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MTA kills $1M study on psychology of fare evasion
Transit officials killed a study that would have spent up to $1 million on a behavioral expert to explore why riders evade the fare, following skepticism from some City Council members and commuters on whether the research is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars.
Bidenomics (The Full Joe!) Q1 GDP Fell To -1.5%, Pending Home Sales Fall To 70.6
The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2025 is -1.5 percent on February 28, down from 2.3 percent on February 19. After recent releases from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis and the US Census Bureau, the nowcast of the contribution of net exports to first-quarter real GDP growth fell from -0.41 percentage points to -3.70 percentage points while the nowcast of first-quarter real personal consumption expenditures growth fell from 2.3 percent to 1.3 percent.
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https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/mta-kills-1m-study-psychology-behind-fare-evasion