vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 18 days agoTrump ramps up attacks on Powell, demands 'loser' Fed chair lower rates 'NOW'www.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTrump ramps up attacks on Powell, demands 'loser' Fed chair lower rates 'NOW'www.cnbc.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialus_news@lemmygrad.mlusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareBell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoTranslation: the early numbers on unemployment are awful
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoWho could have known that firing a quarter of a million federal employees while making it impossible for industry and commerce to function would increase unemployment? No one knew economics could be so complicated.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days ago“Actually anyone who was paying attention in Economics 101 would underst…” gets punched in the shoulder “Oh, right…yeah, nobody knew it was this complicated.”
Translation: the early numbers on unemployment are awful
Who could have known that firing a quarter of a million federal employees while making it impossible for industry and commerce to function would increase unemployment? No one knew economics could be so complicated.
“Actually anyone who was paying attention in Economics 101 would underst…”
gets punched in the shoulder
“Oh, right…yeah, nobody knew it was this complicated.”