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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…
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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…
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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 …
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November 28, 2024
The Wall Street Journal: What Trump’s immigration plans mean for America’s job growth
“Researchers at Brookings modeled a 'high' and a ‘low' scenario for net migration under Trump in 2025, ranging from a net gain of 1.22 million people to a net …
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November 27, 2024
BBC News: ‘It’s going to be hard’: US firms race to get ahead of Trump tariffs
“"There's economic impact whether it's bluster or not," said economist Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project and a senior fellow at the Brookings In…
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October 28, 2024
Marketplace: In a 2nd Trump term, Fed independence would go ‘out the window,’ economist says
“'If somebody came in and looked like they were messing with that , you wouldn’t just have the U.S. stock market to worry about,' Edelberg said. 'You would hav…
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October 28, 2024
The New York Times: Trump’s vast tariffs would rock global businesses and shake alliances
“The costs for businesses could also be significant. Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said tariffs would force companies to raise …
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October 24, 2024
The New York Times: Trump flirts with the ultimate tax cut: No income taxes at all
“A challenge for raising revenue from tariffs is that placing a tax on imports tends to cut the amount of trade—and therefore reduce the amount of revenue coll…