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Brookings Now

8 things you should know about President Trump’s budget proposal

Brennan Hoban

Monday, April 3, 2017

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FixGov

Four key points on Trump’s budget proposal

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Up Front

The Hutchins Center Explains: Fiscal stimulus and the Fed

Peter Olson and Louise M. Sheiner

Thursday, January 26, 2017

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

10:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

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

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

How foreign tax changes affect U.S. businesses and the prospects for tax reform

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Experts

Alice M. Rivlin

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Ben S. Bernanke

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - Economic Studies

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William G. Gale

The Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy

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A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building, with the partial quote "taxes are what we pay," in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. The entire quote chiseled on the building, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, reads, "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society''. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX1EU9N

Taxation

On Trump’s taxes and the AMT

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Federal Fiscal Policy

Rules versus discretion: A reconsideration

Narayana Kocherlakota

Fall 2016

Up Front

Men not at work: Why so many men aged 25 to 54 are not working

David Wessel

Monday, August 15, 2016

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More on Federal Fiscal Policy

REUTERS/Carlos Barria - White House spokesman Sean Spicer, U.S. National Economic Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin unveil the Trump administration's tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room.

Trump’s tax plan: Amateur hour at the Treasury Department

Henry J. Aaron

Monday, May 1, 2017

Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

Friday, May 26, 2017

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington October 5, 2013. Washington headed into the fifth day of a partial government shutdown with no end in sight even as another, more serious conflict over raising the nation's borrowing authority started heating up. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR3FMHU

Don’t undermine the Congressional Budget Office. Use it.

Alice M. Rivlin

Monday, March 13, 2017

Millennials could end up the biggest losers of Trump’s fiscal policies

Louise M. Sheiner

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Larry Summers v. Edward Glaeser: Two Harvard economists debate increased infrastructure investments

Anna Malinovskaya and David Wessel

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard attends the Federal Reserve's ninth biennial Community Development Research Conference focusing on economic mobility in Washington April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTR4VXTC

What Fed policymakers are saying about possible Trump fiscal stimulus

David Wessel

Monday, January 16, 2017

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Reports

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

How foreign tax changes affect U.S. businesses and the prospects for tax reform

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy

Distinguished Fellow in Residence - 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