While Trump scrambles to try to fix all the economic problems he caused, many families are sprinting toward disaster. “People are getting killed on the cost of living. These are real, structural, big-ticket items on people’s balance sheets,” our @alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @newrepublic.com.

Welcome to New York, @econspeakers.bsky.social. We're setting up shop in the Empire State to bring some much-needed balance to the economic news landscape.

Housing. Health care. Utilities. Groceries.

In this episode, former Biden trade adviser @alexsjacquez.bsky.social is so illuminating in explaining Trump's tariff fiasco, what's about to happen at the Supreme Court, and much more:

"The president is looking for a quick fix to a market that is fundamentally broken." Stretching payments over 50 years means families spend more on interest while doing nothing to address the housing shortage driving prices higher. We need more homes, not more debt. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social

Rising health care premiums may force families to choose between care and rent, groceries, or other essentials—on top of rising costs from Trump’s trade war. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social: "That health care line item in the budget is going to tick up and further drag on the economy."

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@alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @marketplace.org's Nancy Marshall-Genzer that moves to pressure the Fed could backfire: shaken confidence in U.S. financial stability could drive up long-term interest rates, hitting Americans' mortgages and credit cards hard.

@alexsjacquez.bsky.social joined @janecoaston.bsky.social to break down Trump’s reckless trade policy ahead of the August 1st deadline, which could unleash massive new tariffs. "We're not distinguishing between a high capacity electric vehicle battery and a banana that we are never going to grow."

NEW: 6 in 10 voters believe the Trump admin’s actions will raise housing costs. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social: “We’re just seeing a sclerosis in the market, and Trump is not doing anything to make it better. People are pretty sour.”

5 rural nursing homes in upper PA are at risk of closing b/c of GOP cuts to Medicaid. The nursing homes are in districts represented by Republicans who voted to close them. “The cuts represent the largest cuts to Medicaid in history & are going to have impacts across PA.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social

“We've started to see prices creep up. We’ve seen businesses use the confusion and uncertainty as an excuse to try to hike their prices.” Watch @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @news4jax.com discuss Trump’s trade policy and how it’s hitting American consumers.

Great new episode of Organized Money out today, we got @alexsjacquez.bsky.social to take about rare earth minerals, why China has a monopoly on them, why it wouldn't be a hard monopoly to break, and why nobody has done so. www.organizedmoney.fm/p/americas-r...

Don’t judge a jobs report by its headline. I joined @aliciamenendez.bsky.social on @msnbc.com to break down the weakness under the hood of today’s report and what it means for Powell and the Fed.

The GOP budget bill provides its billionaire tax breaks early on & saves the painful benefit cuts for families until after the midterms. “They want to try to get past elections & try to hide the ball on the damage they’re imposing on health care and food assistance,” said @alexsjacquez.bsky.social.

Senate leadership is rushing to pass a disastrous bill slashing nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid — cuts that would devastate rural hospitals and strip coverage from millions of low-income families, children, and seniors. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @fox2now.bsky.social.

“If you don't know what your costs are going to be next month, next week or next year… It's going to be hard for consumers to make big-ticket purchases like cars and houses, and we've seen it in the sentiment.” Watch @alexsjacquez.bsky.social break down this uncertainty on @msnbc.com.

CEOs, businesses, and voters are growing more and more fed up with Donald Trump’s economy. Why? Uncertainty is the word of the day. I joined @aliciamenendez.bsky.social on @msnbc.com to talk about what we’re seeing in the data and the polls.

Why did the US take so long to arrive at the golden share solution? As former Biden official @alexsjacquez.bsky.social told @zeitlin.bsky.social, "It’s honestly embarrassing that Republicans beat us to actually implementing a golden share or something like it.” heatmap.news/sustainabili...

“It’s honestly embarrassing that Republicans beat us to actually implementing a golden share or something like it,” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social tells @zeitlin.bsky.social. Trump may have actually just cleared the path to decarbonizing steel ⬇️

"Analysis by my organization... found a baker’s dozen of different ways the GOP tax bill increases the cost of living for middle-class families," writes @alexsjacquez.bsky.social of @groundwork.bsky.social for COURIER.

On ABC News Live, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social says businesses are increasingly cautious due to tariff uncertainty, with a drop in durable goods orders and retailers like Walmart and Nike warning of price hikes. Companies are in “wait-and-see” mode, delaying investments, hiring, and planning.

Businesses are working through inventory, waiting to see how trade policies will settle, while consumers rush to stock up on goods. Despite this, rising costs and uncertainty are casting a shadow over the economy’s future. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social @scrippsnews.bsky.social

Trump’s tariff plan lacks strategy, a clear endgame, or any explanation—creating damaging uncertainty for both businesses and consumers. On @localnewslive.bsky.social, expert @alexsjacquez.bsky.social says effective tariff policy should target strategic sectors where the U.S. must stay competitive.

“Fewer people are going to get SNAP benefits. That is basically the whole ballgame here,” said @alexsjacquez.bsky.social to @anyavw.bsky.social‬ on the House Republicans' billionaire tax scam bill. "This kind of funding is not in states’ budgets.”

