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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

the bank of jamaica just called me a tease

Bank of Jamaica

@CentralBankJA

3 years

😂We thought so, too! @bcheungz is such a tease!😉 Runaway inflation is another term for hyperinflation - when high inflation becomes entrenched and escalates to being so rapid and out of control that normal expectations of price movements and value quickly become obsolete.🧵1/4

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

incredible sequence outside my window just now

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@bcheungz

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posted with permission: “he honked soon as the light turned green literally Lmfaoo so I waited and then went in and got sturdy” 👑

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@bcheungz

3 years

remixed

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@bcheungz

3 years

update: the dancing man and I have connected and we’re friends now (posted with permission)

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@bcheungz

3 years

@cpcrock call it news instincts or a NY mentality, but when someone is holding the horn for more than 30 seconds you know something's about to go down

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

8 months

so you're telling me Jesus was home building in a 7% mortgage rate environment

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Bofa has a chart of rates going back to **3000 B.C.** Says rates are coming off "5000-year lows"

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

$JPM's Jamie Dimon on bitcoin: "I'll just challenge the group to one other thing: how do you know it ends at 21 million? You all read the algorithms? You guys all believe that? I don't know, I've always been a skeptic of stuff like that."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

1000 points is the threshold for ALL CAPS

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@bcheungz

5 years

it’s literally a line of credit from Goldman Sachs

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@Apple

5 years

A new kind of credit card. Created by Apple, not a bank. Coming this summer.

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

went on a date last night and the girl deadass asked me when the Fed nominations were coming

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

just microwaved some salmon at the office

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

senators: “we’re close to a covid stimulus package” the package:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

8 months

credit conditions tightening

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@DailyLoud

8 months

JAY-Z says he refused to lend cousin $4,800 👀

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@bcheungz

3 years

yikes

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brian cheung

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

really cool moment earlier today joining @RichardLui on @MSNBC . thanks for trailblazing the way for so many AAPI journalists like myself:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

i just SCREAMED at the TV and my family told me to calm down

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

Spirit of Halloween taking their pick of which bankrupt mall anchor to occupy for the next four weeks

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

Dimon in May 2021: "My own personal advice to people is: stay away from it. That does not mean the clients don't want it...I don't smoke marijuana but if you make it nationally legal, I'm not going to stop our people from banking it."

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon: 'Buyer beware' on cryptocurrencies

The head of the nation's largest bank told Congress Thursday that investors should "stay away" from cryptocurrencies but said he will not stop the bank from exploring crypto-related financial...

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

oh my god hang this quote in the louvre: "One senior banker who spoke to CNBC said he still wears the brand’s basics under his more expensive suits. He requested anonymity because he did not want to talk publicly about his basic wear."

CNBC

@CNBC

4 years

Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy, as it seeks buyer and closes some stores

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

17 days

did not expect to see @FKAtwigs on @cspan today but damn that was a fire way to describe what’s at stake with AI

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

no, I’m from new jersey

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

no one is prepared for the sociopolitical implications of a generation of t swift fans becoming rampant supporters of price controls

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

for those wondering, this came from an @IIF event this morning. more Dimon: "Our clients are adults, they disagree, that's what makes markets. If they want to have access to buy or sell #bitcoin , we can't custody it, but we can give them legitimate, as clean as possible access."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

@gil_by i believe the mccringleberry rule is three pumps

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

some news: this is my last week at @yahoofinance #JOLTS

Talking Biz News

@talkingbiznews

2 years

. @bcheungz hired by @NBCNews as business and data reporter:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

Fed response indicates they beg to differ: "The Federal Reserve would prefer that the full suite of emergency facilities established during the coronavirus pandemic continue to serve their important role as a backstop for our still-strained and vulnerable economy."

brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin asks Fed to return unused money and close down Main Street Lending, Municipal Lending, TALF, and corporate credit facilities on Dec. 31. Asks for 90 day extension on PDCF, CPFF, MMLF. Says programs can be restarted if needed

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

ok so i was a "young finance hopeful" who worked at the Fed out of college and for anyone that wants to know what it's like: the annual holiday party is at midday, and no alcohol is served

Neil Irwin

@Neil_Irwin

3 years

Can't wait for the flexible average inflation targeting episode.

