Emily Peck
@emilypeck.bsky.social
Axios reporter, Slate Money host. I'm back on coffee.
NEW: The White House said on Monday it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models — but it won't say what the framework contains, who's seen it or when companies will start using it. www.axios.com/2026/08/03/w...
White House finalizes AI framework behind closed doors
The White House said it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models — but it won't say what the framework contains.
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Why do you think GenX has the worst consumer confidence compared to all the other generations? Here's my take: www.axios.com/2026/08/03/g...
Gen X is losing confidence
Many are at or near their peak earning years, and if they're growing more morose it could drag down spending.
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Good report from @emilypeck.bsky.social, with some helpful perspective on findings, but I still trust that Gen X's best days are ahead. The shadow of the Boomers can't last forever and we have a lot to look forward to. www.axios.com/2026/08/03/g...
Gen X is losing confidence
Many are at or near their peak earning years, and if they're growing more morose it could drag down spending.
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FT's Robert Armstrong: Warsh’s description of his communications policy is nonsense. Unless Warsh (and the rest of us) get lucky, this will become a bigger problem over time. Warsh’s forward guidance omertà: I don’t believe it can last for ever. www.ft.com/content/fe3f...
BESPOKE: “.. The second Fed day for new Fed chairs has normally seen some late-day selling, but none worse than what we saw today on Chair Warsh's second Fed day.”
Looks like the FDA was working on a big effort to make leafy greens safer during the Biden administration -- anyone know what's since come of it? fda.gov/food/foodbor...
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"The shift toward consumption taxes could make state tax systems feel lighter for high earners while taking a bigger bite from lower-income families...the tax divide among states could quietly reinforce racial inequality." www.axios.com/2026/07/09/t...
The hidden costs of low-tax states
The next fiscal fault line: income vs. sales.
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Despite the desires of ego-driven CEOs, remote work is only increasing in the US. In 2025, 38% of women and 31% of men did some or all of their work from home. Stats: 2019: 24% of workers had worked from home 2022: 34% 2025: 35% @emilypeck.bsky.social www.axios.com/2026/06/29/r...
Remote work continues to thrive
35% of U.S. workers did some or all of their work at home last year.
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I nerded out on leveraged ETFs since i keep hearing people talk about them -- part of the big runup in stonks in South Korea and increasingly popular here. www.axios.com/2026/06/11/s...
These ETFs try to catch a ride with the SpaceX IPO
A risk-maxxing mindset has swept through the formerly staid world of exchange-traded funds.
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I got to channel @emilypeck.bsky.social in (guest) hosting @slate.com Slate Money with @felixsalmon.com @espiers.bsky.social -- we talked about the unavoidable AI IPO pipeline, and outcomes for capital and labor diverging by country: slate.com/podcasts/sla...
Investors Can’t Escape AI’s Clutches
Guest host Mary Childs explains why index funds are bending their rules and giving investors little choice but to opt into the AI boom.
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Yeah every restaurant we loved and grocery store in my neighborhood has shut down hmmm
Emily Peck@emilypeck.bsky.social · 2mo agoWashington, D.C., had the highest overall unemployment rate, and the only overall unemployment rate above 6% nationwide, at 6.4%.. Black unemployment in DC is just above 9%(!) via EPI www.epi.org/indicators/s...
There's so much winning in the Golden Age, I can't stand it. - Americans' Rating of Moral Values Hits New Low, @gallup.com news.gallup.com/poll/710648/... - The CEOs are losing confidence, @emilypeck.bsky.social in @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/05/28/c... @dpounder.bsky.social @fergdawg.bsky.social
Washington, D.C., had the highest overall unemployment rate, and the only overall unemployment rate above 6% nationwide, at 6.4%.. Black unemployment in DC is just above 9%(!) via EPI www.epi.org/indicators/s...
2026 Q1 | State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
A softening labor market led to worse unemployment for Black workers nationwide 2026 Q1 • Updated May 2026 Unemployment and Black-white racial inequality rose across states through the first quarter o...
