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senseandsensibility

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Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:29 PM Aug 2025

Do you agree with Peter Baker (NYT) who say that Americans will know [View all]

if the job market is bad. So basically, it doesn't matter if trump cooks the books.

The economist who's on Nicole's show with him(Ruhle is subbing for her) made the point that we need good numbers so that people can trust the information they're getting.

I think Baker is doing some of that normalizing we've been hearing about.

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