Open the brackets: use the verbs in the present simple. econnie francis 1 (to wake up) one minute before her alarm clock 2 (go off). her train 3 (run) at 7.3 so she 4 (to be) at the train station at 7.15. she 5 (need) to be on time in order to prepare fed- eral open market committee briefings for the president of the bank. as part of an economist team at the federal reserve bank, she 6 (to be) respon- sible for helping other economists prepare briefings. her colleagues 7 (to conduct) economic research for the board of governors and 8 (to write) working papers. sometimes econnie 9 (to analyze) poli- cies and 10 (to produce) economic forecasts on her own. on tuesdays, the team 11 (to help) the president decide whether or not to lower or raise interest rates. because their work 12 (to affect) millions of people, her position is high stress but exhilarating. econnie 13 (to use) a software program. this program 14 (to help) economists see how theories are applied to data.
2. Goes off
3. Runs
4. Is
5. Needs
6. Is
7. Conduct
8. Write
9. Analyzes
10. Produces
11. Helps
12. Affects
13. Uses
14. Helps.