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The Democrats want to extend Obamacare subsidies and stop cuts to Medicaid.

“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, about Fed independence, what the government shutdown means for federal data, and inflation risks.

Lawmakers must decide whether to continue funding the 50-year-old federal Community Development Block Grant program.

Though the stock market has held up, the yield on the 10-year T-note has been falling over the last couple days.

There are other reports, but they lack the breadth and depth of the one the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces.

The area’s economy is already reeling from earlier government cuts.

The Trump administration says it would use any partial government shutdown to permanently fire thousands of federal workers.

The Department says the report was “politicized.” Researchers say it was vital.

Before federal EV tax credits expire at the end of this month, dealers are seeing an influx of customers — but many worry payments from the IRS may be delayed.

Stephen Miran, President Trump’s latest appointee to the Federal Reserve Board Governors, wants the federal funds rate to be a full 2 percentage points lower than its current level.