U.S. Economy

Image of US Treasury Department website with definition of the debt limit, next to some 100 dollar bills.

What’s happening with the debt ceiling (again)?

Wendy Edelberg, William G. Gale, Molly E. Reynolds, David Wessel, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

People walk past the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The politics of the debt ceiling debate in Congress

Molly E. Reynolds and David Dollar

Monday, January 23, 2023

The Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and Nikkei share average are displayed on a monitor inside the dealing room at the foreign exchange trading company Gaitame.com in Tokyo, Japan November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Previewing the US and global economies in 2023

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti and David Dollar

Monday, January 9, 2023

Key economic policy developments in 2022 and what to expect in 2023

Wendy Edelberg, Richard G. Frank, Aaron Klein, Sanjay Patnaik, and David Wessel

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

A general view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., on December 1, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress returns from Thanksgiving recess for the lame duck session, the 7-day average for confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is holding above 150,000. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

A visit to Washington, DC: The state of federal rural policy

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Globe, Arizona (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Eaton)

Developing a resilient downtown in Globe, Arizona

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Shamokin, PA, aerial view

Dollar & Sense presents Reimagine Rural, a podcast about rural towns experiencing positive change

Monday, November 28, 2022

Reimagine Rural podcast

Introducing Reimagine Rural, a podcast featuring rural towns experiencing positive change

Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Boxes of ballots cast in the U.S. midterm elections sit in the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The midterm election’s impact on foreign policy and economic issues

William A. Galston and David Dollar

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

An Economic Impact Payment Card sent on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in place of a paper check for money received as a result of the COVID-related Tax Relief Act of 2020 pictured in Portland, Ore., on January 25, 2021. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How did pandemic payments affect Americans and the US economy?

Wendy Edelberg, Jonathan A. Parker, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, November 1, 2022