Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

April 2019

Source: The Associated Press
Apr 30, 2019
Dems Say Trump Agrees on $2 Trillion Infrastructure Goal
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Source: POLITICO
Apr 30, 2019
Trump Intensifies Calls on Fed to Cut Interest Rates
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Source: The Hill
Apr 30, 2019
Trump to Request More Money for Border Crisis
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Source: The New York Times
Apr 29, 2019
How Will the Fed Fight the Next Recession? It’s Trying to Figure That Out Right Now
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Source: Marketplace
Apr 29, 2019
With No-Show Inflation, What Does the Fed Do Next?
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Source: Bloomberg
Apr 29, 2019
U.S. Cuts Borrowing Estimate With Fed Slowing Balance Sheet Runoff
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 29, 2019
House Democrats Get a Spending Jump on the Senate
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 26, 2019
U.S. Economy Feels Like the 1990s, But With More Inequality, Less Readiness For a Downturn
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Source: CBS News
Apr 26, 2019
U.S. Economy Hit the Gas in the First Quarter
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 26, 2019
Let the Fiscal 2020 Spending Games Begin
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 25, 2019
Trump Administration Pushes for Quick Action to Raise Debt Limit
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Source: MarketWatch
Apr 24, 2019
Don’t Believe this Myth about Social Security
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Source: The Hill
Apr 23, 2019
Trump Tax Cuts Help State Revenues Rebound
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Source: Roll Call
Apr 23, 2019
Social Security Could Go Broke by 2035, but Lawmakers Have New Ideas to Fix it
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Source: The Associated Press
Apr 22, 2019
Medicare, Social Security Face Shaky Fiscal Futures
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Source: CNBC
Apr 22, 2019
Expected Social Security Shortfall Won’t Stand in Way of Expansion, Advocates Say
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Source: MarketWatch
Apr 22, 2019
Social Security Costs to Exceed Revenue Next Year, Trustee Report Shows
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Source: Reuters
Apr 21, 2019
Financial Market “Pause Party” Makes Fed Rate Cut Less Likely
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Source: The Washington Post
Apr 18, 2019
U.S. Military Spending Set to Increase for Fifth Consecutive Year, Nearing Levels During Height of Iraq War
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Source: CNBC
Apr 16, 2019
Economy Could Be Weaker than Expected, and the Reason is Manufacturing
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Source: Marketplace
Apr 16, 2019
The Tax Overhaul’s Impact on the Housing Market? It’s Complicated
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Source: Marketplace
Apr 16, 2019
Tax Refunds are Increasingly Spent on Medical Care
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Source: Marketplace
Apr 15, 2019
Calling In The Pros This Tax Season
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Source: CNBC
Apr 15, 2019
Fed’s Charles Evans Tells CNBC Rates Can Stay Unchanged Into Fall of 2020
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Source: npr
Apr 15, 2019
On Tax Day, The IRS Is Short Of Money
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