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Dominguez on the U.S. effort to stabilize the Japanese yen

Aug 3, 2026 Marketplace
The U.S. Treasury and Japan's finance ministry worked together last week to prop up the value of Japan's currency. The two countries reportedly bought tens of billions of dollars of Japanese yen to stop a slide that began in early May. They needed to...
Kathryn Dominguez speaks to prospective students at the Ford School's Spring Preview
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Why Trump's tariff strategy won't last - Worthington

Jan 25, 2026 EFE
For President Trump, tariffs are not only an economic tool, but they are also useful for leverage in international negotiations. The Ford School's Alton Worthington explains Trump's tariff strategy and why it will not sustain longevity.
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Hausman examines the auto industry during the Great Depression

Nov 13, 2025
In a guest essay for Automotive News, Ford School professor Joshua Hausman writes, "But the Depression left its mark on the industry. It benefited the Big 3 at the expense of other companies. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler accounted for 74 percent...
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Stevenson on how government shutdown impacts jobs data reporting

Sep 29, 2025 The Washington Post
Betsey Stevenson, who was the Labor Department’s chief economist from 2010 to 2011 and is now at the University of Michigan, said this week’s jobs figures would typically be wrapped up earlier in the week and could presumably get out the door. But da...
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Wolfers explains potential impacts of new $100K H-1B visa fee

Sep 23, 2025 PBS
"Economics is like baking a cake," said Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. "You put a whole lot of ingredients into the mixing bowl and we bake our economic cake. Sometimes, though, in America, we discove...
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Swisher Hosts Pete Buttigieg for Live Podcast Appearance

Sep 21, 2025
Kara Swisher, the award-winning journalist and current Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, sat down for a conversation with Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss “The State of U.S. Democracy,” for her On with ...
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Leiser: possibility of state shutdown is difficult to predict

Sep 19, 2025 Midland Daily News
The likelihood of a shutdown is difficult to predict, said Stephanie Leiser, who leads the Michigan Local Government Fiscal Health Project at the University of Michigan’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy and has worked as a tax policy analys...
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Stevenson comments on widening gender wage gap

Sep 11, 2025 Marketplace
“We end up in this really difficult spiral where women are paid less than men, so it makes sense for them to be the one to leave work early to pick the kid up from day care,” Stevenson said.  She added that access to affordable childcare and flexible...
Betsey Stevenson
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Wolfers shares concerns over the slowing economy and job market

Sep 5, 2025 CBS News
Following a disappointing jobs report, CBS News turned to the Ford School's Justin Wolfers for insight on what this means for the economy. "There's no question that the economy is slowing, and it's slowed quite dramatically. The real question is if t...
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Wolfers on market reactions to Trump pronouncements

Jul 23, 2025 MSNBC
Wolfers on MSNBC: Here's the most important thing if you look at markets: If you look at every singly day where Trump has backed his own instincts, when he's imposed new tariffs, every single time he's done that, markets have gone down. When he's bac...
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White House debt figures don't add up - Wolfers

Jul 7, 2025 MSNBC
Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers told MSNBC, "Center-right and center-left economics all agree that this is going to have a massive effect blowing up the national debt. The White House Council of Economic Advisors... has put out a claim...
Justin Wolfers
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Potential cause of slow job market hard to assess - Stevenson

Jul 7, 2025 The New York Times
“The Fed is in a challenging position,” said Betsey Stevenson, a former chief economist at the Labor Department who is now a professor at the University of Michigan. “They need to be really careful that what they’re seeing is actually weak labor dema...
Betsey Stevenson
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New Wolfers segment on MSNBC: The Professor Is In!

May 23, 2025
Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers is one of the most prolific “public” scholars at the school. His analyses about current economic events regularly appear on the pages of The New York Times (among others), on the screens at Bloomberg (am...
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