Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

January 2019

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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Source: Roll Call
Jan 16, 2019
Disaster Aid Bill Could Grow, Block Diversion of Funds to Wall
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 15, 2019
Shutdown’s Economic Damage Starts to Pile Up, Threatening an End to Growth
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Source: Bloomberg
Jan 15, 2019
Trump Orders Thousands Back to Work Without Pay to Blunt Shutdown Disruption
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Source: CNBC
Jan 15, 2019
Trump Administration Doubles Estimate Of Shutdown Cost To Economy From Original Forecast: Source
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 14, 2019
Bipartisan Senate Group Forming In Search of Shutdown Deal Amid Impasse Between Trump, Party Leaders
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 14, 2019
House Will Vote This Week on Two Stopgap Funding Bills to End Shutdown
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 14, 2019
Both Parties Aim To Woo Defectors As Shutdown Drags On
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Source: AP News
Jan 11, 2019
How’s the U.S. Economy Doing? Shutdown Makes it Harder to Say
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 11, 2019
House Prepares to Break for Weekend, All But Ensuring Longest Shutdown in U.S. History
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 11, 2019
Congress Leaves Town as Federal Workers Miss Their First Paycheck
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Source: CNBC
Jan 10, 2019
Fed Chairman Powell Says He is ‘Very Worried’ About Growing Amount of US Debt
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 9, 2019
A Shut Down Government Actually Costs More Than an Open One
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 9, 2019
White House to Put Medicare Cuts on Hold During Shutdown
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 9, 2019
Trump and Lawmakers Face Off in Breakneck Shutdown Talks
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Source: MarketWatch
Jan 9, 2019
Fitch Warns of Possible Downgrade to U.S. AAA Credit Rating If Shutdown Persists
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 8, 2019
Federal Deficit Climbs Again, Putting It on Track for $1 Trillion This Year
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Source: The Hill
Jan 8, 2019
Deficit Spikes 41 Percent in First Quarter of Fiscal Year
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 7, 2019
As Government Shutdown Persists, Americans Feel the Bite
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Source: npr
Jan 7, 2019
Despite 70,000 Furloughed IRS Workers, White House Vows Refunds Will Be Issued
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 7, 2019
House Democrats’ Budget to Assume Corporate Tax Increase
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Source: The Washington Post
Jan 6, 2019
As Shutdown Drags On, Trump Officials Make New Offer, Seek Novel Ways to Cope With Its Impacts
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Source: The New York Times
Jan 6, 2019
Trump Offers a ‘Steel Barrier,’ but Democrats Are Unmoved
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