Today, the Fed widened the door further toward easing monetary policy (presumably in the form of additional quantitative easing). The Fed's shift...

Today, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced in a statement that the recession that began in December of 2007 had ended in June of 2009...

With Congress back in session, the mid-term election right around the corner, and a looming expiration, the debate of the 2001-2003 tax cuts is...

Falling Into Pieces – Fall officially begins this week. A short congressional calendar and the quickly-approaching elections mean that the legislative...

Yesterday, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on Jacob Lew’s nomination as the new head of the Office of Management and Budget, where he...

Action this week has been in the stock and currency markets. “Stocks are on a September roll” ( Wall Street Journal), as the US growth play continues...

Today, the White House announced its intent to appoint CFRB Board Member Jim Kolbe and CFRB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to the Advisory Committee for Trade...

Nobody's breaking out the champagne for this anniversary. On this day two years ago, the collapse of Lehman Brothers turned an already bad-looking...

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the number of workers seeking disability benefits from Social Security’s Disability Insurance Program has...

UPDATE: The Senate passed the small business package on Thursday 9/16, and the House is expected to pass the legislation early next week. The Senate...

We reported a lot in June about small efforts the White House and OMB were taking to cut costs in the government. Now, the Obama Administration is...

Kick-off Time – Football season got underway this weekend, and the final legislative drive before the mid-term elections also commences this week. The...