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Quick hits: Policy-relevant research at ASSA 2025

Breaking down the budget baseline: what it means for the TCJA extension debate

Quick hits: Policies to think about as the administration changes

What’s next?

Local immigration surges did not swing the local presidential vote in 2024

Why broad-based import tariffs can hurt exports and manufacturing jobs

Gas prices have dropped and are poised for further declines

Expanding in-home care coverage is a needed evolution of Medicare

The effect of online interviews on the University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment

The coming debate over the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Washington is divided into two separate hemispheres: defense and economics; both will gain if they can work together

Talking shop: The way forward on child care

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How Big Is the Subscription Cancellation Problem?

The Banking-Securities Interface

Quick hits: things we're thinking about

Growing Costs of Natural Disasters are Stressing Property Insurance Markets

Introducing the Low-Wage Index: A Compositionally-Adjusted Look at Low-Wage Workers Since 1979

CPS sample size cut may save some money but would cost policymakers

What do you think?

Border crossings aren't what they used to be

The financial status of entitlement programs: what the headlines miss

What is going on with wage growth in the United States?

Bad news bias in gasoline price coverage

Surveys can improve measurement of public program access burdens

Immigration and the U.S. economy since the pandemic: an accounting exercise

How could health insurance change with the 2024 election?

Assessing the fiscal implications of a second Trump term

Proposed CMS data changes risk major research fallout

How much hot air?

Don’t be deceived by the headlines, consumer credit markets are decidedly normal

The labor market is primed for a soft landing

Bank Capital, Endgame Edition