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October 2025
Levy Scholar Yeva Nersisyan featured by ABC News discussing federal government shutdown effects on Federal Reserve
“This makes life harder for the Fed,” Yeva Nersisyan, a professor of economics at Franklin & Marshall College, told ABC News.
The loss of data arrived during an uneasy period for policymakers. In recent months, the economy has suffered a sharp hiring slowdown alongside a rise of inflation, setting the conditions for what economists call “stagflation.”