Time for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.
Economic Policy
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Federal Reserve Chair Acknowledges Slowing Labor Market
The Fed can do something about that, in line with their mandate of maximizing employment, by cutting interest rates.
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The American People Need An Anti-Price-Fixing Division
A formal, congressionally appropriated division would have the resources to go after pricing schemes.
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Highway Robbery: How Junk Fees Hit Truckers
The FTC’s campaign against junk fees could help protect truckers from exorbitant towing fees.
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Hello From the Middleman Economy
The reason things feel like they’re so broke is that they are.
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The Fed Covers for Big Banks Amid Growing Stress
The central bank weakening the penalties for failing a living will plan is bad in theory. In practice, with commercial real estate defaults rising, it’s even worse.
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We Can and Should Address Racial Disparities
Most of the programs that would be most beneficial to racial equality are actually universal policies.
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Treasury Foresaw the Synapse Collapse Two Years Ago
An agency report detailed how fintech ‘neobanks’ could fall into the regulatory cracks. Nobody managed to patch them up, and now depositors can’t retrieve their own money.
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Economic Punditry and the ‘Hot Dog Guy’ Problem
Why centrist opinion columnists have no one to blame but themselves for public misconceptions about the economy
