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News February 6, 2025

The New York Times: Friday’s jobs report will be confusing. Here’s how to make sense of it.

“'There is going to be a massive amount of confusion,' said Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy arm of the Brookings Instituti…
News February 5, 2025

The New York Times: Why Musk is so focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, America’s ‘checkbook’

“‘What’s super important for the financial system is that they have enough money to make principal and interest payments that are going to be coming due,' said…
News February 4, 2025

Axios: Raising tariffs would hit working-class Americans harder

“Tariffs can cause prices to rise even on goods that aren't directly affected by the increases, says Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow in economic studies at the…
News February 3, 2025

Marketplace: Musk-led DOGE has access to the US Treasury’s payment system. What will they do with it?

“We have people who are in positions to be theoretically deciding what checks get written and what checks don’t get written based on their own political priori…
News February 2, 2025

The New York Times: Who pays for tariffs? Here’s what you need to know.

“Having the cost of a tariff passed through to consumers might seem like a bad thing. But Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said it…
News January 29, 2025

CBS News: What does Trump’s federal funding freeze mean for people who get aid?

“‘If it's resolved quickly, the aggregate economic effects for the first quarter will be modest, but it will matter a whole lot to people on the other side of …
News January 21, 2025

Yahoo Finance: Trump immigration policies may ‘reduce GDP growth’ by 0.5%

"Immigrants have a relatively large footprint in the agricultural industry, for example, so I would absolutely expect a reduction in immigration to result in h…
News January 11, 2025

CNBC: Trump’s plan for mass deportation could have a big effect on prices

“Unauthorized immigrants are key parts of the workforce, especially in agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and the service sector. So those areas of the …
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