Christine Zhang
- Reposted by Christine Zhang.@votebeat.org is hiring a Senior National Reporter to cover issues of voting and democracy in 2026 and beyond. Reach out if you're interested in applying, we're a great place to work! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangNEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American. Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
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- 📊YEAR IN CHARTS📉📈 I pulled together 14 charts to summarize the trends that shaped business and the economy in 2025 My 3rd time in a row doing a year in charts for DealBook, this edition is the most robust one yet in both charts & text! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/b... 🎁 link nyti.ms/3LdhNo3
- 2025 was an election “off-year”, but there were many consequential races. For those of us working elections it was hardly a year off! Some of the key takeaways, brought to you by Caroline Soler, Alex Lemonides & me. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... and 🎁 a link, for the holidays: nyti.ms/4s5533p
- Reposted by Christine ZhangNEW: The stakes for the next Fed chair are high, but they are also high for the person running the search process. Trump wants lower rates and has made clear that Bessent’s fortunes are tied to what happens under new leadership www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangVia @christinezhang.bsky.social and Alex Lemonides ... Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangA national survey found that half of all immigrants in the U.S. say they feel less safe since Trump took office. Still, many say their future remains bright. From NYT National: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangIt takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- NEW: New Jersey’s township data is (mostly) in, so @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social & I crunched the numbers on NJ’s blue shift/pendulum swing The same majority-Hispanic cities & towns that swung to Trump in 24 shifted back D, to Mikie Sherrill, in the governor’s race www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangThe New Jersey governor’s race is the first significant sign that Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been a temporary shift. Via @christinezhang.bsky.social and @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...
- Teamed up with @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social to take a look at the NJ governor’s race & what its results could tell us about the durability of Trump’s 2024 gains/“realignments” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangNew w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: Wealthy Americans, buoyed by a booming stock market, are spending freely. Lower-income households, stung by inflation and a slowing labor market, are pulling back www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com
- Reposted by Christine ZhangThese New Yorkers Know the Candidate They’ll ‘Never’ Vote For Via @christinezhang.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- The Fed’s decision today to enact a quarter-point rate cut was not unanimous. Stephen Miran, Trump’s latest appointee to the board, cast a dissenting vote in favor of a bigger cut (half-point) My chart showing some recent Fed governor dissents in today’s live blog: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
- NEW: Labor Day is the end of summer (in the cinema box office) This summer at the movies was the worst $$ since 1981, adjusting for inflation & excluding the Covid period, when many theaters were closed Story by @theancientqueen.bsky.social & me - 🎁 LINK nyti.ms/42ap6ly
- Reposted by Christine Zhang"This was supposed to be the summer when the North American box office returned to form — finally from the pandemic slump." Via @christinezhang.bsky.social and Brooks Barnes: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- If Trump succeeds in replacing Cook and Kugler, his nominees would make up a majority of the Federal Reserve’s 7-person Board of Governors 🎁 link to our story: nyti.ms/4mBYJxm
- Reposted by Christine ZhangData revisions are a normal, necessary part of trying to measure a $30 trillion economy in real time. They can also be jarring, especially for people who don't obsessively scrutinize every jobs report. So I dug into the how and why of revisions. A few big takeaways: #EconSky
- last friday, job gains from May+June were revised down by a total of ~258,000. the downward revisions hit virtually every sector, but jobs in state+local government were revised down the most story by @bencasselman.bsky.social about why revisions happen, 📊📈 by Keith Collins+me 🎁 nyti.ms/4fpAbEI
- Reposted by Christine ZhangClaudia Sahm's substack is where I read about education sector. She shows seasonal adjustment (SA) as problem with May initial release and data collection problem in June, particularly education. So, more complicated than I had thought. More than just SA. stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/job-growth...
