Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

January 2019

Source: Bloomberg
Jan 31, 2019
Treasury Has Wall Street Dreaming Up New Bond Ideas
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 30, 2019
Fed Signals End of Interest Rate Increases
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Source: Bloomberg
Jan 30, 2019
U.S. Debt Sales Hit Records Again, Feeding Deficit Criticism
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Source: Reuters
Jan 29, 2019
White House to Seek Big Domestic Spending Cuts; Budget Will Be Late
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Source: Reuters
Jan 29, 2019
Democrats Seek to Cut U.S. Budget Deficits in Half: Yarmuth
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Source: CNN
Jan 29, 2019
Just 4% of Companies Boosted Hiring Because of Tax Cuts
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 28, 2019
Government Report Says US Budget Deficit Set to Hit $897B
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Source: The Hill
Jan 28, 2019
Senate Republicans Reintroduce Bill to Repeal the Estate Tax
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 28, 2019
Shutdown Cost the U.S. $3 Billion That Won’t Be Recovered, CBO Says
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Source: Bloomberg
Jan 28, 2019
U.S. Treasury Set to Borrow $1 Trillion for a Second Year to Finance the Deficit
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Source: The Hill
Jan 25, 2019
Trump Agrees to End Shutdown Without Getting Wall Funding
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 25, 2019
Trump, Congressional Leaders Agree to Open Government for Three Weeks
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 24, 2019
Senate Set to Reject Government Funding Plan it Once Embraced
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Source: USA Today
Jan 23, 2019
Shutdown Could Cripple Air Travel, Unions Warn: At Some Point, 'The Entire System Will Break'
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 23, 2019
White House Seeks List of Programs That Would Be Hurt If Shutdown Lasts Into March
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Source: The Hill
Jan 23, 2019
Trump Adviser Warns of Zero Growth If Shutdown Lingers This Quarter
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 23, 2019
Senate GOP Turns to Time-Honored Budget Tradition to Fund Wall
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 22, 2019
Senate Leaders Plan Competing Bills to End Shutdown
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 22, 2019
Senate GOP Unveils Omnibus Bill to Fund Wall, Reopen Government
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 21, 2019
Congress to Pursue Divergent Paths to Reopening Government, But Stalemate No Closer to Resolution
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Source: Reuters
Jan 18, 2019
Shutdown Clouds Outlook for Consumer-Driven U.S. Economic Growth
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 17, 2019
House Democrats’ Latest Gambit for Ending Shutdown Involves Bills Republicans Negotiated
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 17, 2019
Recession Warnings Pile Up As Shutdown Wraps Up Fourth Week
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 16, 2019
White House Redefines Who Is Essential to Get Parts of Government Moving Again
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Source: AP News
Jan 16, 2019
From Travel to IPOs, How Shutdown is Upsetting U.S. Economy
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