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She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
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This is great. In a word, why can't AI be designed to help humans rather than replace them? The latter is intentional rather than inevitable.
Emily Peck@emilypeck.bsky.social · 3mo agoI talked to Nobel prize winning economist @dacemoglumit.bsky.social about how to avert an AI job apocalypse. It's worth a listen! For @slate.com slate.com/podcasts/sla...
“The research lands in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, where ppl are now connecting less w/ others in real life. Ppl are literally saying fewer words out loud. One recent study found that in each yr, btwn 2005 & 2019, ppl in the US, Europe &Australia spoke ~300 fewer words/day than the prev yr—
Emily Peck@emilypeck.bsky.social · 3mo agoThey let me write a whole thing that makes the case for being boring @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosfinishline
They let me write a whole thing that makes the case for being boring @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosfinishline
Axios Finish Line - 1 big thing: Enjoy that mundane conversation
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(guy who has been a dad for less than a month): childcare is really hard and also taking care of my child is fucking awesome I know one of my own dad’s biggest regrets in life is the time he was unable to spend with his children when we were young
Emily Peck@emilypeck.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you're very online you might think that men are in some kind misogynistic death spiral -- but new data tell a really different story about a cultural transformation among some men. I wrote a little about it today: www.axios.com/2026/05/15/f...
"Between the lines: For decades, women have been increasing their working hours and slightly reducing their time in unpaid work — while men's patterns have been relatively stable. Now, something else is going on — possibly a real cultural shift in expectations for men."
Emily Peck@emilypeck.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you're very online you might think that men are in some kind misogynistic death spiral -- but new data tell a really different story about a cultural transformation among some men. I wrote a little about it today: www.axios.com/2026/05/15/f...
If you're very online you might think that men are in some kind misogynistic death spiral -- but new data tell a really different story about a cultural transformation among some men. I wrote a little about it today: www.axios.com/2026/05/15/f...
College-educated fathers are stepping it up at home
Millennial and Gen X men are more involved fathers than previous generations.
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In plain terms. The plan is: instead of paying taxes and getting guaranteed income through social security checks, you put money in the stock market and hope for the best. could be great -- or maybe not, depending on the market's performance. Either way Wall Street benefits.
Emily Peck@emilypeck.bsky.social · 3mo agoGWBush tried and failed to privatize Social Security in his second term. Now Sen. Ted Cruz says Trump Accounts are the way to enact the Bush plan, which was roundly ripped apart. Cruz was architect of the accounts. www.axios.com/2026/05/08/c...
GWBush tried and failed to privatize Social Security in his second term. Now Sen. Ted Cruz says Trump Accounts are the way to enact the Bush plan, which was roundly ripped apart. Cruz was architect of the accounts. www.axios.com/2026/05/08/c...
Ted Cruz: Trump accounts are personal Social Security accounts
The Texas senator said that they could revive the effort abandoned under President George W. Bush.
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Nearly half of young families live in a childcare desert per updated Center for American Progress analysis www.axios.com/2026/04/29/c...
Day care shortages on the rise nationwide, study finds
46% of children ages 6 and younger live where there are more than three kids per licensed child care slot.
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I talked to Nobel prize winning economist @dacemoglumit.bsky.social about how to avert an AI job apocalypse. It's worth a listen! For @slate.com slate.com/podcasts/sla...
Really expected someone to stop me from doing this subject line today, but incredibly no one did! Editorial freedom abounds. You can sign up for more silly headlines about serious subjects today at Axios Markets www.axios.com/newsletters/...
That thing where you are about to start writing 1 of 3 stories you're on deadline for but then start looking at the Census list of most popular names for 2020.
The market looked past Trump's statements throughout the war. "The president likes a lot of drama, so over time, investors have become conditioned to that language, but they don't actually expect that kind of devastation he writes about," is how one source put it. www.axios.com/2026/04/08/i...
Investors give peace a chance — for now
Stocks surge as oil prices tumble on news of a U.S.-Iran two-week ceasefire
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