Latest News on the Economy

The Daily Dish 5.17.13
May 17, 2013
| Noelle Clemente

The AP reports that the president is heading to Baltimore this morning in a trip "designed to focus on three areas of needed investment to grow the middle-class jobs, skills and opportunity." This comes at the end of a disastrous week for the administration, and just one day after reports indicate that "the U.S.

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The Daily Dish 5.16.13
May 16, 2013
| Noelle Clemente

One bright spot in the economic data recently has been housing. Bloomberg reports, however, that "housing starts in the U.S.

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The Daily Dish 5.15.13
May 15, 2013
| Noelle Clemente

In today's environment it's not surprising to see people cling to any glimmer of good news.

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Based on Social Security Administration Estimates, Growth From Immigration Reform Would Yield Half Trillion More In Budgetary Savings
May 14, 2013
| Gordon Gray

The American Action Forum has weighed in heavily on the growth and budgetary benefits of benchmark immigration reform. Our estimates found that benchmark immigration reform would increase GDP by nearly 1 percentage point, increase per capita income by $1,700, and reduce the federal deficit by $2.7 trillion.

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The Daily Dish 5.14.13
May 14, 2013
| Noelle Clemente

The two latest groups to be hit by the health care law: public hospitals and (once again) small businesses. Reuters reports that "the U.S.

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