Danny Blanchflower

@dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Prof of econ dartmouth and ex MPC Bank of England working a lot now on the declining wellbeing of the young around the world I am here https://sites.dartmouth.edu/blanchflower/ And now grandad of eleven Blanchflower@dartmouth.edu

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

Over last 10 mnths nfp is up 600k & 3/10 -ve weaker than 07 Dec-25 -17 Jan-26 160 Feb-26 -156 Mar-26 214 Apr-26 148 May-26 63 Jun-26 31 Jul-26 -10 Aug-26 133 Sep-26 29 Feb-07 88 Mar-07 224 Apr-07 63 May-07 145 Jun-07 78 Jul-07 -26 Aug-07 -31 Sep-07 86 Oct-07 76 Nov-07 115 Dec-07 105

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over the last ten months US employment on the household account has fallen in five of them and is down 600k....looks like 2008.... Dec-25 232 Jan-26 -895 Feb-26 -185 Mar-26 -64 Apr-26 -226 May-26 149 Jun-26 -507 Jul-26 -87 Aug-26 569 Sep-26 406 This account has more coverage than estab account

Trump said he would get prices down. Professor needs to explain a) Today inflation was 3.7% versus 3.0% in Jan '25 b) index # for basket of goods rose from 317.67 in Jan'25 to 336.94 in Sep'26 so prices are up 6.066% c) Prices are not down but rising faster this month than last month d) trump lied

Trump came into office in January 2025 when cpi was 3.0% Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2024 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 2025 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.0 (X) 2.7 2.7 2026 2.4 2.4 3.3 3.8 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.7 Prices today 6.1% higher...!