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Dec 6, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

What Will Build Back Better Mean for Inflation?

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Nov 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

State and Local Governments Flush with Cash

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Dec 6, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

What Will Build Back Better Mean for Inflation?

With inflation on track to reach its highest annual rate since 1990, experts and advocates are in disagreement over whether the Build Back Better Act...
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Nov 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

State and Local Governments Flush with Cash

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released data on state and local government spending and receipts in the third quarter of 2021...
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Aug 16, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending| Economics

It’s Time to Wind Down the Student Loan Moratorium

The Biden administration recently extended the federal student loan moratorium through January 2022. Under the moratorium, most federal student loan...
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Aug 6, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

CBO Report Shows Infrastructure is More Pro-Growth When It's Paid For

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report today detailing the macroeconomic effects of two illustrative, $500 billion infrastructure...
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Jun 8, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

COVID Relief Continues to Bolster Personal Income

New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) for the month of April shows that disposable personal income (DPI) was 12.0 percent above pre-...
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Jun 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending| Economics

Partial Student Debt Cancellation is Poor Economic Stimulus

Last year, we estimated that fully canceling student debt would produce eight to 23 cents of economic activity for every dollar of cost and...
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May 6, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

COVID Relief Lifted Personal Income to Record Levels

Of the $5.9 trillion ($5.2 trillion net) of enacted COVID relief, we estimate $3.6 trillion was committed or disbursed over the one-year period...
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Feb 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

How Much Would the American Rescue Plan Overshoot the Output Gap?

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected on Monday that the nation’s output gap – the difference between actual economic activity and...
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Feb 2, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Releases New 10-Year Economic Projections

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new set of ten-year economic projections, illustrating the economic damage from the COVID...
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