Federal Fiscal Policy

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The Avenue

Mayors: Cryptocurrency won’t solve your cities’ problems

Tonantzin Carmona

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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A guide to the Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

Sage Belz, Louise Sheiner, and Sophia Campbell

Thursday, February 17, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Russia and Ukraine from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

FixGov

Why inflation is President Biden’s biggest political problem

William A. Galston

Thursday, February 17, 2022

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The $13 Trillion Question

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To the Edge

By Philip A. Wallach

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Transpacific Rebalancing

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Experts

David Wessel

Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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William G. Gale

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Retirement Security Project

Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

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Louise Sheiner

The Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Policy Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy

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Multimedia

Community historian Morris “Dino” Robinson, who helped shape the Evanston’s reparations initiative, points to the borders of the Fifth Ward, which was the area of Evanston the city’s Black citizens were forced to move to due to redlining between 1919 and 1969, in Evanston, Illinois, U.S March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar

Podcast Episode

When is a public policy racist?

William G. Gale and Fred Dews

Friday, November 26, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As confirmed COVID-19 case counts soar with the country experiencing exponential growth, President Donald Trump continues to deny the Biden Transition team access to government funding and data. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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Ending the state and local taxes (SALT) deduction

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, October 22, 2021

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) heads to a meeting in the office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to wrap up work on coronavirus economic aid legislation, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

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What’s in the Senate’s $2 trillion economic package?

Jay Shambaugh and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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Brookings Federal Infrastructure Hub

February 2022

The Federal Reserve Building in Washington while the Fed is inside meeting, October 29, 2008. The Fed is expected to lower the prime rate today after two-days of meetings. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)

Biden’s nominees would bring diversity to the Fed—if they’re confirmed

Sarah A. Binder and Mark Spindel

Friday, January 14, 2022

States’ best chance for permanent broadband affordability requires action now

Blair Levin

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

December’s Jobs report reveals a growing racial employment gap, especially for Black women

Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

How the market can guide Biden’s reconciliation bill to passage

Clifford Winston

Monday, December 6, 2021

What does current inflation tell us about the future?

Wendy Edelberg

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

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Reports

BPEA Spring 2022 conference

The Powell Fed: Looking back and looking ahead

Taking stock of new Fed and ECB monetary policy frameworks

Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Retirement Security Project

Co-Director - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

The Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Policy Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy