Economic Recovery Measures
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Recent Proposals for Job Growth
Read moreLeading up to President Obama’s job speech tomorrow evening, there has been much speculation as to the measures the president will propose. The...
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CBO Update on the Economic Effects of ARRA
Read moreYesterday, CBO released an update on the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on employment and economic output in the...
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Obama Administration Takes Further Steps to Help the Housing Market
Read moreWith the housing market still depressed almost five years after the housing bubble burst, the Obama administration is seeking input from private...
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Farewell to QE2
Read moreJune has come to a close. With that also comes an end of the second round of quantitative easing, known as QE2. QE2 started off small in August 2010...
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TARP Bids Farewell to Chrysler
Read moreYesterday, Treasury announced that it would be selling its 6.6 percent equity stake in Chrysler to Fiat, which represents the last outstanding TARP...
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Stimulus Provisions: Extended or Not?
Read moreIn early 2009, lawmakers enacted an economic stimulus package to help stem the economic freefall which was shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs per...
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CBO: The Role of Automatic Stabilizers in Deficits
Read moreYesterday, CBO released a report on the effect of automatic stabilizers on the deficit, showing that in recent years, they have added hundreds of...
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CBO Reduces Projected Cost of TARP
Read moreBack in December, we had surmised that due to recent developments with Citigroup, GM, and AIG, CBO's cost estimate of TARP would come down further...
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"Meet the Generations": Generation X
Read moreMeet Kate, a fictitious 41 year old Generation X member. How will our leaders’ fiscal choices affect her life? In our fifth and final installment of...
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‘Line’ Items: Brackets and Budgets Edition
Read moreBrackets – As many busy themselves today going over the brackets for the big tourney, picking the next Cinderella and who will win it all, the real...
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Happy Second Birthday ARRA!
Read moreWhile the budget world is caught up in the President's budget, it's time to celebrate an important birthday. On this day two years ago, President...
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Good News, Taxpayers!
Read moreLast month, we reported the positive developments that were happening with the major players--GM, Citigroup, and AIG--still left in the Troubled Asset...