Trump’s retreat on the China tariffs is far from reassuring for small business owners. “What I don’t think this does is decrease any long-term uncertainty because we still don’t know what the aim of Trump’s negotiations are with China or with anyone else.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social

Happy Mother’s Day! For new and expecting parents, Trump’s trade war will raise prices on strollers, car seats, and more that simply are not made in America. It’s an assault on working families. From @lindsayowens.bsky.social in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

“LPO can invest in mining projects now. Cutting 60% of their staff and the experts who work on this is not going to give certainty to the business community.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social to @zeitlin.bsky.social on Trump's self-defeating China/minerals policy. heatmap.news/economy/chin...

“The fact that the National Economic Council and others are apparently just thinking about this for the first time is pretty shocking,” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social tells @zeitlin.bsky.social. How Trump's contradictory rare earths policy could leave the U.S. vulnerable to China ⬇️

I joined @cnbc.com in prime time (5:30 AM) to talk Trump, China, and critical minerals. Spoiler alert, I don’t think there’s a grand strategy. www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

“The one thing that American voters want is security and safety. What they don’t want is chaos and uncertainty,” said @alexsjacquez.bsky.social in @politico.com

I talked to Biden industrial policy official @alexsjacquez.bsky.social about the wild success in bringing back critical industries in a targeted way just a couple years ago, and how painful it feels to see it frittered all away. prospect.org/economy/2025...

“You’re seeing the trade with the rest of the world - trillions of dollars worth of trade - being dictated by the whims of a mad king,” said our @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @crooked.com 's What a Day podcast. Yikes.

From the ballpark to the airport, families are getting gouged at every turn. Today, a family of four pays an average of $240 to attend a ballgame.⚾ @alexsjacquez.bsky.social joined @scrippsnews.bsky.social to discuss Groundwork's report “Shakedown at the Snack Counter: The Case for Street Pricing."

According to great reporting by @jeffstein.bsky.social, Trump is planning a bloodless takeover of Greenland, in part for their “mineral wealth.” It’s BS and nothing but the wild musings of a mad king ⬇️

From gameday to airport layovers, it’s getting more expensive for families to enjoy themselves. We have a solution. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social breaks down our new report “Shakedown at the Snack Counter: The Case for Street Pricing” on @scrippsnews.bsky.social.

Billionaire stadium owners are purposefully jacking up prices for beers and hot dogs to make a couple of extra bucks. Lawmakers need to act. @alexsjacquez.bsky.social joined @scrippsnews.bsky.social to talk about our new report, “Shakedown at the Snack Counter: The Case for Street Pricing.”

Happy Opening Day! At the @nationals.com opener, a beer, Cracker Jacks, and a hot dog runs $30. The owners are worth $6 billion and DC taxpayers paid for the stadium. It shouldn’t be this way. Public subsidy should come with public benefit. My latest for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Happy Opening Day, fellow baseball fans! Delighted to share my latest in @rooseveltinstitute.org Fireside Stacks, where I explore the exciting possibility of municipally owned professional sports franchises and imagine a world where Oakland itself owned the A’s. substack.com/@dntn/note/p...

Captive audiences at concerts, baseball games, and in airports are sitting ducks for price gougers. Our tax dollars fund these venues. We should get a fair price when we visit them. This opening day check out @Groundwork’s plan to ensure a family can afford the occasional ball game.

Happy Opening Day! At the @nationals.com opener, a beer, Cracker Jacks, and a hot dog runs $30. The owners are worth $6 billion and DC taxpayers paid for the stadium. It shouldn’t be this way. Public subsidy should come with public benefit. My latest for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Musk’s push to cut “entitlement spending” makes the goals of the Trump-Musk administration crystal clear: "Cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid ... in service of tax cuts that go overwhelmingly to the wealthiest and well-connected." @alexsjacquez.bsky.social with Chris Jansing on @msnbc.com

Trump promised a “Golden Age”—but the economy is already flashing warning signs: 🚨Inflation rising 🚨Consumer confidence falling 🚨Business investment stalling 🚨Job growth slowing More from @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on @abc7.bsky.social ⬇️

I wrote a piece on the new Teapot Dome scandal in Washington. Musk isn’t after efficiency. This is a land grab. Take a look and leave me a comment! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

My first on @msnbc.com: Trump promised to lower prices on day one. It’s day 22 and relief is nowhere in sight. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

“Conspicuously absent has been movement on the one thing voters care most about: lowering prices.” @alexsjacquez.bsky.social on how the Trump administration’s early focus has been everywhere but on the pocketbooks of American consumers. READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Elon Musk has seized control of key government functions, including overseeing payments for Social Security, Medicare, and food assistance — this is a hostile corporate takeover of our democracy. New from Groundwork's @alexsjacquez.bsky.social and Elizabeth Pancotti: otherwords.org/a-hostile-co...

Last night while most eyes were on the House, Congress reauthorized the Economic Development Administration for the first time in 20 years. This long-overdue update will strengthen and modernize our flagship economic development agency. A BFD www.eda.gov/news/press-r...

No matter how Americans feel about the economy, and there are valid reasons for discontent, Bidenomics worked. We will miss this strong economy when it's gone. newrepublic.com/article/1892...

Today in @theprospect.bsky.social, President Biden lays out his economic strategy in his own words. What we did and why we did it: prospect.org/economy/2024...