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New York, NY
Joined January 2014
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Michael Moats retweeted
This week jobs, next week inflation for April. #Inflation will be hot - y/y will easily exceed 3%, could nip at 4%, strongest since 2011. Some will use the term “stagflation” which was coined in 1973-75 recession to describe ⬆️ inflation & ⬆️ unemployment. That will be wrong.
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Michael Moats retweeted
Boston friends, toss one of your City Council at Large votes to @votehalbert. He’s a great guy and one of the more thoughtful people I’ve ever known.
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Michael Moats retweeted
I’ve hired a few people in my time. I’ve never been disappointed by hiring someone who is less technical but is a great human who cares for others. I can teach tech pretty easily. But boy have I seen people who are strong technical people with toxic attitudes destroy a team.
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Headline #jobs number of 130K is really 105K when one subtracts the 25K census workers. Private payrolls are down from 131K in July to 96K in August. The 3 month moving average for private payrolls is now below 150k vs above 200k for most of 2018. #FOMC #recessionwatch
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David Koch has died. In lieu of flowers please construct a shadow network of tax deductible shell companies to donate to the further perpetuation of environmental destruction and income inequality.
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Tomorrow I talk about the global economy and Gray Rhinos for the energy industry @KPMG_US energy conference. You can watch it from anywhere via our live stream feed starting at 9:00am EST social.kpmg/ya9tj #KPMGGEC #trade #EconomicOutlook @wucker @KPMG @KPMGUS_News
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I genuinely can't tell if he believes this mercantilist crap, or what. Like does the President not understand that when we spend $500 billion overseas, we get $500 billion worth of stuff back? Or does he get it and is betting that voting public will fall for economic nonsense?
The United States has been losing, for many years, 600 to 800 Billion Dollars a year on Trade. With China we lose 500 Billion Dollars. Sorry, we’re not going to be doing that anymore!
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Populist economic frustration threatens Trump’s strongest reelection issue, Post-ABC poll finds wapo.st/2V07XKQ #bluewave
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.@ConstanceHunter on @BloombergTV says today’s #jobsreport is a “solid report,” adding while wage gains appear to be mainly in lower income jobs we’re adding more moderate/higher jobs than at start of the recovery
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Latest jobs numbers show a damn healthy economy. Payrolls +196k in March. Positive revisions over the past two months add another +14k. Over the past three months, the economy has produced on average +180k jobs per month. Which is smoking. Unemployment steady at 3.8%.
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As the president attacks the late Sen. John McCain, I can't help but wonder where in the hell is @LindseyGrahamSC? This man was your best friend and like a darn coward, you say nothing. Let this serve as an example for all of us to be careful who we call friends.
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Michael Moats retweeted
What motivates women to take career risks? Find out in the 2019 KPMG #WomenLeadership Study. #WomenLeaders #WomenInBusiness #Inclusion @KPMG_US bit.ly/2T19rQb
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Michael Moats retweeted
A sharp 24% drop in spending on solar projects was driven by: • An ongoing drop in capital costs for the technology • Policy changes in China that lowered federal support and helped cut investment there axios.com/why-global-solar-s…
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Beyond proud and inspired by my former boss @JulianCastro. This country would be lucky to have a leader so full of integrity, experience and love for his country. A Texan who understands how to represent all Americans...truly inspired.
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Michael Moats retweeted
Not getting a ton of attention today, but IMO Julian Castro's answer to a question about @AOC's tax talk was striking. "George, there was a time in this country where the top marginal tax rate was over 90 percent." and *woosh* goes the Overton Window.
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Michael Moats retweeted
Free waffles if you sign up for the Economist. Makes perfect sense.
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Michael Moats retweeted
I don’t know what today will bring, but I do have this
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Today we celebrated the opening of the refurbished library at @Hilliard_ES in Houston. Thanks to @Stacy_Lewis and our KPMG Houston team for a great day! Proud to make a difference in our communities through #literacy and lifelong learning. #KFFL
It’s official: The new library at @Hilliard_ES is now open! 😃📚 #KFFL
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Michael Moats retweeted
55 years of U.S. discretionary spending in 60 seconds
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