Stacey Vanek Smith

Fun fact: You can write clarinet lessons off on your taxes! (with a note from your dentist) It’s one of thousands of exemptions

I look at why U.S. taxes are so complicated for @marketplace.org with @dashching.bsky.social & Larry Zelenak @dukelaw.bsky.social

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

You had me at Frankenlatte

Ah! You are 100% right. I stand corrected

Gold prices just hit an all-time high: Why gold is having a glow up right now.

#gold #economy #dollar

Hey, that's my Econ 101 students! Talking econ! In the public square! With the great @svaneksmith.bsky.social!

Love you guys.

Why America’s Fridges Are Overflowing With Sauce The pandemic is over, but households are still stocked up on fancy ketchups and chili crisp like the world could end tomorrow.

As the world feels more out of control and spending money on food grows more burdensome, perhaps there’s never been a better time to comfort ourselves with something new to dip our feelings in.

MY LATEST on condiments and why we can't stop buying them.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Why America’s Fridges Are Overflowing With Sauce The pandemic is over, but households are still stocked up on fancy ketchups and chili crisp like the world could end tomorrow.

We now have no-added sugar ketchup, pickle-flavored ketchup and pizza-flavored ketchup, but that doesn’t mean the $12 billion US condiment market is done expanding.

Ah—I did not mean to make the shutdown sound like a quibble. It is causing real harm. But the money I think is an excuse. I was trying to make the point that this big fight shutting down the govt is over what amounts to almost a rounding error in the budget

Relatively speaking, it is pocket change but you’re right—these are not tiny amounts of money

The government shutdown comes down to a couple of very tiny parts of the U.S.’s giant $7 trillion budget
#economy #shutdown #healthinsurance

White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data | CNN Politics The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.

Whoa, White House withdraws Trump’s controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data
www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/p...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Leading Through Economic Uncertainty: A Live Conversation with Justin Wolfers & Stacey Vanek Smith. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email... The economy doesn’t pause for quarterly reports—and neither can you. From shifting trade tensions to labor market challenges, today’s headlines can feel overwhelming, even contradictory. How do you di...

Let's do lunch. Today!

Who: You. And me. And @svaneksmith.bsky.social. Maybe a mystery guest.
What: Making sense of the current economic moment
Where: Online
When: 1pm EST
Why: Figuring out how to do business in this environment

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lol in the meantime, catch me on Mornings with @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social on Sirius XM Radio tomorrow for #FeministFridays! I am so grateful to Black women in journalism who have really made this book front and center for our communities and beyond. ❤️

*KLARNA GROUP SHARES FALL BELOW $40 IPO PRICE FOR FIRST TIME

“Food is medicine” isn’t new; it’s wisdom passed down for generations. 🌱

Grace Young reminds us that Chinese cuisine teaches sustainability: eating with the seasons, cooking with care, honoring vegetables, and respecting local food traditions. #ClimateWeekNYC

I think that's such a smart point. Yes! Economists will sometimes call this the "K-shaped" economy. The markets are hitting records, so stock holders (who tend to be wealthier) are doing well... meanwhile hiring is stagnant, inflation is high, so not great for lower wage workers

Is the economy in stagflation? Technically no… but also, not “no”. Many economists are calling this moment “stagflation lite” (ht @byheatherlong.bsky.social and her excellent article in @washingtonpost.com )

Private Equity Is Getting Boring Also VC competition, the DallasNews deal, AI in finance, stablecoin lending and black swans.

When some of these newsletters become big, there is a sort of arrogance that creeps in and they really don’t care that much about readers anymore. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Growth under Pressure While global debt is forecast to increase to 100% of global GDP by the end of the decade, the economy is facing numerous headwinds, from fragmentation, environmental shocks, demographic pressures and ...

In a moment of tariffs, war, and increasingly tense geopolitics, what happens to the global economy (and all of the people living in it)?

Please join me for a conversation with economist
@SongweVera this afternoon. #sdim25

www.weforum.org/meetings/sus...

A black bird with red crest brings a mouthful of food to a chick waiting in a tree hole with its beak open. Text says: September 19 A trailblazing geneticist, prepping for an asteroid impact, rare birds' comeback, and more

Happy Science Friday! Here’s what we’re covering today on the show. Listen on your local public radio station, 2-4 p.m. ET. 🧬🐦🎧

Omg!!! Is this how the AI revolution starts

A very big week for the Federal Reserve! We saw the first interest rate cut or 2025… and then there was allll the drama behind the scenes.

#economy #federalreserve #jeromepowell #interestrates

It was wonderful getting to talk Fed policy with the great @leilafadel.bsky.social on @npr.org this morning… especially since I got to hear ✨ Scott Horsley just before. 📈 (he even brought up the dot plot)

www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Peter Coy pens a letter to current students at the college paper he edited in 1979:

"Wash away any thought you might have that journalism will reliably provide you with a comfortable standard of living."

lol I am overwhelmed by the support and love y'all have shown today. I have no words. Just gratitude and pure shock.

Thanks for loving books and for showing love to mine too. 😭

I’m so excited for this!!

I'm starting this online seminar thing to talk about all this economics stuff. We're running it out of Michigan's Ross School, so it'll be business focused. But everything's business.

Join me with the amazing @svaneksmith.bsky.social. We would love to see you!

Sign up here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7

Apple Loses Its Cool While OpenAI Loses Its Purpose Big Tech titans may be minting money in the AI era, but what are they sacrificing in the process?

Amid the Big Tech insanity, one still has to wonder, what exactly is AI good for?

The thing that honestly worries me most is the last time we saw this kind of moment on that chart was… 2009

That is interesting--I've been looking around at some of the "quiet firing" stats and I wonder if ageism might be part of it. After all older workers have seniority, higher pay, more vacation etc. They also have such valuable experience and insights but that is too often overlooked