Aaron SojournerFeb 25
Many workers have missed shifts without jobs being destroyed making it challenging to measure labor impacts with conventional sources. We use real-time daily data from Homebase to measure impacts. Thanks to UChicago and Homebase for making the data available. #EconSky #NumbersDay

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This is for the whole metro area. Effects much larger (and smaller) in some communities. Analyzing whole metro gives us ability to connect to credible estimates of levels and translate % impacts into $ of lost wages.
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Show threadAaron SojournerFeb 27
@wailinwong.bsky.social @[email protected] @[email protected] featured @[email protected]'s & my estimate of DHS causing $106 million in lost wages for MSP metro workers as her Indicator of the week. Thanks for doing such a great job communicating the results. www.npr.org/2026/02/27/n...
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Emerging statistics on the economic impact of Operation Metro Surge to Minnesota — $203.1 million in damage in Minneapolis, $106 million in lost wages in the Twin Cities — are based on limited data and a healthy dose of back-of-the-envelope calculations. Anecdotal evidence from Minnesota businesses struggling from dramatic revenue losses and immigrants sheltering at […]

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Lots of interest in how DHS agent surge impacted Minnesota's economy. @[email protected] & I discussed it on @[email protected] last night. www.tpt.org/almanac/vide...

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