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Staff Working Paper #7: Budgeting for the Long-Term
With 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
July 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
July 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
One 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...
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My View: Declaring Fiscal Independence
Mankato Free Press | July 2, 2009 As we prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, many Americans are beginning to wonder whether we’ll ever be...
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Stimulus shows up in consumer spending
June 26 - Can we measure the effects of the economic stimulus legislation? We are just starting to see effects show up in U.S. economic data. The...
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Fed Modifies Crisis Liquidity Facilities
The Fed announced today that it would extend and modify many of its liquidity programs.
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