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The changing demographics of business ownership
Gaps in business ownership have shrunk with a rise in Black and Hispanic entrepreneurship in recent years.
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Event recap—Securing the safety net for working-age adults
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The safety net should work for working-age adults
Economic Security & Inequality
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The austere US safety net for poor, non-elderly adults who are not raising children and do not receive disability benefits
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New immigration estimates help make sense of the pace of employment
This analysis considers recent immigration flows and implications for the labor market, consumer spending, GDP, and inflation.
High mortgage rates are probably here for a while
An analysis identifies factors behind the increase in mortgage rates and the gap between mortgage rates and U.S. Treasury securities.
Debt ceiling brinksmanship has clear negative effects on taxpayers
Debt limit brinksmanship is already impacting Treasury securities. The increase in interest rates represents a cost to taxpayers and a lack of confidence among…
Are we headed for the soft-ish landing projected by CBO and the Fed?
Recent CBO and Fed projections point toward a soft-ish landing: a return to low inflation with only a modest slowdown in economic activity and the labor market.
Event recap—The economic benefits of immigration
A December 2022 webcast featuring Sen. Joe Manchin and two roundtables of experts explored how to increase and more equitably share the economic benefits of im…
A more equitable distribution of the positive fiscal benefits of immigration
Immigration is good for the U.S. economy and for the fiscal picture at the federal level, but some local areas experience adverse fiscal impacts when new immig…
Nine facts about the service sector in the United States
Nine factors about the service sector illustrate recent trends in spending, employment, and inflation as the country continues to rebalance.
Bolstered balance sheets: Assessing household finances since 2019
A Hamilton Project analysis on how household balance sheets have evolved since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic finds that, in aggregate, households’ financi…
