A new study simulated the effects of a bachelor’s degree on the population of men 25 to 64 who do not have one. The study…
Author: Stephen Moore
The tax-writing Senate Finance Committee is giving new consideration to consumption tax ideas in hopes to boost economic growth. Lawmakers argue that the consumption tax…
The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index rose for the first time in four months this past February. Overall prices were…
Income inequality has been a popular economic discussion in developed countries. One study suggests a new approach to looking at the problem. From the end…
As expected, the Fed removed the word “patient” from their statement on Wednesday and financial markets responded. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose roughly 200…
The Federal Reserve released its latest set of economic forecasts on Wednesday. While much of the news has revolved around removing the word “patient,” inflation remains…
An analysis of the $340 billion in tax subsidies for housing, education, retirement, and savings in 2013 revealed that the top 1% received about $95…
The typical working family has only $104,000 saved by retirement according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances. The Center for Retirement Research at…
There has been much talk about the Fed’s plans for interest rates in the news and on our blog recently, and with the Fed’s next…
The Institute for Supply Management issued [its latest survey results] on March 4th that U.S. non-manufacturing expanded at a rate slightly better than expected in…
In January, the United States saw its first dip in overall prices in five years. This is most likely driven by the fall in oil…
Expected inflation has fallen sharply since last summer, and the European Central Bank and the Fed have responded in very different ways. The European Central Bank…
This past January U.S. nonfarm payrolls grew by a seasonally adjusted 257,000 jobs according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Surprisingly, though, the unemployment rate…
Jorgenson and Motohashi’s paper looks at how the role information technology affects economic growth in Japan and the United States. The percentage of Japanese GDP…