Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

October 2019

Source: The Washington Post
Oct 8, 2019
For the First Time in History, U.S. Billionaires Paid a Lower Tax Rate than the Working Class Last Year
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Source: The Hill
Oct 8, 2019
Drug Price Hikes Cost US Billions, Report Finds
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Source: Bloomberg
Oct 8, 2019
Trump Weighs Weakening Obama Rules to Curb Corporate Inversions
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Source: The Hill
Oct 7, 2019
Federal Deficit Estimated at $984B, Highest in Seven Years
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Source: The New York Times
Oct 7, 2019
The Huge Waste in the U.S. Health System
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Source: CNBC
Oct 7, 2019
That 50-Year Low in Unemployment Isn’t Helping Worker Paychecks
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Source: The Hill
Oct 6, 2019
Contractors Fight for Pay from Last Shutdown — and the Next One
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Source: The New York Times
Oct 4, 2019
Trump Administration Unveils More Cuts to Food Stamp Program
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Source: The New York Times
Oct 4, 2019
Jobs Numbers for the Optimists, the Pessimists, and Everybody in Between
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Source: The Washington Post
Oct 4, 2019
An Economic Crisis in Your Teens Can Alter Your Behavior for Life, Economists Find
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Source: NPR
Oct 3, 2019
Targeting 'Medicare For All' Proposals, Trump Lays Out His Vision For Medicare
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Source: Reuters
Oct 3, 2019
Trump to Unveil Order Aiming to Boost Medicare Health Program, Woo Seniors
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Source: Bloomberg
Oct 2, 2019
Slumping Data May Force Powell to Move to Third Cut
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Source: Marketplace
Oct 2, 2019
What If Instead of a Recession, We’re Just Stuck with Slow Growth?
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Source: The New York Times
Oct 2, 2019
Recession Panic May Have Passed. But the Economy Is Still at Risk.
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September 2019

Source: The Hill
Sep 27, 2019
Trump Signs Stopgap Measure, Funding Government through November
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Source: Marketplace
Sep 27, 2019
How Much Do Government Shutdowns Really Cost?
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Source: The Hill
Sep 26, 2019
IRS Estimates Average Annual 'Tax Gap' of $441 Billion for 2011 to 2013
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Source: POLITICO
Sep 26, 2019
Senate Clears Stopgap Spending Bill, Averts Shutdown
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Source: Marketplace
Sep 26, 2019
New Census Data Shows Inequality Continues to Grow in the U.S.
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Source: The Washington Post
Sep 25, 2019
Impeachment Inquiry Threatens to Overtake Capitol, Upend Trade and Spending Talks
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 24, 2019
House, Senate Appropriators Talking Despite Impeachment Calls
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Source: The Hill
Sep 24, 2019
CBO: Fix Backed by Doctors for Surprise Medical Bills Would Cost Billions
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Source: Roll Call
Sep 23, 2019
White House: Trump Supports Stopgap Funding Bill
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Sep 22, 2019
Americans Are Saving More, and That Isn’t Necessarily Good
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