Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @SteveMatthews12
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
117
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-21
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
Recent hikes could be on the horizon due to high-frequency data that is still below pre-pandemic levels and the consumer market unable to fully predict inflation. This would be an aggressive move, potentially implemented by the Fed hawks. It is still uncertain due to natural gas cash flow and the consumer market. A tough decision lies on the shoulders of the chosen replacement for the Fed position. Ultimately, it may come down to inflation levels and the Fed's mandate.
Topic Modeling
- Economy: US recession, Fed hawks, inflation, real income growth, natural gas cash flows, tug of war over pricing power in the market, record warm winter, US mandate
- Mester and Bullard: Hikes, rate moves
- Consumers: Misunderstanding and predicting of inflation, sources of inflation
- Politics: Partisanship, appointments, voting
- People: Professional investors, philosophers, economists.
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from anticipation and optimism to skepticism and disappointment. The tweets discuss topics such as inflation, the US economy, and the Federal Reserve, with some expressing concern about the potential for recession and the need for more hikes. Other tweets express skepticism about the ability of non-economists to understand the economy, and disappointment in the partisan nature of certain decisions. Finally, there is a sense of optimism that inflation and real income growth will continue to grow this year.
Trend Analysis
- Impact of potential rate hike on economy
- Inflation
- High frequency data for measuring economic downturn
- Political partisanship and its effects on the economy
- Employment and consumer sentiment
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
45
Percentage of total tweets
38%
Number of Original tweets
4
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
117
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
68
Percentage of total tweets
58%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
6
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
6
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for iPhone | 50 |
Twitter Web App | 39 |
Twitter for Android | 18 |
Twitter for iPad | 4 |
Twitter for Mac | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
JQT_web3vc | Jenny Q Ta | 3x founder ➡ https://t.co/ydOxtsEi9r Fdr @web3vcfunds @vitalik_thegoat Fmr f/CEO (2) WallStreet InvtBanks Fmr f/C @coinlinked @VCNetworkCo IG@ JennyQTa 慧海 VMO #RegCF | 121,793 |
conorsen | Conor Sen | Columnist for @opinion. Founder of Peachtree Creek Investments. Sun Belt enthusiast. The future is a policy choice. | 83,761 |
JosephPolitano | Joey Politano 🏳️🌈 | Writing a data-driven newsletter about economics @ https://t.co/IanQ9oPoPi |Nuance? In this economy?he/him | Bi/pan | 41,200 |
sonalibasak | Sonali Basak | Global finance correspondent @BloombergTV + crypto, writing like mad for @business. @NYUStern MBA. Views are my own. | 37,199 |
MikeWShell | Mike Shell | Chief @ShellCapital investment manager of ASYMMETRY® Global Tactical for asymmetric risk/reward. Trend, momentum, global macro, volatility, investor sentiment. | 29,973 |
StealthQE4 | QE Infinity | Healthcare sales, Investor and son of a credit trader. Macro and bond thoughts. Some Parody fun. Not investment advice. | 27,319 |
CatcomComputers | Catcom Computers Inc | Lenovo, IBM, Sony Authorized Service Center. | 26,679 |
CalebFranzen | Caleb Franzen | Former corporate banking analyst ($30Bn+ portfolio), sharing institutional-quality insights about macro, the stock market & Bitcoin.Join 4,200+ readers ↓↓↓ | 26,492 |
IrvingSwisher | Skanda Amarnath | Executive Director - @employamerica. RTs/likes != endorsements. https://t.co/tKsuuvVYoc @SkandaAmarnath@econtwitter.net | 20,134 |
aaronsojourner | Aaron Sojourner | #Labor #economics @UpjohnInstitute (views mine)Former senior economist for labor @WhiteHouseCEA@aaronsojourner@econtwitter.net | 14,175 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
