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Marc Goldwein: The Fed Needs a Helping Hand to Fight Inflation
Read moreMarc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Six Ways to Fight Inflation
Read morePersonal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation rose by 6.3 percent over the past year and 0.6 percent last month according to new data from the...
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Rumored Student Loan Cancellation Would Cost $230 Billion
Read morePress reports indicate that President Biden could soon announce a plan to cancel at least $10,000 in debt for the vast majority of student loan...
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Cancelling Student Debt Would Add to Inflation
Read moreLawmakers and advocates have loudened their calls to cancel student loan debt before the current re-payment moratorium ends on May 1 st. Given the...
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The 2021 U.S. Economy in Ten Charts
Read more2021 was a unique year in economic history. Assisted by new COVID vaccines, accommodative monetary policy, and trillions of fiscal stimulus, the US...
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New Report Shows Student Debt Cancellation is Regressive
Read moreRecently, Adam Looney, Executive Director of the Marriner S. Eccles Institute at the University of Utah and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Economic...
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2021 Inflation Totaled 6.7 Percent
Read moreThe Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data for December 2021. Based on BLS’s data, we estimate CPI...
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Reducing Build Back Better Inflation Risk
Read moreAs we recently discussed, the House-passed Build Back Better Act is likely to be modestly inflationary over the next few years. Though we expect the...
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What Will Build Back Better Mean for Inflation?
Read moreWith 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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Congress' December Challenges Can't Wait
Read moreFor Immediate Release As lawmakers continue to debate the Build Back Better reconciliation bill, they have a number of pressing deadlines and policy...
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It’s Time to Wind Down the Student Loan Moratorium
Read moreThe Biden administration recently extended the federal student loan moratorium through January 2022. Under the moratorium, most federal student loan...
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CBO Report Shows Infrastructure is More Pro-Growth When It's Paid For
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report today detailing the macroeconomic effects of two illustrative, $500 billion infrastructure...