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

new twitter avi

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

oh so NOW everyone wants to be a bank reporter well let me tell you

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

@kgreifeld forex/money $2,00,00 + $5,00,00

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

5 months

some personal news

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

5 years

at the risk of ripping the fabric of space and time this happened on the internet today:

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@bcheungz

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

6 years

lets check in on canada

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@breakfasttv

6 years

Confirmed by PM @JustinTrudeau : Die Hard is indeed a Christmas movie. @KevinFrankish #TrudeauOnBT

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

macroeconometrics nearly ended me but today I graduated (virtually) from @JohnsHopkins ! physical diploma’s not here yet (and that’s actually dad’s engineering masters gown) but we still turning up 👨‍🎓🍾

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

her: i bet he's thinking about other girls him: is the treasury general account drainage worse for money markets or banks? i guess it depends on whether or not the Fed raises IOR. or they could extend SLR exemptions but

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

dinner last night

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

bloomberg u aight?

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

oh come on

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

all fired up here at @NBCNews . send news/tips/data/comments/memes/NBA conspiracy theories to Brian.Cheung @nbcuni .com

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

U.S. Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen on the Toomey/Warner/Lummis/Sinema/Portman crypto compromise:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

happening now:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

when u need to eat good in the neighborhood IMMEDIATELY

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 month

Janet Yellen crushing a beer in Beijing

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

Minneapolis Fed's @neelkashkari to firms that cant find labor: raise wages "I really take labor shortage complaints now — having been on this job now for almost 6 years— I take it with about 10 lbs of salt. Big salt chips on my shoulders, because I've heard these stories before"

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

thrilled to announce that i am no longer eligible for the 30 under 30

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@TODAYshow

1 year

Summer is not the only thing we’re celebrating! Happy birthday to our Gemini king @bcheungz 🥳🎂

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

stopped by the neighborhood gold miner

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

at these valuations? no thanks

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@BigSean

3 years

Invest in yourself!!!

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

jeopardy contestants didn’t know the answer lol

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

Four democratic senators (Brown, Gillibrand, Merkley, Warnock) introduce a bill to restrict trading by senior Federal Reserve officials:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

COVID birthday cake protocol

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

Merry Christmas, don’t forget to remind your loved ones that we’re seven days out from the LIBOR transition 🌲 🎅 🎉 ❄️ ☃️ 🏂

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

when tom brady won his first super bowl alan greenspan was the Fed chair

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

anyway here’s wonderwall

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

no dinner tonight? there are some 🔥 Asian-owned restaurants that could really use your support. my recs for NYC and the DMV: (No disrespect to BX, Staten Island or Maryland, just haven’t tried enough places out there)

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

5 years

the last time tiger won a masters Alan Greenspan was the Fed chairman

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

a labor market story:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

@_ByFrancisco yes and that makes this even better

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

the Fed again highlights this staggering statistic: "Disaggregating the overall unemployment rate reveals that workers in the lowest-wage quartile face Depression-era rates of unemployment of around 23 percent."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

what every econ data release feels like

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

the english language has to be charitable enough to give us more words than "balloon" to differentiate a thing that clowns blow up at a birthday party from advanced research technology the size of three buses

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

apologies to the people who dislike my sneaker shelf, i'll replace it with a "live laugh love" sign for the next presser

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

This is a pretty remarkable public dispute here. The Treasury was essentially ordering the Fed to close down 9 of 13 liquidity facilities in December and return the money. Fed: u sure bout that

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

. @TeamLou23 had the facts back in June: “If we had a game today and u leave a protest to watch it. That’s a distraction. Any questions?”

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@ShamsCharania

4 years

Rockets-OKC players are planning to boycott Game 5 of their series, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium .

