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Instead, policymakers have had to rely on an array of private data and state administrative records—as well as regional bank surveys and research—to cobble together a picture of the U.S. economy.

“There would be huge pressure to call another snap legislative election if his efforts to cobble together a government and find support for a budget were to fail again,” the analysts say.

Plastic food containers and trays are stacked and wired with lights, feeling at once like retro-futuristic inventions and something cobbled together after the apocalypse.

The company is starting to cobble together the equipment it needs for these power plants, but so far it’s an ambitious vision without much physical progress.

This includes expanding programs that provide payment — in the form of debit cards, which Burke has likened to an “Amazon gift card” — to parents to cobble together customized educational plans for their children.