Anthony DeBarros
@anthonydb.bsky.social
Data journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of the book "Practical SQL" from No Starch Press. https://nostarch.com/practical-sql-2nd-edition/
Charts! The quarterly @wsj.com economic forecasting survey for April in detail -- plus a report card on how our panel of economists fared in 2025. With my colleague Peter Santilli. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
The Cost of War: How Economists Predict the Economy Will Fare
Economists’ forecasts from a WSJ survey on the outlook for growth, inflation, oil prices and recession risks following the Iran war.
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Recent months have been marked by slower growth, stubborn inflation and a weaker job market. Economists worry the war in Iran could exacerbate all three. www.wsj.com/economy/infl...
We Asked a Panel of Economists to Forecast the War’s Impact
Few think the conflict will derail a resilient economy, but inflation, growth and jobs are all expected to take a hit.
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U.S. birthrates continued to hit new lows in 2025 as the number of children born hovered around roughly 3.6 million for the sixth straight year. My latest with colleagues Paul Overberg and Andrea Petersen. www.wsj.com/us-news/why-...
Why the U.S. Fertility Rate Has Hit a Record Low
As childbearing shifts toward women 30 and older, the U.S. is moving further below the level needed to keep growing.
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The Epic 50-Year Story of Apple, Told Through the WSJ Archive www.wsj.com/tech/the-hea...
The Epic 50-Year Story of Apple, Told Through the WSJ Archive
See the headlines from decades of coverage that chronicle the evolution of an American icon
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In our latest economic survey for @wsj.com, the average recession probability has ticked up to 32% but the consensus is that the economy is resilient enough to weather the oil supply disruption—provided crude doesn't rise above above $138/barrel for a sustained period. www.wsj.com/economy/econ...
Economists Don’t See a Recession Unless Oil Hits $138—and Stays There for Weeks
In a survey, the average of economists projects the Middle East conflict boosting inflation but probably not hurting growth.
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pgAdmin team working on adding AI capabilities to its popular PostgreSQL query and management tool (i.e., things you learn by watching GitHub repos). github.com/pgadmin-org/...
Core LLM integration infrastructure to allow pgAdmin to connect to AI… · pgadmin-org/pgadmin4@f2756a3
… providers. #9641 * Core infrastructure for LLM integration. * Add support for a number of different AI generated reports on security, performance, and schema design on servers, databases, and sc...
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Latest from me: How President Trump aimed tariff exclusions at food—and which items remain under levies. In charts: www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
How Trump Administration Aimed Tariff Exemptions at Rising Food Costs
Charts show how the president has eased his levies—but some key ingredients might still weigh on consumers.
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Stronger growth but a weaker jobs picture: Economists surveyed by @wsj.com see a bifurcated picture of the nation's economic prospects. Latest quarterly survey, with @HarrietTorry www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
Stronger Growth, Weaker Hiring: Forecasters See a Split-Screen Economy
In the latest Wall Street Journal survey, forecasters also predict that the Federal Reserve will become less independent.
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Tariffs brought in record revenue in fiscal year 2025 for the U.S. government. But how much did that change the overall picture? Five takeaways from @richardrubindc.bsky.social and me today on what has changed about the federal budget—and what hasn’t. www.wsj.com/economy/tari...
Tariffs Are Way Up. Interest on Debt Tops $1 Trillion. And DOGE Didn’t Do Much.
The books have closed on the U.S. government’s fiscal 2025. Here’s what has changed about the federal budget—and what hasn’t.
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Highly recommend this deportations data breakdown from @anthonydb.bsky.social @wsj.com J Importantly, it highlights *missing data* DHS' statistics office hasn't released broken down info since January, meaning we don't have the complete picture of who is being deported, by which agency & where
How Trump’s Deportation Effort Is Playing Out, in Charts
ICE is moving to step up arrests, detentions and deportations. We crunched the numbers.
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Wow, JetBrains is making DataGrip available for free for non-commercial use. Great news for students and open-source projects. blog.jetbrains.com/datagrip/202...
