All right. Im the assistant managing editor for politics at the los angeles times. I do lots of work usc and even though im a berkeley grad, i manage to come to usc all the time. I was just here for fest valve books over the weekend. Thank you for being here. I hope its been a great conference. I have actually been on maternity leave. Im just finishing up and going back to work next week. Its been really interesting for me to sort of absorb President Trumps first 100 days not covering it. Im looking what the my colleagues are doing and all the analysis here is very important for everybody at this marker. So without further ado, im going toinlt deuce this panel. Starting with robert english. Hes an associate professor of International Relations here at uc and he previously served as a policiantively for the department of defense. Joel pollack, am i pronouncing that correct sfli hes the Senior Editor at large for an in House Counsel for brightbart. He also is the awe thofr a book you may
All right. Im the assistant managing editor for politics at the los angeles times. I do lots of work usc and even though im a berkeley grad, i manage to come to usc all the time. I was just here for fest valve books over the weekend. Thank you for being here. I hope its been a great conference. I have actually been on maternity leave. Im just finishing up and going back to work next week. Its been really interesting for me to sort of absorb President Trumps first 100 days not covering it. Im looking what the my colleagues are doing and all the analysis here is very important for everybody at this marker. So without further ado, im going toinlt deuce this panel. Starting with robert english. Hes an associate professor of International Relations here at uc and he previously served as a policiantively for the department of defense. Joel pollack, am i pronouncing that correct sfli hes the Senior Editor at large for an in House Counsel for brightbart. He also is the awe thofr a book you may
How is this for a ringing endorsement of the economy . The economy continued to expand across most regions from mid february through the end of march. Demand for manufactured products , we can act weakening activity and the harsh winter weather. Not anything we did not know. Speaking oil prices, investment in oil and gas drilling declined. Laos related to the decline in oil and gas prices recorded this reported in multiple districts. Despite the decline in permits into new investment, overall production in the oil and gas sector remains strong to increasing. A majority of districts report higher retail sales. They cite consumer savings from Lower Energy Prices as helping to boost transactions. This is still a mixed picture. A number of districts including boston, minneapolis, San Francisco recording higher retail sales. Business service firms, some good news. Rising activity. They expect positive nearterm growth in that. As for the labor market the feds question should they raise rates
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