More than three weeks of anti-government blockades are choking off food, fuel and medicine supply in Bolivia’s administrative capital La Paz, threatening to bring economic activity to a halt. Source: bloomberg.com

Higher prices at the pump are making Avarisse Crawford rethink her spending. Source: latimes.com

Employers added jobs at a rapid clip for the second straight month, recording the best back-to-back job gains in more than four years. Source: bostonglobe.com

Warsh will lead the central bank at a time when its independence has come under scrutiny amid political pressure. Source: aljazeera.com

Warsh could guide to a smaller role in day-to-day markets, while also setting clearer rules for how and when it should intervene. Source: cnbc.com

Warsh faces more political pressure to deliver lower rates than any other Federal Reserve chair in recent memory. Source: axios.com