Matthew Yglesias

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Thu Aug 25 15:06:55 +0000 2022

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

In these kind of cases, private sector data and analysis tends to be useful since you can obviously argue for either baseline depending on what point you want to make. Goldman is saying to its clients that they are not revising their inflation estimates upwards. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Now the counterargument goes that the moratorium was scheduled to expire, so the right baseline to use is current law (repayment resumes with no forgiveness) rather than current policy (moratorium stays in place forever). But both perspectives have some value. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is a useful chart — loan payments are going to surge next year but will be much lower than the pre-pandemic trend. Go forth and choose the baseline that makes your position look better! https://t.co/5rfCQSe5t7 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2022 Hibernated