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Five Reasons to Pay for New Investments
Congress and the Administration are currently negotiating and developing legislation to invest in physical infrastructure, education, and other areas...
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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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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 speculated...
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Interest Payments in the Federal Budget
At a projected cost of over $300 billion this fiscal year, interest payments are a significant part of the federal budget. Net interest is currently...
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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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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 potential...
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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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America Faces a $380 Billion Output Gap
Today's economic projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show the economy is likely to experience a strong economic recovery, but...
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What Do Today's GDP Numbers Tell Us About the Output Gap?
The Bureau of Economic Analysis today released its advanced estimates for fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The report showed that real GDP...
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Debt Cancellation and SALT Cap Repeal Would Benefit Higher Earners
In her recent Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell argues progressives should “be more progressive in an old-fashioned sense: by helping the poor...
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What's in the December Jobs Report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning released its monthly jobs report which showed a net loss of 140,000 jobs during the month of December. The...
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Breaking Down $3.4 Trillion in COVID Relief
With the passage of the Response & Relief Act, Congress has now allocated around $4 trillion of COVID relief at a net cost of over $3.4 trillion...