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Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce

Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce

Update: 2025-09-14
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Binyamin Applebaum of The New York Times, Larry Edelman of The Boston Globe, Scott Horsley of NPR, and Claire Jones, the US Economics Editor The Financial Times join EconoFact Chats for a wide ranging discussion on the U.S. economy, focusing on the weaker than expected jobs reports, high inflation, the importance of reliable government statistics, the independence of the Federal Reserve, immigration enforcement, demographic shifts, and continued tariff uncertainty.
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Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce

Taking Stock of the Economy: Fed Independence, Tariff Uncertainty, and a Shrinking Workforce

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