Kimberly Clausing

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

Opinion | Trump’s Damaging Decision to Fire the Labor Statistics Commissioner

My @nytopinion.nytimes.com blog on Trump's egregious and senseless order to fire the BLS Commissioner. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

For months, people have been asking me whether I still trusted gov’t data. My answer was always the same: The stats agencies faced longstanding challenges, some of which Trump was making worse. But there was no sign of political meddling.
I can’t say that anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

Unpacking the consequences of the new US tax and budget legislation Jason Furman, Joshua D. Rauh, Kimberly Clausing, and Maurice Obstfeld share their perspectives on the recent Republican budget legislation, referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). They ...

TODAY at 11 AM ET: @kclausing.bsky.social, @jasonfurman.bsky.social, Joshua D. Rauh, & Maurice Obstfeld discuss impacts of the recent Republican budget legislation (OBBB) on the country's fiscal stance, macroeconomy, & tax policy goals, as well as the rest of the world, the dollar, & more.
Watch:

Today at the @nationalacademies.org I had to pay my respects to Einstein.

Timely words of that great refugee, carved there in stone:

“As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all citizens before the law prevail.”

What a huge loss for @washingtonpost.com and @crampell.bsky.social readers everywhere. Hope she continues her amazing journalism in some other forum.

A vivid window into the lives of scientists that have been wrecked—intentionally, sneering—by the US federal government’s all-fronts war on research.

Younger people are watching this, and many will choose not become scientists at all.

About That Japan Deal Arithmetic has a well-known globalist bias

An instant post about that Japan deal. It's basically a joke
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/about-that...

Opinion | The Safeguard and the Danger if Trump Fires Powell

Excellent commentary on the short and medium run risks surrounding Fed independence, from @jasonfurman.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

It's not Powell they need to be meeting with.

I'm not sure why we would look for silver linings in this dumb policy. How about we keep drinking coffee at the world price (or tea if you must), and people can try new things if they like?

Regime change at the Fed? Hard pass.
4.1% unemployment, 2.7% core PCE inflation. No emergency.

(Also, what specific "reforms" are Warsh calling for? President in charge of setting rates?)

We intentionally did not put Rosie in the headline because this is not about Rosie O’Donnell it’s about everyone

A gentle reminder...

2 men wearing 'ICE' vests rob motorist at gunpoint in Milton. What to know, plus safety tips If you are unsure if the person pulling you over is a law enforcement officer, call 911 to verify.

A man was robbed and assaulted in Milton, Delaware, by two masked men impersonating ICE agents www.delawareonline.com/story/news/c...

Text of the press release. Full text in the link

EU Commission president responds to Trump's latest tariff letter
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The letter from Trump threatening 35% tariffs on Canadian imports

Trump is now threatening 35% tariffs on Canada, one of our closest allies and largest trading partners. Hard to think of a stupider way of running trade policy.

I was delighted to be included in this effort.

Excellent thread on the key issues here.

One less thing for the Trump Administration to worry about, in their talks with the EU.

The EU’s new climate and trade policy will be a good deal for US steel and aluminum thehill.com/opinion/ener...

Our piece today, w/ @cwolfram.bsky.social, @tagliapietra.bsky.social @milanelkerbout.bsky.social

More fast-breaking and insightful tariff analysis from
@ernietedeschi.bsky.social @budgetlab.bsky.social, accounting for the first wave of tariff letters, as of yesterday.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

This is, emphatically, not the way it’s supposed to work.

And I guess here’s where I should remind everyone that the global economy is captive to the every whim of a man who doesn’t understand how the global economy works

328 6 RO 3 1328 RD 3 61328 gUY Look for this symbol at shelf to identify tariff impacted items Get ect 15 uality When you see this symbol, it means a product coming into Canada from the U.S. has had a tariff imposed that impacts its price. If the tariff is removed by the Government the price will be reduced accordingly. To find out more about how government-imposed tariffs will impact your grocery bill, including how the price of Canadian products that include ingredients coming in from the U.S. may be impacted by tariffs, visit this Government of Canada website: For more information on how tariffs may impact grocery prices and the actions we're taking, please visit: SPIEGELAL

Grocery store picture with maple leaves

Grocery stores in Canada are labeling all items impacted by tariff with a T, and all domestic products with a maple leaf.

You hate to see a trade war with our one of our largest trading partners who is a goated neighbo(u)r that nations dream of.

US tariff receipts surge in Donald Trump’s trade war Figures show record $24.2bn raised from the levies in May but highlight potential for distortion to global trade flows

And as small tax cuts come into law, they are paired with larger tax increases...

US tariff receipts surge in Donald Trump’s trade war www.ft.com/content/08af...

So OBBB is soon law. My thoughts, in yesterday's blog.

Three ways the big budget bill fails Americans www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Three ways the big budget bill fails Americans In the first hours of July, the US Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (henceforth OBBB). The legislation’s title, as well as its contents, are deeply misleading. While the legislation is imp...

Three ways the big budget bill fails Americans
Pulling it together analytically @kclausing.bsky.social @piie.com
www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Three ways the big budget bill fails Americans In the first hours of July, the US Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (henceforth OBBB). The legislation’s title, as well as its contents, are deeply misleading. While the legislation is imp...

Just out @piie.com, my discussion of the three fundamental failures of the OBBB.

(There are more, but I focus on the big ones.)

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

A huge moral failure for the US government.

Not the only one, unfortunately.

Graph showing funding for ICE agents in 2025 dollars, adjusted for inflation and population growth, from 2016 through 2029. If the "big beautiful bill" passes, it would triple ICE funding.

Trump's "big beautiful bill" would triple funding for ICE agents, providing significantly greater ability to continue terrorizing people, ripping apart families, and disappearing people to prisons without due process.