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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · Sep 4

@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.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · Jul 31

@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."

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Jul 21

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.”

Trump drives up housing costs, liberal group says

The president’s tariff policies, funding cuts, and privatization ideas are making it more expensive to rent, buy, and build housing, the analysis found.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Jul 15

“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.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Jul 8

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.
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America’s Rare Earth Problem

Welcome to the podcast Organized Money.

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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · Jul 3

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.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Jul 3

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.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · Jul 1

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.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Jun 23

“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.

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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · Jun 19

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.

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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · Jun 18

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.”
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How Trump’s ‘Golden Share’ Could Lead to Green Steel

Trump just quasi-nationalized U.S. Steel. That could help climate policy later.

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · Jun 16

“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 ⬇️

How Trump’s ‘Golden Share’ Could Lead to Green Steel

Trump just quasi-nationalized U.S. Steel. That could help climate policy later.

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COURIER @couriernewsroom.bsky.social · Jun 9

"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.

Alex Jacquez: The GOP Doesn’t Want You To Know What’s Actually In Their ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The House GOP rushed it through under the cloak of darkness because they didn’t want you to see their betrayal and broken promises.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · Jun 5

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.

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · May 30

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

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · May 23

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.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · May 20

“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.”

Wisconsin Republicans in Congress back Trump spending bill as advocates warn of food assistance cuts

As Republicans in Congress hammer out the details of a massive tax bill that would form a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s agenda, federal funding for food assistance could end up shifted to th...

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · May 14

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

Trump’s China Deal Eases Tariffs but Doesn’t Resolve Future Uncertainty

A 90-day pause on punishing tariffs could restart trade between the world’s largest economies. But it is not enough to resolve uncertainty about the economy.

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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · May 9

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-...

The Baby Tax: Trump's Tariffs Are an Assault on New Parents

From car seats and cribs to strollers, sippy cups, and baby clothes, Trump’s tariffs are hiking prices on the items families need for new babies.

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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · Apr 29

“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.
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Trump Is Disabling the Agency That Could Fight China’s Rare Earths Embargo

The Loan Programs Office is good for more than just nuclear funding.

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · Apr 25

“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 ⬇️

Trump Is Disabling the Agency That Could Fight China’s Rare Earths Embargo

The Loan Programs Office is good for more than just nuclear funding.

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Alex Jacquez @alexsjacquez.bsky.social · Apr 16

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...

Jacquez: You need a plan to enter a trade war with the world's #2 economy

Alex Jacquez, Chief of Policy & Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, warns that chaotic trade policy under Trump creates uncertainty for businesses and hinders critical mineral progress.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · Apr 11

“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

Trump rode to victory on the economy. Democrats see a way to flip that on its head.

Party strategists say a relatable message on the economy could be the way out of the wilderness for Democrats.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Apr 11

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.
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The Manufacturing Boom We Already Had

A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors

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