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Washington Journal for Friday, January 27

Washington, DC

Newspaper Articles & Phones

Marc Caputo, Miami Herald, Politcal Reporter

Topic: Guest will discuss last night’s Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, FL and how the presidential race is shaping up ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary in the Sunshine State.

David Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association, President & CEO

Topic:  Guest – whose association represents the real estate finance industry -- will discuss Obama administration initiatives to address the foreclosure crisis which includes more aggressive investigations of financial firms.

Thomas Edsall, Author, "“The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics"

Topic: Long-time Washington Post reporter Thomas Edsall will discuss his new book, “The Age of Austerity,” which looks at how the economy is leading to less compromise in an ever partisan political realm & the increasing fights over how to resolve economic & domestic issues.

Chris Savage, U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories & Orders Branch, Chief & Chad Moutray, National Association of Manufacturers, Chief Economist

Topic:  Guests will explain what is meant by manufacturing;  its importance to the U.S. economy;  types of manufacturing;  what goods and products the U.S. manufactures; how manufacturing is measured; the importance of the auto,  defense and energy industries; major issues facing manufacturing policies in the U.S. today; and changes in manufacturing over the last few decades.

Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012 at 2:48pm (ET)

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Washington Journal (late 2012)