Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

August 2021

Source: AP News
Aug 27, 2021
US Projects $3.12T Budget Deficit For This Year, Down $555B
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Source: AP News
Aug 27, 2021
July US Consumer Spending Eeks Up 0.3% As Delta Threatens
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Source: AP News
Aug 26, 2021
US Slightly Upgrades GDP Estimate For Last Quarter To 6.6%
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Source: CNBC
Aug 26, 2021
Weekly Jobless Claims Hold Around Pandemic-Era Low; GDP Revised Higher To 6.6%
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Source: Bloomberg
Aug 26, 2021
What’s Driving America's Economic Output? Vaccinated Blue Counties Biden Won
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Source: The New York Times
Aug 25, 2021
Biden, Needing a Win, Enters a Sprint for His Economic Agenda
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Source: The Washington Post
Aug 24, 2021
Census Data Suggests America's Hunger Problem May Be Waning, But Food Assistance Continues To Top Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Source: The New York Times
Aug 23, 2021
Biden and the Fed Wanted a Hot Economy. There’s Risk of Getting Burned.
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Source: The Hill
Aug 23, 2021
Child Tax Credit Payments Would Up Average Monthly Income for HUD-Assisted Families by About 38 Percent: Report
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Source: CNN
Aug 23, 2021
The US Housing Market Is Starting To Cool Off - A Bit
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Source: Reuters
Aug 23, 2021
Studies Show Modest Job Gains From U.S. States' Benefit Cuts
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Source: Bloomberg
Aug 19, 2021
Biden Calls to Let Extra Jobless Benefits Expire, Despite Delta Surge
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Source: Reuters
Aug 19, 2021
U.S. Second-Quarter Growth Likely To Be Revised Higher After Slew of Strong Data
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Source: The New York Times
Aug 19, 2021
Start-Up Boom in the Pandemic Is Growing Stronger
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Source: Reuters
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. Employment Growth Through March Revised Modestly Lower
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Source: CNBC
Aug 18, 2021
61% of Americans Paid No Federal Income Taxes in 2020, Tax Policy Center Says
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Source: The Hill
Aug 17, 2021
Retail Sales Fell 1.1 Percent In July, Far Deeper Than Expected
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Source: The Hill
Aug 17, 2021
September Unemployment Cliff Looms For 7 Million Americans
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Source: Reuters
Aug 16, 2021
Higher Inflation Target Could Trigger Jobs Boom, Former Fed Staffers Say
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Source: The Washington Post
Aug 16, 2021
Nearly A Third Of U.S. Workers Under 40 Considered Changing Careers During The Pandemic
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Source: The New York Times
Aug 15, 2021
Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps
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Source: CNN
Aug 10, 2021
Inflation wiped out America's pay raises
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Source: The Washington Post
Aug 10, 2021
What’s in the $1.2 trillion Senate infrastructure package
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Source: The New York Times
Aug 10, 2021
Will the Pandemic Productivity Boom Last?
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Source: The New York Times
Aug 7, 2021
Infrastructure Bill Would Add $256 Billion to Deficit, Analysis Finds
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