Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

May 2019

Source: The New York Times
May 10, 2019
Many Americans Will Need Long-Term Care. Most Won’t be Able to Afford It.
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Source: The Hill
May 10, 2019
House Panel Defies Trump, Approves $56B Foreign Ops Spending Bill
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Source: Roll Call
May 9, 2019
House Spending Panel Advances Measure Boosting Congressional Funding
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Source: The Hill
May 9, 2019
CBO Analysis of Trump Budget Finds Higher Deficits
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Source: The Hill
May 9, 2019
Debt Ceiling Deadline Likely Delayed Until October: Study
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Source: The Hill
May 9, 2019
Dems Reject Trump's State Department Cuts in $56B Spending Bill
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Source: The Hill
May 9, 2019
Senators Sound Alarm Over Looming Budget, Shutdown Battles
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Source: The Hill
May 7, 2019
Federal Deficit Grew 38 Percent in First 7 Months of Fiscal Year: CBO
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Source: Bloomberg
May 7, 2019
Student-Loan Outlook Is Reversed, Showing $31 Billion U.S. Cost
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Source: The Hill
May 7, 2019
House Dems Unveil Plan for Allocating $1.3T in Spending
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Source: The Hill
May 6, 2019
Rising Debt Imperils Trump, Dem Hopes on Infrastructure
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Source: The Hill
May 6, 2019
Groups Urge Congress Not to Revive “Zombie” Tax Breaks
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Source: CNBC
May 3, 2019
Fed’s James Bullard Says Interest Rate Policy is “a Little Tight” Right Now
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Source: CNBC
May 3, 2019
Social Security, a Lifeline for Millions, Needs its Own Life Preserver
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Source: Newsweek
May 2, 2019
It’s Only May, and the Federal Deficit is Already Higher Than in All But Five Full-Year Deficits in U.S. History
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Source: Marketplace
May 2, 2019
Worker Productivity is Booming. Why is Inflation So Tame?
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Source: The Hill
May 2, 2019
CBO Projects Deficits Will Add Up to $12.7 Trillion Through 2029
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Source: MarketWatch
May 2, 2019
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady as Economy Grows at “Solid Rate” and Inflation Stays Low
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Source: The Hill
May 1, 2019
Key Dems Push Back on Trump's $4.5b Border Request
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Source: The Hill
May 1, 2019
Private Sector Exceeds Expectations by Adding 275k Jobs in April
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April 2019

Source: The Associated Press
Apr 30, 2019
Dems Say Trump Agrees on $2 Trillion Infrastructure Goal
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Source: POLITICO
Apr 30, 2019
Trump Intensifies Calls on Fed to Cut Interest Rates
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Source: The Hill
Apr 30, 2019
Trump to Request More Money for Border Crisis
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 29, 2019
How Will the Fed Fight the Next Recession? It’s Trying to Figure That Out Right Now
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Source: Marketplace
Apr 29, 2019
With No-Show Inflation, What Does the Fed Do Next?
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