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If Inflation Is A Result Of Bad Policy, What Policies Is The GOP Proposing To Whip Inflation Now?
19 Aug 2026 8:10 am
The best way to resolve this would be - no surprise here - to examine the data.BuckNaked » 18 Aug 2026, 10:34 am » wrote: ↑ Since returning to office in January 2025, ongoing monthly jobs reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisticstrack hundreds of thousands of new private-sector job additions alongside reductions in the federal workforce.
We could look at the ratio of Private Sector Payroll gains to Federal Employee growth.
This will require you to do some Arithmetic.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USPRIV
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES9091000001
Ready?