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Sustaining Maximum Employment and Price Stability
In July, the current U.S. economic expansion will become the longest on record—or at least the record since the 1850s,…
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Protecting the Independence and Integrity of Research: Introducing the Academic Capture Warning System
Inappropriate financial donor influence at institutions of higher education appears to be on the rise and risks eroding public trust…
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Trade Wars Heat Up With New Assault on Mexico
One way or another, President Trump is going to drag the Fed into his trade wars. Tonight Trump announced via…
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A new one for price discrimination: taxing the late
One of the popular travel options in Toronto is Porter Airlines which operates out of the City Airport and…
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The Research-Policy Nexus: ZLB, JMCB and FOMC
John Maynard Keynes quipped, “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the…
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How Economic Statistics Are Being Transformed
Economic statistics are invisible infrastructure, supporting better decisions by government, business, and individuals. But the fundamentals survey-based methods of US…
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Single Mothers Are Surging Into the Work Force
Single mothers in the United States can face many barriers to employment, like finding affordable child care and predictable work…
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Does That Word Mean What You Think It Means?
Prologue In an earlier piece I documented the Federal Reserve’s failure to consistently hit their 2 percent inflation target and suggest a…
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China-US Trade War
Question A: The incidence of the latest round of US import tariffs is likely to fall primarily on American households.…
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After Neoliberalism
For the past 40 years, the United States and other advanced economies have been pursuing a free-market agenda of low…
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After Nobel in Economics, William Nordhaus Talks About Who’s Getting His Pollution-Tax Ideas Right
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — William D. Nordhaus, the Yale economist who shared the Nobel in economic science this week, has…
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Three Key Factors That Will Determine How Long the Hot Job Market Lasts
The October employment numbers feature everything you might hope for in a jobs report. Employers keep creating jobs at a healthy clip,…
