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Lawfare: DOGE’s attack on the Treasury department
“Part of the point is actually to create a level of uncertainty and confusion and lack of trust in the federal government. In the whole ‘move fast and break th…
The New York Times: We are blundering our way into a financial crisis
“Those who have spent years scanning the horizon for risks of a fiscal crisis should fix their sights on the president’s malpractice. When Mr. Trump asserts he…
NPR: The big government money pipe freeze
“We can build something that people can use, because the Treasury statement itself, it's a PDF. You only see one at a time. ... It's a website where that day's…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
