Can Walmart help the Fed harness real-time U.S. economic data? We’re about to find out.
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The Federal Reserve named a former Walmart CEO to a task force to develop contemporaneous data on spending, inflation and growth.
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JUST IN: Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to help lead jobs task force, days after she announced 3,200 layoffs.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 9, 2026
XBOX CEO Asha Sharma has been named an advisor to the U.S. Federal Reserve's 'Productivity and Jobs' task force pic.twitter.com/pYxxEbv8AX
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) July 9, 2026
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been named as an advisor to the US Federal Reserve on 'Productivity and Jobs'.https://t.co/eUjjl6XdMQ pic.twitter.com/X9w6nYfn1m
— VGC (@VGC_News) July 9, 2026