Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

March 2022

Source: The Washington Post
Mar 26, 2022
President Biden to Unveil New Minimum Tax on Billionaires in Budget
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Source: AP News
Mar 24, 2022
U.S. States Seek to Ease Inflation Burden With Direct Payments
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Source: Axios
Mar 24, 2022
New Unemployment Claims Drop to Lowest Level Since 1969
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Mar 24, 2022
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall in Tight Labor Market
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 24, 2022
Is America’s Economy Entering a New Normal?
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 23, 2022
Fed Officials Discuss More Aggressive Rate Hikes to Control Inflation
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Source: Reuters
Mar 23, 2022
Fed Officials Nod to Big Rate Hikes to Fight 'Inflation, Inflation, Inflation'
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 21, 2022
Powell Says Fed ‘Widely Underestimated’ Rise in Inflation
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 21, 2022
Powell Says Fed Could Raise Rates More Quickly to Tame Inflation
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Source: CNBC
Mar 18, 2022
Fed Governor Waller Says Half-Point Rate Hikes Could Be Needed as ‘Inflation Is Raging’
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Source: NPR
Mar 18, 2022
Gas Prices Are Near Record Highs. A Fuel Tax Holiday Could Give Consumers Some Relief
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 17, 2022
What a Federal Reserve Rate Increase Means for You
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 17, 2022
Amid Painful Tax Season, Bipartisan Duo Eyes IRS Budget Fix
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 17, 2022
Will Inflation Fix Itself?
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 16, 2022
Fed Raises Interest Rates Modestly, Plans Seven Rate Hikes in Total This Year
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 16, 2022
Fed Raises Rates and Projects Six More Increases in 2022
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Source: NPR
Mar 16, 2022
The Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates for the First Time Since 2018
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Source: AP News
Mar 15, 2022
U.S. Producer Prices Climbed 10% in February From a Year Ago
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 15, 2022
Global Economy Sinks Deeper Into Turmoil as Fed Prepares to Raise Rates
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Source: The Hill
Mar 15, 2022
What Happens if Biden Cancels Student Loans?
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Source: NPR
Mar 14, 2022
Fed's Coming Interest Rate Hikes May Present Another Economic Challenge for Democrats
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 11, 2022
Where $5 Trillion in Pandemic Stimulus Money Went
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Source: POLITICO
Mar 10, 2022
Senate Gives Final OK to $1.5T Government Funding Bill
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Source: Axios
Mar 10, 2022
Governors Try to Tamp Down Gas Prices by Suspending Gas Tax
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 10, 2022
Inflation Surged as the War in Ukraine Started, Raising Stakes for U.S.
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