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To help justify its Medicaid work requirements, the Trump administration cooked up an Orwellian research brief claiming that the new rules would boost employment and reduce poverty.

Congress passed a housing bill by wide margins that includes key disaster relief provisions. For some reason, Trump is stalling and calling the bill a ‘big yawn.’

The June numbers should be good, but weak wage growth and other negative indicators are signs that workers do not feel positive about the state of the labor market.

The US waives oil sanctions and agrees to “terminate all” sanctions as part of a potential final agreement with Iran, as the Trump administration re-tightens restrictions on Russian oil sales and the G7 pushes for additional sanctions on Moscow.

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling gives Trump broad authority to remove federal officials, opening the door to greater political control and corruption in government agencies.

As the Trump administration intervenes more directly in hemispheric affairs, CEPR will be closely following developments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean — and here in Washington. To help keep track of it all, we will be posting regular updates on this page, pointing readers toward the most interesting and relevant news and analyses.

Paid family leave has grown over the years, especially among new fathers — more evidence that these policies should be expanded nationally.

Hidden fees, rising insurance costs, and differences between measured and perceived inflation may help explain why many Americans view the economy more negatively than standard economic indicators suggest.

One real world gauge of consumer sentiment is fast-food spending, which has been trending downward for months. 

Episode 40: On today’s episode, Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein reflect on Alan Greenspan’s legacy, from his bold full employment experiment in the 1990s to his failure to address financial bubbles.