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628
Account age
3 yrs
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Feb 13latest
2
Avg engagement / post
2–2
Typical post (engagement)
0.3%
Engagement vs followers
85/100
Very consistent reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 2 likes + reposts (median 2) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Just out, a profile I did of David Autor https://www.wsj.com/eco · 3 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.43 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2.5×
Follows 254 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Inflation Usually Hits Harder for Poor Families. For a Couple of Years, It Didn’t. My latest:
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/inflation-usually-hits-harder-for-poor-families-for-a-couple-of-years-it-didnt-50d40c38?mod=hp_lead_pos4
New from me - new research from Raj Chetty and his fellow researchers shows that opportunity for poor white children has deteriorated whle for poor Black children it has improved - and points to why https://www.wsj.com/economy/economic-mob…
My latest, with the incomparable Rachel Wolfe, on the big increase in women's labor-force participation, the trade-offs it has come with, and the challenges that remain https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/more-women-are-working-than-ever-but-…
Inflation is still higher than the 2% the Federal Reserve is aiming for, and maybe that is OK. That is, if we could just put aside the fact that we hate inflation so much. https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/americans-inflation-tar…
My latest, on the red state/blue state inflation divide https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/inflation-differs-republican-democrat-states-data-14800c1e?st=okmrhtp0mohbtaw&reflink=article_copyURL_share
I'm slow to post my jobs story, but hey, look at this cool chart https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs-report-march-unemployment-02c4050d
How is the country generating so many jobs even while the unemployment rate has drifted up? The emerging consensus: a surge in immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployment-jobs-report-us-immigration-surge-8e260f47
The Fed’s Conundrum: Interest Rates Are Both Too High—and Too Low https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/the-feds-conundrum-interest-rates-are-both-too-highand-too-low-f05a9d3a?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Census region nominal wage growth (from Atlanta Fed wage growth tracker) is inversely correlated with yoy CPI. I've got no clue why.
By one measure inflation is closing in on the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. By another it is still far away. Whether, and how, that gap closes could be critical to Fed plans this year. https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/one-says-2-…
Inflation cooled again in January but came in above Wall Street’s expectations, another sign that the Federal Reserve’s path to interest-rate cuts is far from settled. https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/what-to-watch-in-the-cpi-report-w…
I'm slow to post my jobs story, but hey, look at this cool chart https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs-report-march-unemployment-02c4050d
How is the country generating so many jobs even while the unemployment rate has drifted up? The emerging consensus: a surge in immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployment-jobs-report-us-immigration-surge-8e260f47
The Fed’s Conundrum: Interest Rates Are Both Too High—and Too Low https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/the-feds-conundrum-interest-rates-are-both-too-highand-too-low-f05a9d3a?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Census region nominal wage growth (from Atlanta Fed wage growth tracker) is inversely correlated with yoy CPI. I've got no clue why.
By one measure inflation is closing in on the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. By another it is still far away. Whether, and how, that gap closes could be critical to Fed plans this year. https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/one-says-2-…
Inflation cooled again in January but came in above Wall Street’s expectations, another sign that the Federal Reserve’s path to interest-rate cuts is far from settled. https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/what-to-watch-in-the-cpi-report-w…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
journa.host
A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.4× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated52/100
Fair
Credibility score
76%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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