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Brian Judge
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for once, i believe them
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Seems like an important thread to pull.

"And how about we get rid of most of the government enumerators, who gather data for the Census Bureau? (They “literally call to Lincoln, Nebraska, and ask what the price of cargo pants is, as if they don’t have a computer.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump’s Tariff Dealmaker-in-Chief
How Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, plans to transform government into a money-making enterprise.
www.newyorker.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Eroding the reliability of economic statistics" is the political objective of the cuts.
July 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Right, which is why the framing is so strange. By the same logic, there's no "political interference" at the State Department because no one is changing the methodology of human rights reports. Perhaps true in the most narrow sense, but missing the bigger picture.
July 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Massive budget cuts don't count as "political interference"?
July 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
stock ownership exists on a blockchain rather than a traditional stock certificate
July 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Absolutely—maybe something like the October '22 BoE intervention (providing long end liquidity while maintaining a moderately hawkish posture). Perhaps unrelated, here's the 10Y top ticking at the stroke of midnight.
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM