Federal Fiscal Policy

BPEA Spring 2023 conference

1:00 PM - Friday Mar 31, 2023 12:45 PM EDT

A volunteer holds a placard during a news conference on the climate crisis and the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Economic implications of the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act

John Bistline, Neil R. Mehrotra, and Catherine Wolfram

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Man holding money and globe with surgical mask.

COVID credit policies around the world: Size, scope, costs, and consequences

Gee Hee Hong and Deborah Lucas

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Capitol building

The federal budget outlook

Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 9, 2023. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Why is federal spending so hard to cut? —There’s a right way and a wrong way

Monday, March 13, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about his budget for fiscal year 2024 at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

The president’s budget and the battle ahead

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, March 10, 2023

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., addresses the House of Representatives after winning the 15th ballot to become Speaker of the House in the early morning hours of the fifth day of the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, January 07, 2023. (Photo by Craig Hudson/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Proposed FairTax rate would add trillions to deficits over 10 years

William G. Gale and Kyle Pomerleau

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Hutchins Fiscal Impact Measure

Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

Friday, February 24, 2023

FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Biden State of the Union 2023: Debt ceiling rhetoric is politically potent but often wrong

Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Cutting IRS funding is a gift to America’s wealthiest tax evaders

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Growing bars breaking through ceiling

7 things to know about the debt limit

Leonard Burman and William G. Gale

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Covid recession

The financialization of recession response

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Washtucna, Washington, USA - May 4, 2021: Abandoned buildings on Main Street

A policy renaissance is needed for rural America to thrive

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

A lake in the shape of the world's continents in the middle of untouched nature. A metaphor for ecological travel, conservation, climate change, global warming and the fragility of nature.

Climate policy curves: Linking policy choices to climate outcomes

Martin C. Hänsel, Michael D. Bauer, Moritz A. Drupp, Gernot Wagner, and Glenn D. Rudebusch

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Alan Blinder: ‘A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021’

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Close-up,Of,A,Piggy,Bank,With,Graduation,Cap,In,Front

Biden’s Income-Driven Repayment plan would turn student loans into untargeted grants

Thursday, September 15, 2022

BPEA Fall 2022 conference

1:00 PM - Friday Sep 09, 2022 12:45 PM EDT

Couple shopping with surgical masks on

Economic Impact Payments and household spending during the pandemic

Jonathan A. Parker, Jake Schild, Laura Erhard, and David S Johnson

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Fed Vice Chair Michael Barr: Making the financial system safer and fairer

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Concept image of financial impact by viruses such as pneumonia, influenza, SARS, coronavirus, and COVID-19

Macroeconomic stabilization for a post-pandemic world

Anton Korinek and Joseph E. Stiglitz

Monday, August 29, 2022