Trump’s tariff threats are among the biggest forces shaping business and the economy.

Some economic data points that stuck out in 2024, from our colleague @christinezhang.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

From Inflation to Bitcoin, 9 Charts That Explain 2024 (Gift Article) Rate cuts, stock surges, and Trump’s tariff threats are among the biggest forces shaping business and the economy.

For @nytimes.com dealbook: roundup of the year in Econ & Markets, in charts 📈📉

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Maps Pinpoint Where Democrats Lost Ground Since 2020 in 11 Big Cities (Gift Article) A Times analysis shows where Kamala Harris got fewer votes compared with Joe Biden and which voting blocs drove each city’s red shift.

PRECINCT MAPS: 11 cities, 33 maps

Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, NYC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco

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Democrats Say the Joy Is Back. Here’s What the Data Says. We asked voters to describe their feelings about the election in one word. Joy has jumped; so has anxiety.

NEW: We asked voters to describe their feelings about the election in one word. *JOY* has jumped; so has *ANXIETY*

Join @alexlemonides @RuthIgielnik on our journey of a story that grapples with the duality of hope and fear

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Biden Dropped Out 3 Days Ago. Ready or Not, Here Come the Polls. Some pollsters were already in the field when news of his withdrawal broke; others scrambled to conduct quick surveys.

reporting out this story (by Cam & me) from Wednesday felt like doing a mental health checkin with some other pollsters at this moment in time … ♥️📊

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The One Thing Voters Remember About Trump We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.

In some ways, the election will be a battle of memories.
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What to Make of the ‘Zombie Vote’ Against Donald Trump Votes for dropout candidates, such as Nikki Haley, have been features of past election cycles, too.

got the word “zombie” into a headline at work 🧟

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Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone There’s 50 percent more carbon dioxide in the air than before the Industrial Revolution.

Carbon dioxide levels have passed another milestone www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My latest @upshot.nytimes.com piece