Economic Recovery Measures
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Policymakers Should Act Quickly and Responsibly to Boost the Economy
Read moreFor Immediate Release The threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has spooked markets and appears likely to significantly weaken the economy on...
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Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus
Read moreAppropriators released today their $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, $5.8 billion more than the $2.5 billion...
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How Much Does a Payroll Tax Holiday Cost?
Read morePresident Trump tweeted support for a one-year payroll tax cut Monday evening, saying: The Democrats in the House should propose a very simple one...
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Break Glass Here: A Responsible Plan to Combat the Next Recession
Read moreThe United States is in the midst of one of the longest periods of sustained economic growth in its history, but there are signs that this prolonged...
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How Much Would a Payroll Tax Holiday Cost?
Read moreUpdate 8/20/19: While speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump confirmed that a payroll tax cut and indexing capital gains were under discussion...
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Do Temporary Tax Cuts Only Have A Small Impact on Growth?
Read moreWhile promoting tax reform, House Speaker Paul Ryan stated Tuesday that temporary tax cuts do not produce a large boost to economic growth: These...
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CBO Closes the Book on the 2009 Stimulus
Read moreCBO unofficially closed the books on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or the 2009 stimulus), putting out its final report on the...
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Are Accelerated Write-Off Provisions Effective?
Read moreTwo of the biggest items among the tax extenders that Congress may consider before the end of the year are two provisions that allow accelerated write...
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Fed and Treasury 'rowing in opposite directions'
Read moreThe Federal Reserve's efforts to help the economy recover through quantitative easing (QE), twisting, and tapering have made front page news without...
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Senate to Consider Bipartisan Housing Finance Reform Bill
Read moreThe push among lawmakers to reform housing finance has picked up lately, as proposals have been emerging in recent weeks. The most prominent one in...
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CBO's Latest Estimate of TARP: $27 Billion
Read moreCaught up in the release of CBO's baseline and its analysis of the President's budget last week was another CBO update of their estimate of the...
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There They Go Again: More Timing Gimmicks Being Used as Offsets
Read moreIt seems to be Gimmick Week in DC. After two of the Medicare physician payment bills offset their costs with gimmicks, the recently announced...