Not sure about you, Susan, but I learned to read with ITA. Then midway through first grade, I remember having to relearn with a standard alphabet and spelling. I recall it being frustrating. But I don’t think it adversely affected my subsequent reading or spelling ability at all.

Looks like Ridgecrest Rd, atop Mt Tam. Most beautiful road I’ve ever been on

I moved from DC to Chicago in 2000. When I came back to visit, I was shocked at how intimate DC was.

“That depends on the paper”

Born to Run

All the books I ordered last week just arrived! Can't wait to pour myself a drink, relax, be too tired to read and play around on my phone all night

It could take a long time!

Gulp. I fear this describes me.

You’re definitely a winner, Professor!

The Dallas Fed survey basically just rains fire at this point. 🔥

"Vote for the guy who would help me take over your country" is an incredible closing message

It is a good title, to be sure. But I also put a lot of weight in this case on independent discovery of a great title….there are definitely new challenges!

Remarkable how Trump dealt himself the worst possible hand to negotiate w/ China.

1st card: Enacted tariffs that threaten to tank the economy
2nd: Backs China into a corner.
3rd: Makes fed incapable of responding
4th: Tanks markets, bonds and the dollar
5th: no end game, no plan

Professor Martina Lawless named as new ESRI Director The Council of the Economic and Social Research Institute has appointed Professor Martina Lawless as its next director.

Very proud that my wife, Martina, has been appointed to be Director of the ESRI. My father, Chris, worked at the ESRI for almost all his career. He passed away in 2022 but I know he would have been incredibly proud as would my mother, Yvonne, who we lost in January.

www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Agreed. Ted Truman, the author, was my old boss. He ran the International Finance Division at the Federal Reserve Board for a couple of decades.

Biblical scholars now believe that if Jesus had covered up his gang tattoos, he might’ve avoided crucifixion.

Just to be clear, this is not the math used by economists :-)

Counterpoint: how many original games are out there? Scrabble. soccer, go. Maybe chess. Maybe the game of chicken

god, who'd be a central banker, honestly?

"66% of Democratic-leaning participants believed the Fed favoured Republicans.

"60% of Republican-leaning participants thought the Fed favoured Democrats."

The first official sign that Trump is already slowing the global economy:
OECD has just downgraded both the US and global growth forecasts - and raised its inflation forecasts - for 2025 and 2026. Org primarily blames rising uncertainty and trade wars.

www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

The Seattle Times "There's nothing you need to do - we've deducted the funds from LEONARD A. JOHNSON's account." Uh oh. It itemized how $5,201 had been stricken from their bank account, on the grounds that Ned wasn't justified to get those benefits - because he was dead. That was for payments he'd received in December and January. Ned found that his February Social Security check hadn't been paid, and he's yet to receive his March check, either. His Medicare insurance had been canceled. He also learned that when you die, your credit score gets marked as "deceased, do not issue credit," which makes it tough to get a loan.

DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

He’s also a former hockey player. He was a goalie, so used to deflecting slapshots

Vom CEPR - EABCN Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee:

“When examining business cycle trends across European countries, Germany, the region's largest economy, continues to underperform, while Spain stands out as the main driver of steady growth within the euro area.”

Also email…

It’s scary that the payment system itself is under attack

Money is a symptom of the woke mind virus.

Oh, Noah, I’m so sorry to hear the news. My condolences