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August 2, 2023
Bloomberg: Americans spending set to slow as income dips below 2019 trend
“Real income growth has slowed to levels below the pre-pandemic trend, according to the report published Tuesday by Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Pr…
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August 1, 2023
Reuters: Instant view: Fitch downgrades U.S. foreign currency ratings to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’
"Wendy Edelberg, Director of The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.: 'I'm surprised by the timing of the downgrade because I don't …
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August 1, 2023
Barron's: Fitch downgrades U.S. long-term foreign currency rating
“The decline in the average could carry some impact if investors or major funds have provisions regarding average ratings, said Wendy Edelberg, a senior fellow…
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July 27, 2023
The Washington Post: A year after Dobbs, House GOP proposes taking food from hungry babies
“Government officials have stuck to this commitment regardless of which part controlled the White House or either chamber of Congress, ‘even under Republican t…
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July 12, 2023
Financial Times: The new era of big government: Biden rewrites the rules of economic policy
“Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, says the objective is to engineer a ‘pretty speedy transition’ to electric vehi…
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July 12, 2023
CNN Business: Inflation just fell when rate hikes were paused. So why should the Fed keep hiking?
“They now have in hand evidence of a slowing labor market, a decline in goods prices excluding food and energy, roughly unchanged prices in an important catego…
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July 11, 2023
Straight Talk: Decision making, free expression, politics, & climate policy
“Hank welcomes Bob Rubin (Chairman Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations and 70th US Treasury Secretary) back to the podcast to discuss his new book The Yello…
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July 5, 2023
Bloomberg Government: Banning ‘junk foods’ from nutrition aid provokes partisan fight
“Most SNAP recipients use multiple forms of payment, like cash or debit cards, with their benefits. That means if recipients can’t buy sugary beverages or proc…