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Lockdowns began. but president biden said on friday the economy has the momentum, the kind of momentum he thinks he needs to pass a large scale officially multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan. here with us now to discuss the state of the economy and parts of that infrastructure plan harvard university professor of economics and public policy ken rogof. ken, we appreciate you sharing part of your weekend with us. let s get right to that jobs report yesterday. roughly 560,000 new jobs in may, still lower than predicted. some businesses still struggling to fill openings. in your eyes how closely are these lower than anticipated numbers tied to expanded employment benefits? well, i wouldn t want to overstate it. i mean i think i actually give president biden a lot of credit for sort of addressing the issue with a lot of candor as he did, but we don t know. i think the main thing has to be that there are a lot of people especially lower wage workers ....

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