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JQT_web3vc | Jenny Q Ta | 3x founder ➡ https://t.co/ydOxtsEi9r Fdr @web3vcfunds @vitalik_thegoat Fmr f/CEO (2) WallStreet InvtBanks Fmr f/C @coinlinked @VCNetworkCo IG@ JennyQTa 慧海 VMO #RegCF | 56,656 |
CatcomComputers | Catcom Computers Inc | Lenovo, IBM, Sony Authorized Service Center. | 29,507 |
RuthSorbello | oldcrankygreatgrandma | Single-handedly raised 3 educated, highly successful, kind-hearted humans, now with equally beautiful spouses. Couldn’t be prouder. Followed by NancyPelosi yay | 9,690 |
DavidpStein | David Stein | Assistant Professor of History, UCSB. Studies: social movements & political economy—civil rights movement; economic policy; inflation; mass incarceration. | 8,057 |
DjMusgr | Donna Musgrove #BoycottFoxAdvertisers | Crazy Cat Lady? Resist! #TeamPelosii | 7,560 |
NatioScourge | 🌟 Fr Failing Elites 🌊 Star and Stripes ⛽️ | Right Dreamers. Synthetize. | 5,000 |
Juanbg | Juan Barrera | Everything I share, are my own ideas! Technology, Science, Investments, Finances and More! Financial Freedom is Everything! I am always Learning and ON the GO! | 4,938 |
RecoveryTrade | Another value investor | Public markets value investor by night, PE investor by day. Interests: HY / EM / Stressed Credit, Real Assets, Value w/ Catalyst. 中文/Eng | 4,930 |
timsteno | Tim Stenovec (on parental leave) | Anchor Crypto IRL on Bloomberg @Quicktake & co-host of Bloomberg Businessweek on @BloombergRadio. @bagehots. Cyclist. Opinions are my own. On parental leave. | 4,898 |
sonalibasak | Sonali Basak | Global finance correspondent @BloombergTV + crypto, writing like mad for @business. @NYUStern MBA. Views are my own. | 4,614 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
stevehouf | Quant Research @Bloomberg Indices, @umichEcon PhD, formerly @aqrcapital, alum of @ETH and @UVA, opinions my own. #GOBLUE #WAHOOWA | 7 |
yoshiefuruhashi | Yoshie Furuhashi, Founder, Movement Translation Service | 6 |
rhjameson | @business @Columbia CC'93, JS'94 husband, dad, takes in stray cats https://t.co/BhtKnbGKGb https://t.co/bK1jWIObm9 | rjameson@bloomberg | opinions = mine | 5 |
vebaccount | economist https://t.co/PQPlJ23Dg4 ||| interpreting the general theory on substack ||| bylines: NYT, Bloomberg ||| enlightenment crate-digger | 4 |
deerich101 | Seasoned investor. Mostly tweets about macro. Opinions or positions are not investment advice. | 4 |
DennisE42333809 | Hobbies finance and stock market. | 4 |
EauDeMacro | Rates and macro, l’eau de vie. This is the way. | 2 |
rizzwanhalim | i’ll never let go my end of the umbilical cord | 2 |
jmhamiltonblog | Publishing free economic and political thought. Instagram at jm_hamilton_blog Email at: hamilton.jm1776@yahoo.com | 2 |
conorsen | Columnist for @opinion. Founder of Peachtree Creek Investments. Sun Belt enthusiast. The future is a policy choice. | 2 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1626331965182943232 | The Fed hawks are coming out strong today. Both Mester and Bullard said they saw a case for raising rates by 50 basis points this month and that such larger rate moves should be on the table again in the future: https://t.co/rWA6Xb5k6h w/ @SteveMatthews12 @KateDavidson | 5 |
1626686234985910273 | @SteveMatthews12 @ctorresreporter @ChicagoBooth @ChicagoFed @markets @economics What it really looks like though is partisans not voting for someone well-qualified because they’re concerned *he* is partisan … and invites the question whether they’d have abstained if he were partisan, but just, ya know, in their direction. Highly, highly disappointing. | 1 |
1625286707695300608 | @SteveMatthews12 @economics @atanzi Yikes. Real income growth is growing and will continue to grow this year. And inflation is falling, and should continue to fall. Consumers get a lot wrong. They overestimate inflation. They get the sources of inflation wrong. And consumers can't predict #inflation . | 1 |
1625623154910547974 | “It may be tough for her replacement to step in and command as much sway as she had” https://t.co/8rEsDB0R5u via @economics @SteveMatthews12 @Jonnelle @alisterbull1 @KateDavidson | 1 |
1625584119005470724 | “If inflation persists at levels well above our target, maybe we’ll have to do more,” Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said https://t.co/mKy1RbplDN via @economics @SteveMatthews12 @catarinasaraiva @Jonnelle @KateDavidson @apgmonteiro @MollySmithNews | 1 |
