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A 2020 Brookings Institution study, opens new tab estimated that for every one federal employee there are two contractors. With that in mind, Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management,, opens new tab estimated that with a "consensus" estimate of ultimately 300,000 DOGE-related federal job cuts, the total employment reduction could be closer to 1 million.

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