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Trump's berserker blitz of policies raises risks of stagflation, wild market moves

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Feb 13, 2025
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A federal judge cleared Trump’s buyout plan for federal workers.

That means roughly 65,000 civil servants will take eight months’ severance to leave their jobs. That represents roughly 3% of the federal workforce, below the 5%-10% the White House target. More than 5% of the government’s employees resign or quit in a typical year anyway. But those workers…

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