1627002187539677186 | @DavidpStein @SteveMatthews12 CPI has lagged high-frequency stuff by ~3mo consistently, and new auto assemblies never fully recovered and are still pretty solidly below pre-pandemic levels, and now the used market is catching marginal bidders from the new | 1 |
1625372357815635969 | @mac779 @SteveMatthews12 @jam_croissant @fcastofthemonth @economics @DavidWelch47 Probably | 0 |
1625385817471610880 | @SteveMatthews12 @jam_croissant @fcastofthemonth @economics @DavidWelch47 Gas is creeping back up Los Angeles recently, that won’t hit CPI until Feb numbers out in March. So looking forward we are going backward. 🤷🏻♂️ | 0 |
1625424930052444161 | @SteveMatthews12 @jam_croissant @fcastofthemonth @economics @DavidWelch47 Jan warm weather has led to a bump in lots of data, rate futures have reacted | 0 |
1625452152498933760 | @SteveMatthews12 @fcastofthemonth @economics @DavidWelch47 Powell FAILED | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1627670601195466753 | @SteveMatthews12 @johnauthers @opinion If you had predicted it you would have assumed the US would have fallen into recession by now. | 21 |
1626021730597609472 | @SteveMatthews12 Seems like we need more hikes stat. | 13 |
1627002187539677186 | @DavidpStein @SteveMatthews12 CPI has lagged high-frequency stuff by ~3mo consistently, and new auto assemblies never fully recovered and are still pretty solidly below pre-pandemic levels, and now the used market is catching marginal bidders from the new | 7 |
1626331965182943232 | The Fed hawks are coming out strong today. Both Mester and Bullard said they saw a case for raising rates by 50 basis points this month and that such larger rate moves should be on the table again in the future: https://t.co/rWA6Xb5k6h w/ @SteveMatthews12 @KateDavidson | 7 |
1626965571362336768 | @SteveMatthews12 He’s not an economist. He’s a professional investor and studied philosophy at UG and Master’s level. Not to say he doesn’t have a good/useful understanding of how the economy works. Many non-economists prob do. | 6 |
1626033712914653185 | @JasonArlington1 @SteveMatthews12 Yawn. Walk me up when they get it to 2% and see what the world looks like | 6 |
1626686234985910273 | @SteveMatthews12 @ctorresreporter @ChicagoBooth @ChicagoFed @markets @economics What it really looks like though is partisans not voting for someone well-qualified because they’re concerned *he* is partisan … and invites the question whether they’d have abstained if he were partisan, but just, ya know, in their direction. Highly, highly disappointing. | 5 |
1625286707695300608 | @SteveMatthews12 @economics @atanzi Yikes. Real income growth is growing and will continue to grow this year. And inflation is falling, and should continue to fall. Consumers get a lot wrong. They overestimate inflation. They get the sources of inflation wrong. And consumers can't predict #inflation . | 4 |
1626681541123244032 | @conorsen @SteveMatthews12 Discounted value of future expected natural gas cash flows down | 4 |
1625623154910547974 | “It may be tough for her replacement to step in and command as much sway as she had” https://t.co/8rEsDB0R5u via @economics @SteveMatthews12 @Jonnelle @alisterbull1 @KateDavidson | 3 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#inflation | 2 |
#spr | 1 |
#us | 1 |
#school | 1 |
#students | 1 |
#behind | 1 |
#economy | 1 |
#interestrates | 1 |
#monetarypolicy | 1 |
#economicimpact | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@stevematthews12 | 117 |
@economics | 49 |
@opinion | 14 |
@fcastofthemonth | 13 |
@davidwelch47 | 11 |
@johnauthers | 10 |
@jonnelle | 9 |
@katedavidson | 8 |
@jam_croissant | 8 |
@atanzi | 7 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
5
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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👇 | 1 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
😳 | 1 | flushed_face |
📈 | 1 | chart_increasing |
🤷🏻♂️ | 1 | man_shrugging_light_skin_tone |
😂 | 1 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🤣 | 1 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
😅 | 1 | grinning_face_with_sweat |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
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Smileys & Emotion | 4 |
People & Body | 2 |
Objects | 1 |