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International Banker: Is the US economy headed for a soft landing?
“’In our view, the persistence of both high inflation, strong consumer demand, and very high job openings suggest that the Fed needs to slow the economy enough…
Project Syndicate: The Fed must not flinch
“The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are significant market events. But, given an overheated labor market and 1970s-like inflation, if the F…
The Hill: How to fight poverty and boost work with an enhanced Child Tax Credit
“Our design maintains the overall anti-poverty effects of the 2021 expansion while encouraging the labor force participation of low-income parents. And it cost…
Fast Company: What the Family and Medical Leave Act has meant for U.S. women
“In partnership with the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, Patel and her colleague Tanya Byker, who teaches economics at Middlebury College, have …
Kansas City Star: Hawley wants to shield Social Security, Medicare from debt ceiling talks. Experts say it won’t work
“‘It pretends that Social Security recipients and Medicare recipients are not actually part of a broader economy that would be completely hammered by this incr…
CNBC's Squawk Box: What experts think about Q4 GDP data
“To be clear, the slowdown that I expect we will see in the first quarter is a good thing. It will show that the economy is starting to rebalance, get on a mor…
C-SPAN, White House Press Briefing : Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
“Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary, that many of you speak with: ‘A default would be catastrophic . It would mean higher borrowing cost forever.’ And la…
The Washington Post: Inflation slowed further in December for the sixth month in a row
“Wendy Edelberg, the director of the Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a center-left D.C.-based think tank…
