talmon joseph smith

@talmonsmith · NYC via NOLA⚜️ · joined 29 Sep 2015

economics reporter for @NYTimes || formerly @GQmagazine, NYU, @tufts || newyorleanian || talmon.smith@nytimes.com || author of 'What Can We Afford' (March 2027)

16 806Followers

4 169Following

35 806Posts total

201.5KViews on collected posts

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talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith3 Sep

i wont name which industries because i have sources in all sectors and "i love all my children equally"... but there are already some entire categories of white collar work in which it's considered offensive to work on Friday's after 11am so: why not just formalize 4 all-in days? 633 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith3 Sep

"thing is we wouldn't even be having this conversation if this war weren't going on, if oil weren't where it is. this isn't a deficit concern or anything like that - this is really mostly related to oil. there is a .7 correlation between oil and yields right now"--Abby Yoder, JPM 4.9K views · 13 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith3 Sep

"if inflation comes in hot, I would consider a rate hike... it may not take much acceleration in inflation to nudge me into supporting tighter policy."--Chris Waller https://t.co/th1hi4IbWP 357 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith3 Sep

the 10yr too https://t.co/Rc07xm5vGS 646 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith2 Sep

@talmonsmith the real ones know 157 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith2 Sep

great chart by Matt. this is a biggie. you can afford to let services prices run sorta hot (and hope some of that heat gets transferred to real wages) especially when goods disinflation is in full force, as it was in the 2010s but that trend in goods is so over what do we do😭 ht 6.1K views · 27 likes · 4 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith2 Sep

if GasBuddyGuy was ever staidly rebranded to, like, DeHaan Energy Analytics, i feel like he'd get way more of the recognition he deserves.... he's often forecasting and calling these trends weeks or even months in advance of his posting the graphic of a given predicted outcome: 3.1K views · 26 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith22 May

@talmonsmith Hard disagree at this point, especially $NYT, whose human staff has personally done me great harm for many years, and never made it right. 153 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith22 May

human reporters > AI ✊🏾 https://t.co/4Gagf0qMKn 58.9K views · 365 likes · 40 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith14 Dec 2024

will be here sometimes now too: 859 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith14 Dec 2024

RIP Twitter: https://t.co/Ia0u9HTKgH https://t.co/205bfqDcxH

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talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith11 Dec 2024

@talmonsmith Congrats - super exciting. How would you pitch it to #econtwitter ? 4.4K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith11 Dec 2024

becoming a beat reporter amid a crisis meant putting book stuff on hold for a bit. and i'll still be on my beat for NYT! but i'll be on the road more than ever too. and the reporting's not done so let's get after it: suspects usual & unusual, point me to stories you're seeing too 1.1K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith11 Dec 2024

massive thanks to @svbowlin who believed in me/this vision since i met her as a cub editor in 2020. and already deeply grateful for the support from @simonschuster & @AtriaBooks 1.9K views · 15 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

talmon joseph smith@talmonsmith11 Dec 2024

rounding out the year with some personal news: it's book time https://t.co/pyX7QWwtNG

116.9K views · 357 likes · 24 reposts · 63 replies Open on X →

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7 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views646this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.84%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.60%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	646	924	0.70×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.84%	3.62%	1.06×
Engagement rate	0.60%	1.52%	0.40×

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.9K11 Dec

1.1K

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1.4K14 Dec

859

58.9K22 May

153

3.1K2 Sep

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6463 Sep

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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.89%11 Dec

1.60%

0.07%

0.28%14 Dec

0.00%

0.70%22 May

1.31%

0.93%2 Sep

0.60%

1.27%

0.46%3 Sep

0.56%

0.41%

1.58%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes78.7%839 in total

Reposts6.9%74 in total

Replies7.7%82 in total

Quotes2.1%22 in total

Bookmarks4.6%49 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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