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Moderate growth, low inflation, and labor market improvements led to the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates for the first time since late 2008, but how gradual will the tightening trajectory be, and at what level will the funds rate come to rest?
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With presidential candidates from both parties floating family-friendly proposals, paid leave that would permit mothers and fathers to stay home and care for a new baby or another family member will be hot topics in 2016.
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For the first time since 1932—and maybe since 1860—voters in the 2016 election will face a true fork in the road as presidential candidates from the two major parties offer a choice, not an echo.
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The federal budget deficit has been shrinking rapidly, but without a course change in tax and spending policies, it’ll soon be widening and adding to the already large federal debt burden.
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Employment rose, unemployment fell, and for the first time in the past seven years, 2015’s real hourly pay climbed faster than 2 percent.
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Can this vital sector of the U.S. economy survive despite modest growth and a loss of more than 6 million jobs from 2000 to 2010?
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Poverty and a lack of upward mobility are not just social and economic problems, they’re geographical ones, too.
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America’s aging populations are posing many challenges. Can households and the country as a whole afford it—and do we have to rethink medical care?
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Body cameras and other high-tech tools have the potential to solve some of our trickiest public safety problems, but the jury is still out on whether they'll work.
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After years of gridlock, in 2015 the Administration decided not to wait for Congress; now they're helping states set up their own plans, and are offering a free starter payroll retirement savings plan.
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The uninsured rate has plummeted since the ACA began enrolling patients in 2013, but there’s more to be done to retain the newly insured, improve the experience of those using the exchanges, and continue expanding coverage.
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The current recovery is an illusion, reflecting a contraction of aggregate supply rather than a strong expansion of demand, with extremely modest gains in living standards.
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