DataGrip Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use | The DataGrip Blog
We’re excited to announce a change in our licensing model that we believe will benefit the developer community – DataGrip is now free for non-commercial use!
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Postgres.app — my favorite way to run PostgreSQL on macOS — is making it easier to add extensions to your environment. Really handy. postgresapp.com/extensions/
Take a spin in the time machine, back to an era when the federal budget deficit didn’t look like a problem at all. Today, my colleagues @richardrubindc.bsky.social, Rosie Ettenheim and I break down how to the U.S. arrived at record deficits. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Path to Record Deficits
A generation ago, the federal budget was briefly in surplus. Now, it appears headed for a record stretch of peacetime deficits. What happened?
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@natschatpodcast.bsky.social What a sad series against the Marlins. 1) The Nats are now just 1 game ahead of the Marlins for the NL East cellar. 2) 0-9 with RISP in today's game! 3) At least Cole Henry looks like a future closer with those two K's and 2.22 ERA.
Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government said BLS staffing shortages hampered its ability to conduct the massive monthly survey. www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...
Exclusive | Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data
The Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey, forcing it to turn to less precise guesses.
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Newest versions of pgAdmin now let us customize the font in the Query Tool. Nice upgrade. Set here to MesloLGL Nerd Font:
@markzuckerman.bsky.social Did the Nats all change uniform numbers recently? If so, what’s the story there?
Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal expect slower growth this year and a higher chance of recession. Today, my colleague Peter Santilli and I break down our panel's forecasts—and report on how well the panel fared in 2024. www.wsj.com/economy/econ...
What Economists See Ahead—and How They Fared Last Year
Our survey shows economists expect slower growth and see a recession as more likely. They were pessimistic a year ago, too, and were wrong.
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Since President Trump took office, economists have slashed estimates for growth while raising them for inflation and unemployment. www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Economic Outlook Dives Just Three Months Into Trump’s Term
The probability of a recession has leapt while the growth outlook has slumped, a survey of economists has found.
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Federal spending is higher since President Trump took office even as the Department of Government Efficiency slashes contracts, cuts jobs and ends diversity programs, by @anthonydb.bsky.social / @jamesgbenedict www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
See How Government Spending Is Up Even as Musk Touts Savings
The Musk team’s estimated $150 billion in savings barely makes a dent in $6.8 trillion of expenditures largely on autopilot, a WSJ analysis finds.
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Interesting post on Microsoft engineers' contributions to PostgreSQL in 2024. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/adforpo...
Microsoft PostgreSQL OSS engine team: reflecting on 2024 | Microsoft Community Hub
In "Microsoft PostgreSQL OSS engine team: reflecting on 2024", the first part of a two part blog post, you will learn about who the Microsoft...
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My colleagues, @ceostroff.bsky.social, Shane Shifflett, and James Benedict have a fantastic look at DOGE's savings claims: "A WSJ analysis of government data found that many claims of savings were overstated and ‘woke’ cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Important note for new readers of Practical SQL! Today's release of pgAdmin v9.0 introduces a "Workspace" layout that's enabled by default. I've written instrux on how to set the layout back to "Classic," which matches the book and is, IMO, better. github.com/anthonydb/pr...
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account…
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This one, indeed, does go up to 11. How economic and other national indicators—and a couple pop-culture touchstones—changed from Trump's first inauguration till now. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
How Trump’s New America Compares With 2017, in 11 Charts
Economic and pop-culture indicators trace the country’s path as President-elect Donald Trump returns to Washington for his second term.
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In our latest WSJ survey of economists, the panel forecasts higher inflation and interest rates ahead of Trump's return. www.wsj.com/economy/econ...
Trump’s Return Nudges Economists’ Inflation Outlook Higher
Survey finds tariffs, tax cuts and immigration policy could weigh on price outlook for next two years.
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I'm always humbled and grateful when this happens, which it has done a couple times (often coinciding with the start of college semesters). Thank you to all my readers! practicalsql.com
