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.

1. wakes up 2. goes off 3. runs4. is5. needs 6. is7. conduct 8. write 9. analyzes10. produces11. helps12. affects13. uses14. helps