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Jobs Day

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March employment report at 8:30 am. Here is the least you need to know:

• Net payroll employment declined in March by 663,000 jobs.
• That’s a terrible number, and in line with expectations.

A quick guide to the G-20 summit

The President has arrived in London for the G-20 economic summit. I have different policy views than the President on some of these issues, but I will not criticize him while he is overseas. I will attempt to gently highlight a couple of substantive issues that concern…

President’s Working Group on Financial Markets documents

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets met at 8:30 AM today to announce the specifics of the new policy actions described by the President in the Rose Garden earlier this morning.

Statement by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson

The President will speak at 10:45 AM. I’ll send his remarks soon after he has spoken. Here’s what Secretary Paulson said shortly after 10 AM this morning.

Last night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, SEC Chairman Chris…