{"id":36315,"date":"2026-08-10T10:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36315"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:49:42","slug":"economist-justin-wolfers-wings-it-after-swallowing-fly-during-live-cnn-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36315","title":{"rendered":"Economist Justin Wolfers wings it after swallowing fly during live CNN segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>The economy may be hard to swallow lately, but a fly is tougher.<\/p>\n<p>A live CNN segment on the state of the US economy came to a screeching halt when an expert accidentally swallowed a fly on air.<\/p>\n<p>University of Michigan professor and economist Justin Wolfers was deep into a discussion with CNN host Omar Jimenez on Saturday about newly confirmed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh and<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/07\/business\/us-lost-23k-jobs-in-july-in-disappointing-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the surprisingly weak jobs report released on Friday<\/a> \u2014 showing US employers shed 23,000 jobs last month, far short of the 80,000 gains economists had forecast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40265999\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" 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(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>Economist Justin Wolfers winged it after accidentally swallowing a fly during a live interview about the US economy and jobs report with CNN\u2019s Omar Jimenez.  <span class=\"credit\">Credit CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wolfers had just finished telling Jimenez how the US labor market has been \u201cremarkably resilient\u201d so far when he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CassandraRules\/status\/2086479800936382603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suddenly broke into a coughing fit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez \u2014 trying to remain as professional as possible and not have the conversation derailed \u2014 kept talking as his guest continuously coughed and covered his mouth.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He eventually asked Wolfers a follow-up question, forcing the economist to address the on-air choking fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMate, I just swallowed a fly on live television,\u201d Wolfers explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was trying to keep talking while you were coughing, so you could figure it out. It\u2019s all good,\u201d Jimenez replied.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p>\u201cAussies love eating flies,\u201d Wolfers, who is Australian, quipped while pretending to snatch a fly out of the air and put it in his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfers further winged it by turning his coughing fit into a \u201cmetaphor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might actually be a metaphor, because the biggest thing going on at the Fed is Kevin Warsh feels like I do right now,\u201d the economist said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40266004\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Justin-Wolfers-5.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Justin-Wolfers-5.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Justin-Wolfers-5.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Justin-Wolfers-5.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Justin-Wolfers-5.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>Wolfers had just finished telling Jimenez how the US labor market has been \u201cremarkably resilient\u201d so far when he suddenly broke into a coughing fit. <span class=\"credit\">Credit CNN<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKevin Warsh doesn\u2019t feel like talking about what\u2019s going on, and it makes both of us a little harder to understand, and a little harder to interpret. So you could think about Kevin as having swallowed the fly as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI might swallow a horse; that will get the fly,\u201d Wolfers added \u2014 a playful nod to the children\u2019s nursery rhyme \u201cThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,\u201d in which the protagonist swallows progressively larger animals to catch the ones before.<\/p>\n<p>After the broadcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JustinWolfers\/status\/2086205987673759880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolfers posted on X<\/a> to further clarify what happened and poke fun at the on-air hiccup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fly just zipped into my mouth while gabbing on CNN. Next question was about the Fed, so I did what Kevin Warsh won\u2019t\u2014I swallowed hard and kept talking. I figure folks deserve some clarity about the economy,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Postscript: The fly is dead. And I\u2019m no longer a vegetarian.)\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economy may be hard to swallow lately, but a fly is tougher. A live CNN segment on the state of the US economy came to a screeching halt when an expert accidentally swallowed a fly on air. 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