Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

January 2020

Source: NPR
Jan 30, 2020
U.S. Economic Growth Slowed In 2019 To 2.3%
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 29, 2020
Ambitious Infrastructure Plan Hits Reality Check: How to Pay for It
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Source: CNBC
Jan 29, 2020
Fed Holds Rates Steady, Affirms Commitment to Higher Inflation
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 29, 2020
House Democrats to Unveil $760 Billion Infrastructure Plan
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 28, 2020
Trump Administration to Offer States Medicaid Block Grant Option
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 28, 2020
U.S. Deficit to Eclipse $1 Trillion in 2020, CBO Says, as Fiscal Imbalance Continues to Widen
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Source: CNBC
Jan 28, 2020
Trump Says the Fed Should Cut Rates So the US Can Pay Down Its $23 Trillion Debt
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Source: Bloomberg
Jan 28, 2020
Americans to Inherit $764 Billion This Year, Mostly Tax-Free
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Source: AP News
Jan 27, 2020
Fed Seems Content with Low Rates but Confronts Challenges
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 27, 2020
House Members Considering Ending Ban on Earmarks
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Source: The Hill
Jan 26, 2020
Tax Season Could Bring More Refund Confusion
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 25, 2020
Cities Prepare for the Worst as Trump’s Food Stamp Cuts Near
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Source: Marketplace
Jan 24, 2020
A Year after the Shutdown, Federal Contractors Still Digging out of a Financial Hole
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 23, 2020
Trump Administration Finalizing Medicaid Block Grant Plan Targeting Obamacare
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 23, 2020
Trump Tries to Walk Back Entitlement Comments as Democrats Pounce
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Source: Business Insider
Jan 23, 2020
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Keeps Insisting Trump's Tax Cuts Will Pay for Themselves Despite Consistent Evidence They Exploded the Federal Deficit
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Source: Newsweek
Jan 23, 2020
National Debt Increased by $3 Trillion During Donald Trump's Three Years as President
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Source: CNBC
Jan 23, 2020
White House Has Started Work on Second Round of Tax Cuts to Boost Growth, Mnuchin Says
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 22, 2020
Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs
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Source: Modern Healthcare
Jan 22, 2020
Study: Medicare Spent $2.6 Billion in 2018 on Undelivered Post-Op Visits
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Source: AP News
Jan 21, 2020
Supreme Court Rejects Fast-Track Review of Health Care Suit
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Source: The Hill
Jan 21, 2020
Trump Says New Tax Cut Plan to Be Unveiled in 90 Days
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Source: The Hill
Jan 21, 2020
US Growth to Slow as Global Growth Ticks Up: IMF
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 21, 2020
Supreme Court Denies Request for Expedited Appeal of Challenge to 2010 Health Care Law
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Source: CNBC
Jan 21, 2020
White House Top Economic Advisor Larry Kudlow Says Economic Growth Will Beat 3% This Year
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