Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

March 2019

Source: MarketWatch
Mar 11, 2019
Visualizing the Huge Difference in the White House Economic Projections Versus the CBO’s and Wall Street’s
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Source: USA Today
Mar 11, 2019
“Get Rid of the Fat”: Why Uncle Sam's Annual Budget is a lot Different From Yours
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Source: Bloomberg
Mar 11, 2019
Trump Budget Sees $1 Trillion Deficits for Next Four Years
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Source: npr
Mar 11, 2019
Trump Seeks More Border Wall Funding In New Budget
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Source: Bloomberg
Mar 10, 2019
Trump Plan Postpones Balanced Budget Despite Deep Spending Cuts
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Source: Marketplace
Mar 8, 2019
Job Creation Stalls in February as Unemployment Falls and Wages Rise
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 8, 2019
Enzi Moving Ahead With “Realistic” Budget Resolution
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Source: The Associated Press
Mar 6, 2019
Fed Survey Finds Adverse Impact From Government Shutdown
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 5, 2019
Federal Reserve Keeps Hinting No More Interest-Rate Hikes Until Summer 2019, If Not Longer
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Source: The Associated Press
Mar 5, 2019
U.S. Budget Deficit Up 77 Percent So Far This Budget Year
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Source: The Hill
Mar 5, 2019
Mnuchin Asks Congress to Raise Debt Ceiling “As Soon As Possible”
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Source: The Associated Press
Mar 4, 2019
Mnuchin Announces Halt in Payments Into 2 Retirement Funds
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Source: CNBC
Mar 1, 2019
U.S. Personal Income Posts First Drop in Over Three Years
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February 2019

Source: The Washington Post
Feb 28, 2019
Has growth peaked? Economists See a Slowdown. Trump Doesn’t.
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Source: The Hill
Feb 28, 2019
Grassley, Wyden Offer Bill to Renew Expired Tax Breaks
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Source: The New York Times
Feb 28, 2019
U.S. Economy Cooled as G.D.P. Grew at 2.6% Rate in Fourth Quarter
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Source: Kaiser Health News
Feb 27, 2019
There’s A New ‘Medicare-For-All’ Bill in the House. Why Does It Matter?
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
Feb 26, 2019
Fed Chair Powell: “The U.S. Federal Government is on an Unsustainable Fiscal Path”
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Source: Bloomberg
Feb 26, 2019
CBO Says U.S. Will Run Out of Cash by Early Fall Without Debt Limit Increase
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Source: The Associated Press
Feb 25, 2019
White House Fires Opening Salvo in Budget Skirmish
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Source: Roll Call
Feb 25, 2019
Expect a “Prolonged Fight” Over Spending Caps
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Source: USA Today
Feb 25, 2019
Will the U.S. Fall Into a Recession By the End of 2020? Half of Business Economists Think So
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Source: CNBC
Feb 23, 2019
Social Security Expansion bill Poised to Gain Traction in Congress, Targeting Those Who Earn Over $400,000
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Source: POLITICO
Feb 20, 2019
Fed Undecided on Whether to Raise Rates in 2019
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Source: The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2019
Government Headed for Close to Half of Nation’s Health Tab
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