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Kevin Hassett
Executive
Director of the National Economic Council under President Trump.
Notable Quotes
"There will be so much activity that everybody is going to be able to find a job that wants one."View Story →
"If it were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we would have to think about if that continued, what we would have to do about that, but that’s like really the last of our concerns right now."View Story →
"If it were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the U.S. economy very much at all."View Story →
"If we have a supply shock like we're seeing because of all this capital spending ... AI increasing productivity, it puts downward, downward pressure on inflation, and that should take the pressure off the Fed."View Story →
"egg prices are down 44% over the last year."View Story →
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