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Fed Chairman Bernanke Reports to Congress
Read moreJuly 21 - Federal Reserve Board Chairman presented his twice a year monetary policy testimony and the Fed's semi-annual monetary policy report to...
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CBO Estimates House Health Care Bill
Read moreJuly 18 - Yesterday, the CBO released preliminary cost estimates for the House Tri-Committee health care reform bill. According to the CBO, the bill...
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Administration Urges Creation of Independent Medicare Advisory Council to Help Control Costs
Read moreJuly 17 - Today OMB Director Orszag urged Speaker Pelosi to support a Base Realignment And Closure-like (BRAC) process for reviewing Medicare changes...
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NEC Director Summers at Peterson Institute
Read moreJuly 17 - President Obama's chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers spoke today to the Peterson Institute for International Economics on "Rescuing and...
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Cross Currents in the Economy and Financial System
Read moreJuly 16 - Cross currents in the U.S. economy are particularly evident today and illustrate why it is so difficult to figure out where the economy is...
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Staff Working Paper #7: Budgeting for the Long-Term
Read moreWith the retirement of the baby boom generation drawing closer, concerns about the sustainability of current policies have become critical elements of...
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Costs and Offsets in the House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Plan
Read moreJuly 14 - Earlier today, House Democrats released a draft of the America's Affordable Health Choices Act , along with a series of summary documents...
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Blue Chip Consensus: Weak Recovery Underway
Read moreJuly 12 - Recent consumer confidence, spending and labor market data have raised questions about whether the economy is losing momentum, and these...
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Options to Pay for Health Care Reform
Read moreOne of President Obama’s central campaign promises was to reform the national health care system. Existing plans to do so, however, are likely to cost...