Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

April 2024

Source: The Wall Street Journal
Apr 17, 2024
Where Are Growth, Inflation and Interest Rates Headed? We Asked the Economists
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Source: NBC News
Apr 16, 2024
Fed Chair Powell Says There Has Been a 'Lack of Further Progress' This Year on Inflation
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Source: The Hill
Apr 16, 2024
House GOP Looks for Reset on Government Funding
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Source: CNBC
Apr 16, 2024
U.S. Economy Will See ‘More Things Break’ in 2025 if Rates Stay High, Strategist Says
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 15, 2024
Piecemeal Supplemental Spending Plan Emerges in House
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Apr 10, 2024
Hot Inflation Report Derails Case for Fed’s June Rate Cut
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 9, 2024
Higher for Longer After All? Investors See Fed Rates Falling More Slowly.
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March 2024

Source: The New York Times
Mar 23, 2024
Biden Signs Final Bill to Fund the Government, Ending Shutdown Fears
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 23, 2024
Senate Sends Spending Package to Biden, Wrapping Up Fiscal 2024
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 23, 2024
Biden Signs $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill Into Law, Averting Government Shutdown
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 20, 2024
Three Ways Congress Can Prevent a Shutdown (And One Way It Can’t)
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Source: AP News
Mar 19, 2024
Biden and Congressional Leaders Announce a Deal on Government Funding as a Partial Shutdown Looms
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 19, 2024
Congressional Leaders Strike Deal on Final Spending Bill Ahead of Shutdown
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 19, 2024
Fed Meets Amid Worries That Inflation Progress Might Stall
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 19, 2024
The Government May Shut Down This Weekend. Here’s What to Know.
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 18, 2024
Spending Deal Done, Though Final Action Could Slip Past Deadline
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 17, 2024
Final Spending Package Back on Track After Flurry of DHS Talks
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 11, 2024
Biden Calls for Higher Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy
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Source: The Hill
Mar 11, 2024
Biden Unveils Sweeping Budget Blueprint for Next Term
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 11, 2024
Biden Calls for Broad New Social Programs, Higher Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy
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Source: The Washington Post
Mar 8, 2024
Five Domestic Policy Ideas in Biden’s State of the Union Speech
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Source: NBC News
Mar 7, 2024
U.S. Added 275,000 Jobs in February, More Than Expected — but Unemployment Rate Climbs
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Source: Roll Call
Mar 6, 2024
First Batch of Final Spending Bills Passes House
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Source: The New York Times
Mar 6, 2024
House Passes Bipartisan $460 Billion Spending Bill to Avert a Partial Shutdown
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Source: The Hill
Mar 5, 2024
Earmark Battle Emerges as Late Threat to Spending Bill
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