- Reposted by Christine Zhang"Uber received a report of sexual assault or sexual misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022, sealed court records show, a level far more pervasive than what the company has disclosed." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
- CHART: How Mamdani, Cuomo & Lander voters filled out their ballots Mamdani’s most common ballot partner was Lander, Lander’s was (to a lesser extent) Mamdani, Cuomo’s was himself/blank Story by Meghan Morris, Eden Weingart & @emmagf.bsky.social 📊 by Ashley Cai & me 🎁 link --> nyti.ms/3J1Re3R
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- a surreal scene at the hotel st george in brooklyn heights this morning
- busy week for econ data. jobs report out this morning shows significant downward revisions for jobs in May & June, meaning job growth was a lot lower those months (~258K lower) than initially estimated www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangFirst time there have been two (or more) governor dissents on an interest rate decision since 1993. My colleague @christinezhang.bsky.social had a great chart: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/b...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangNEW: This morning, we published a detailed look at Trump's second term tariffs -- the rates that each country either faces starting Aug. 1 or has brokered through a preliminary deal. We'll be updating as we learn more. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangIn his second term, Trump has targeted Powell around 43 times, all since April. The verbal attacks have outpaced those made during the entirety of Trump’s first term. Via @christinezhang.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangGreat story/charts from @lydiadepillis.bsky.social @christinezhang.bsky.social on how health care ate the American economy. This pair of maps is especially striking. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangFor the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangSee neighborhood-level election results from the Democratic primary for mayor in New York City.
- Reposted by Christine ZhangAngst about the "revenge tax" in the GOP bill centers around an overarching fear that it will deter foreign investment at exactly the moment the US would value it most "It’s right for people to be nervous" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u... w/ Alan Rappeport @nytimes.com
- can tariffs pay for tax cuts? this chart in @lydiadepillis.bsky.social & my story shows an analysis by @taxfoundation.bsky.social assuming tariffs continue, they won't offset revenue losses from the proposed tax cuts until 2029 — after many cuts are set to expire 🎁 nyti.ms/4kUVgsq
- Reposted by Christine ZhangTickled to team up today with @christinezhang.bsky.social for this exploration of how tariff revenue is shaping up and whether it could really fill the fiscal hole the Big GOP Spending/Tax/Etc. Bill would create: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/b... (Spoiler: Probably not. Among other problems.)
- Happy Jobs Day (and, apparently), National Donut Day 🍩 news.dunkindonuts.com/blog/celebra... Charts (though not Donut Charts), to come: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06... 📊
- Our full jobs day coverage will be here: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangThe Bureau of Labor Statistics is cutting back its collection of data on consumer prices, raising questions about the reliability of federal economic statistics under President Trump. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...
- My latest for the NYT Business desk - It typically takes 900+ days to make a trade deal. See how the current talks compare. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- Reposted by Christine ZhangNEW: The US consumer has seemed unstoppable in recent years, spending throughout soaring inflation and the highest borrowing costs in decades. But as tariffs bite, they are starting to show signs of strain www.nytimes.com/interactive/... @nytimes.com @christinezhang.bsky.social
- a wonky polls story about a wonky topic, from me & Ruth Igielnik 📈📉
- Reposted by Christine Zhangnew from me: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/w...
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- Reposted by Christine ZhangThe folks at @upshot.nytimes.com have released their first cut at a precinct-level map of 2024 presidential results, using some of the data we collected and published for Michigan: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangSome economic data points that stuck out in 2024, from our colleague @christinezhang.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
- For @nytimes.com dealbook: roundup of the year in Econ & Markets, in charts 📈📉 nyti.ms/4gMg9UD
- PRECINCT MAPS: 11 cities, 33 maps Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, NYC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco nyti.ms/3CR1fh0
- NEW: We asked voters to describe their feelings about the election in one word. *JOY* has jumped; so has *ANXIETY* Join @alexlemonides @RuthIgielnik on our journey of a story that grapples with the duality of hope and fear 🎁 nyti.ms/3Mh1R0P
- reporting out this story (by Cam & me) from Wednesday felt like doing a mental health checkin with some other pollsters at this moment in time … ♥️📊 nyti.ms/4cX8gdq
- Reposted by Christine ZhangIn some ways, the election will be a battle of memories. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- got the word “zombie” into a headline at work 🧟 nyti.ms/3wengDu
- Reposted by Christine ZhangCarbon dioxide levels have passed another milestone www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My latest @upshot.nytimes.com piece
- Precinct data is a pain but it was worth it for this map The most detailed map, the most detailed analysis of the South Carolina primary www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- always thrilling when I get to do a scatterplot for work 🤓 www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01...
- my last work project of 2023: trying to distill the Econ/Finance stories of the year the only way I know how … charts !! 📈📊📉 nyti.ms/48Bw3gw
- my latest TikTok for work, about the set of NYT/Siena swing state polls that came out this week 📊 www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRvNTExC/
- 38 additional strike targets for UAW, all distribution centers at GM and Stellantis www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christine ZhangIt's Hellsankey
