Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

February 2022

Source: The Washington Post
Feb 3, 2022
U.S. Companies Shed 301,000 Jobs in January as Omicron Surged, ADP Says
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Source: NBC News
Feb 3, 2022
Manchin Says Build Back Better Is 'Dead.' Here's What He Might Resurrect.
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Source: The Hill
Feb 3, 2022
Top Senate Republican: Congress 'Probably' Headed for Third Stopgap Bill to Prevent Shutdown
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Source: The New York Times
Feb 3, 2022
January Jobs Report May Disappoint. It Is Sure to Perplex.
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Source: The Washington Post
Feb 2, 2022
Democrats, GOP Inch Ahead Toward Potential Deal to Fund Government, Avert Shutdown
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Source: CNN
Feb 1, 2022
America's National Debt Surpasses $30 Trillion for the First Time
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Source: The New York Times
Feb 1, 2022
U.S. National Debt Tops $30 Trillion as Borrowing Surged Amid Pandemic
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January 2022

Source: Politico
Jan 31, 2022
Biden Delivered a Booming Economy. Now He Needs the Fed to Deal With the Fallout
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Source: The Hill
Jan 30, 2022
Congress in Jeopardy of Missing Shutdown Deadline
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 28, 2022
Inflation Continued to Run Hot and Consumer Spending Fell in December
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Source: The New York times
Jan 28, 2022
How Full Is the U.S. Recovery? Inflation’s Impact Obscures the Answer
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Source: Politico
Jan 27, 2022
White House Mulling Scaled-Down, COVID-Related Paid Leave Plan
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 22, 2022
‘That Raise Meant Nothing’: Inflation Is Wiping Out Pay Increases for Most Americans
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 22, 2022
Rapid Inflation Fuels Debate Over What’s to Blame: Pandemic or Policy
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Source: Politico
Jan 21, 2022
Democrats Slim Down Ambitions after Back-To-Back Failures
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 19, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Spend Billions to Prevent Wildfires
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Source: Reuters
Jan 19, 2022
Millionaires Group Calls for Wealth Tax at Virtual Davos
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Source: The HIll
Jan 19, 2022
Desperate Dems Signal Support for Cutting Biden Bill Down in Size
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 17, 2022
Swing-District Democrats in Need of a Midterm Reboot Push Leadership to Break up BBB
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 16, 2022
Supply Chain Woes Could Worsen as China Imposes New Covid Lockdowns
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 15, 2022
Omicron Fallout and Tough Labor Talks Likely to Rattle Supply Chains and Fuel Inflation
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Source: AP
Jan 14, 2022
Goodbye ‘Godsend’: Expiration of Child Tax Credits Hits Home
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 14, 2022
Lawmakers Begin Discussing Government Spending Deal as Democrats Eye Virus Aid, Paid Leave
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Source: AP
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise by 23,000 to 230,000
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Source: Politico
Jan 13, 2022
Down but Not Out: Dems Plot Course for Child Tax Credit as Payments End
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