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Vikas Patel

Program Manager vikas@employamerica.org

About

Vikas’s role as Program Manager at Employ America encompasses a wide scope of work, coordinating across program, communications, fundraising, and earned revenue activities to ensure our work is mission-focused, high quality, useful, and sustainable. He manages our MacroSuite premium research service, and collaborates with our economists and policy analysts to plan, publish, and promote our work strategically.

Holding a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Indiana University Bloomington, Vikas was previously a political campaign consultant and strategist, serving as Policy Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for congressional campaigns in New York City.

Based in New York, NY, Vikas also spends significant time in Mexico City. When he’s not working, he enjoys cooking, playing golf, going to the gym, and watching sports.

Vikas Patel's Work

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Composite Activity rose ~0.18σ to +1.00σ since August 3.

Kevin Warsh is off to a rocky start just two meetings into his tenure as Fed chair. He has refused to provide a framework for how monetary policy should operate, and he has lost both the hawks and doves on the rest of the Committee. The signal for where rates are going will come from his colleagues.

Composite Activity rose ~0.07σ to +1.18σ since July 28.

Month-over-month Core PCE came in at 13bps in June, three basis points below our nowcast of 16bps. Headline came in at -11bps vs our -10bp nowcast. Our errors primarily stemmed from Supercore (core services ex-housing), while our nowcasts for core goods and housing came in right in

Composite Activity rose ~0.05σ to +1.11σ since July 16

Composite Activity rose ~0.1σ to +1.07σ since July 6 — retail sales and regional Fed surveys drove it.

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