Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

April 2023

Source: The New York Times
Apr 17, 2023
McCarthy Proposes One-Year Debt Ceiling Increase Tied to Spending Cuts
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 17, 2023
Fiscal Crisis Nears as McCarthy Takes Debt Ceiling Plan to Wall Street
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Source: POLITICO
Apr 17, 2023
Here's When the Debt-Limit Crisis Gets Increasingly Risky
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 17, 2023
Fiscal Crisis Nears as McCarthy Takes Debt Ceiling Plan to Wall Street
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Source: CNN
Apr 16, 2023
House Republicans in Talks Over One-Year Debt Ceiling Plan in Push to Challenge White House
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Source: NBC News
Apr 7, 2023
The Economy Is Holding Up Despite Signs of Slowdown as Some Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop
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Source: NPR
Apr 7, 2023
The Job Market Is Cooling as Higher Interest Rates and a Slowing Economy Take a Toll
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 7, 2023
Can Congress Make an End-Run Around a Debt Limit Impasse? It’s Tricky.
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Source: AP News
Apr 7, 2023
US Adds a Healthy 236,000 Jobs Despite Fed’s Rate Hikes
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 7, 2023
Wages May Not Be Inflation’s Cause, but They’re the Focus of the Cure
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 6, 2023
I.R.S. Unveils $80 Billion Plan to Overhaul Tax Collection
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Apr 6, 2023
Bank Failures. High Inflation. Rising Rates. Is the Resilient Jobs Market About to Crack?
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 6, 2023
House G.O.P.’s Plan to Cut Food Stamps Faces a Tough Vote
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 4, 2023
Job Openings Fell in February as Labor Market’s Slow Cool-Down Continued
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Apr 4, 2023
U.S. Job Openings Dropped in February
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March 2023

Source: The Washington Post
Mar 31, 2023
Social Security Funding Crisis Will Arrive in 2033, U.S. Projects
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 31, 2023
The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Cooled Notably in February
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Source: AP News
Mar 31, 2023
A Key Inflation Gauge Tracked by the Fed Slowed in February
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 30, 2023
House GOP Eyes Bill to Cut Spending, Raise Debt Ceiling Amid Stalemate
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Source: The Hill
Mar 29, 2023
McCarthy Tries to Drag Biden to Negotiating Table on Debt Limit
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 29, 2023
Biden Rejects McCarthy’s Call for Meeting Without a GOP Budget
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Source: NBC News
Mar 28, 2023
Biden and McCarthy Barely Speak, Dimming Prospects for a Debt Ceiling Deal
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 23, 2023
Republicans Say Spending Is Fueling Inflation. The Fed Chair Disagrees.
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Source: NPR
Mar 23, 2023
The Fight Over the Debt Ceiling Could Sink the Economy. This Is How We Got Here.
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Source: Politico
Mar 22, 2023
‘How Did This Happen?’: The Fed’s Powell on SVB and Where the Economy Is Headed
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