Federal Fiscal Policy

Up Front

The Hutchins Center Explains: How worried should you be about the federal debt?

David Wessel

Friday, January 4, 2019

FixGov

Congress in 2019: What’s ahead for tax and fiscal policy?

William G. Gale and Mark Mazur

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Interactive

Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

Friday, December 21, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks at news conference announcing the passage of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC14C242FFF0

Up Front

(Not so) Happy birthday to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

William G. Gale

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Reports

A man walks away from the U.S Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1FD03EA500

Report

Optimizing the maturity structure of U.S. Treasury debt: A model-based framework

Terry Belton, Kristopher Dawsey, David Greenlaw, Huachen Li, Srini Ramaswamy, and Brian Sack

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The Danish central bank, also known as Danish Nationalbank, is seen in Copenhagen, January 22, 2015. The Danish central bank cut its key policy rate on Thursday for the second time this week to defend the crown's peg to the euro after the European Central Bank unveiled a stimulus package that weakened the single currency. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (DENMARK - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EB1N02TA01

Regulatory Policy

From the Great Moderation to the Great Recession and beyond: How did we get here and what lessons have we learned?

Donald Kohn

Friday, September 7, 2018

Michelle Arthur is seen working on the sealer line in the paint department during a tour of the Honda automobile plant in Marysville, Ohio October 11, 2012. REUTERS/Paul Vernon/File Photo GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE - SEARCH BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD SEPTEMBER 26 FOR ALL IMAGES - S1BEUDKRMNAA

Report

GDP as a measure of economic well-being

Karen Dynan and Louise Sheiner

Friday, August 24, 2018

Workers box jars of pasta sauce at a plant run by Chelten House Products in Bridgeport, New Jersey July 27, 2015. The company produces private-label sauces, salsas and salad dressings for grocers such as Kroger, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. As the Federal Reserve puzzles over what is holding back U.S. wages and productivity six years into the economic recovery, a pasta sauce company in New Jersey may offer some answers. Picture taken July 27, 2015. To match Insight USA-ECONOMY/LABOR REUTERS/Jonathan Spicer - GF20000007221

Report

The measurement of output, prices, and productivity

Brent Moulton

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

The corner stone of The New York Federal Reserve Bank is seen in New York's financial district March 25, 2015. The Federal Reserve should remain on track to raise interest rates later this year despite the U.S. economy's weak start to the year and a stock market sell-off this week, two Fed officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - GF10000039419

U.S. Economy

Should John Williams run the New York Fed?

Peter Conti-Brown

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Blog Posts

Up Front

The Hutchins Center Explains: Federal budget basics

Anna Malinovskaya and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, December 13, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago state in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC1510574D80

Future Development

Trump and Xi at the G-20: Why bilateralism won’t work

Adam Triggs

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Trucks pass the Port Newark Container Terminal near New York City in Newark, New Jersey in this picture taken July 2, 2009. The port serving the densely populated Northeastern United States is but one of a string of U.S. ports on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts whose businesses have been thinned by this recession and a dramatic drop in consumer spending. Port Newark has seen a 30 percent drop in business from a year ago as a drop in sea trade has cost U.S. jobs, forced businesses into failure and slowed big-ticket capital spending. Picture taken July 2. To match FEATURE USA-ECONOMY/PORTS REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) - GM1E57G0A0C01

The Avenue

A handful of ports and their workers bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs

Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

November 28, 2018

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Events

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The lamppost theory: Why economic policy so often comes up short

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The fiscal-monetary mix in an era of low interest rates

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The impact of fiscal policy on monetary policy: A conversation with Fed Governor Lael Brainard

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Washington, DC

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Brookings Now

Bernanke on the causes of the financial crisis, questioning how we measure potential economic output, and more new research in economics

Fred Dews

Thursday, September 13, 2018

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Brookings Now

As John C. Williams joins the New York Fed, a look at his contributions to Brookings

Alison Burke

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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America’s aging population could worsen the federal budget problem

Louise Sheiner and Fred Dews

Friday, March 30, 2018

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Federal Fiscal Policy

The Hutchins Center Explains: How worried should you be about the federal debt?

Congress in 2019: What’s ahead for tax and fiscal policy?

Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

(Not so) Happy birthday to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Reports

Optimizing the maturity structure of U.S. Treasury debt: A model-based framework

From the Great Moderation to the Great Recession and beyond: How did we get here and what lessons have we learned?

GDP as a measure of economic well-being

The measurement of output, prices, and productivity

Should John Williams run the New York Fed?

Blog Posts

The Hutchins Center Explains: Federal budget basics

Trump and Xi at the G-20: Why bilateralism won’t work

A handful of ports and their workers bear the brunt of retaliatory tariffs

Events

The lamppost theory: Why economic policy so often comes up short

The fiscal-monetary mix in an era of low interest rates

The impact of fiscal policy on monetary policy: A conversation with Fed Governor Lael Brainard

Related Books

The $13 Trillion Question

To the Edge

Transpacific Rebalancing

Multimedia

Bernanke on the causes of the financial crisis, questioning how we measure potential economic output, and more new research in economics

As John C. Williams joins the New York Fed, a look at his contributions to Brookings

America’s aging population could worsen the federal budget problem

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