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Confronted with awkward facts, Republicans go to war against numbers they don't like - The Briefing - MSNBC
Jun 5, 2025 #Republicans #economists #inflation
Jen Psaki shares reporting by the Wall Street Journal that economists are concerned that the Trump administration is suppressing politically inconvenient data about inflation and other economic indicators. And the CBO's finding that the Republican budget bill will add 2.4 trillion to the federal deficit has opened another front in the Republican war on numbers they don't like.
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Noted in the video:
• Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data (Wall Street Journal)
• Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast (Politico)