Sep 6, 2024
Trump, Musk and a proposed government efficiency commission
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Donald Trump says he’ll establish a government efficiency commission if re-elected in November — one headed by Elon Musk.
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Traders lean toward a half-point rate cut
The official government reports on jobs and unemployment are out this morning. August payrolls grew by 142,000, and the unemployment rate went down slightly to 4.2%. For more on how the latest data will determine how much interest rates go down in the weeks to come, we’re joined by Christopher Low, chief financial officer at FHN Financial in New York.
A proposed commission with a wildly optimistic goal
Elon Musk suggested the notion of a government efficiency commission during a conversation streamed on X last month and said that Donald Trump should appoint him to it. Yesterday, at the Economic Club of New York, Trump officially endorsed the idea.
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