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

5 months

i saw ur bf in here complaining about sub 4% unemployment rates

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

are you a young financial genius working in the federal reserve system? did you screw it all up with secrets, lies, sex, and politics? if so, I’d like to talk to you! DM or email at brian.cheung @yahoofinance .com

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

10 months

running a regression

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

BREAKING: Fed to begin unwinding its corporate bond portfolio. As of 4/30/21, Fed had about $8.6B in corporate bond ETFs and $5.2B in individual corporate bonds. Fed official says they hope to unwind the whole portfolio by end of 2021

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5 months

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell: "A very high proportion of forecasters were expecting very weak growth or a recession. Not only did that not happen, we actually had a very strong year."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

Fed published new details on its Secondary Market Corp. Credit Facility purchases, which had about $429 million in individual corp. bond purchases through 6/16 Here were the 25 largest transactions $CMCSA $ABBV $T $UNH $KO $WMT $BRK $MSFT

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

Goldman Sachs Econ expects core goods inflation to turn negative next year: "More moderate commodity price inflation, falling transportation costs, and downward pressure on import prices from past dollar appreciation should also help to reduce core PCE goods inflation."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

might ask Jay Powell about the choco taco

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

just saw this on hinge and I-

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

2004, 2009, 2016, 2021:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

for the record I blame this

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

oh hey its @kylascan on @yahoofinance !

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

this is my final form as a New Jerseyan: reporting live from the mall

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

@MattZeitlin a year ago people were making fun of me

brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

anyone else who also ran high school track between 2008-2011 should recognize these bad boys

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

for anyone saying this is "cringe," put some respect on @iammcjin , who had a ***7-week*** freestyle fridays run on 106 & Park and inspired countless Asian dudes (myself included) to start recording freestyles on their LG Chocolates

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸

@AndrewYang

3 years

Time to do the right thing for New York - thank you @iammcjin . Let's go New York City!

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brian cheung

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2 years

programming note: amped to share that i've recently transitioned into a full-time anchoring role here @yahoofinance ! you'll be able to catch me and @AkikoFujita every day at 11am - 12pm ET at

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

6 years

. @RepMaxineWaters tells @JohnJHarwood @realDonaldTrump 's attacks do not "intimidate" her: "I think that this man does not deserve to be president of the United States. He is one of the most deplorable people I've ever me in my life."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

celeb sighting @kgreifeld

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

11 months

just copped

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

1 year

only four times in the last 40 years have we seen movements in the bond market like we did this week - Deutsche Bank

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

for anyone wondering, "SDR" refers to special drawing rights, which is the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset that isn't really currency. here's the background on why this topic came up and exactly what Sec. Yellen was trying to explain:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

4 years

are you kidding me

Room Rater

@ratemyskyperoom

4 years

Rule of thumb. Try not to use blinds like these in your zoom/skype room. Nice shoes. 2/10 @bcheungz

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

my stat line is not a data series available in FRED

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3 years

devastated

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

me, when my parents try to visit on a day's notice:

City of Alamo

@CityofAlamo

3 years

The City of Alamo's City Commission and City Administration has NOT been officially contacted regarding this visit and therefore, have NO DETAILS regarding his itinerary.

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

new BofA Global Research just dropped

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

5 months

anchoring the last live hour of NBC News Now for 2023. tune in at 8pm ET:

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

I got the J&J literally yesterday, AMA

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

gonna start putting fedspeak inspo in my fleets

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic: "One other thing I should say - and I didn't say this in those earlier interviews and that was a mistake on my part - is that our new long-run framework says explicitly we're going to be willing to let the economy run hot."

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@YahooFinance

3 years

The COVID-19 vaccine "hasn't gotten through the population nearly enough to really affect aggregate performance," @AtlantaFed President @RaphaelBostic says. "How the virus progresses will determine in large part how the economy progresses."

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

2 years

FOMC blackout week

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

3 years

new apartment’s all set up

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brian cheung

@bcheungz

5 years

Amazon: "We do not intend to re-open the HQ2 search at this time. We will proceed as planned in Northern Virginia and Nashville, and we will continue to hire and grow across our 17 corporate offices and tech hubs in the U.S. and Canada." $AMZN

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