Daily Economy
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Making Sense of the New Medicare Premiums
The budget deal recently adopted by Congress and signed by the president includes a provision that affects Medicare premiums in 2016 and possibly 2017. Essentially, it makes the Medicare premiums smaller than they otherwise would have been, but larger than they are now, for some Medicare beneficiaries. Read on to find out why this was…
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AIER Forecasts a Happy Holiday Spending Season
The American Institute for Economic Research is projecting a robust holiday spending season this year, with a good chance to post the strongest gains since the Great Recession.
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Helping Students Understand Government Budgets
Our Teach-the-Teachers program, which helps high school teachers create lessons in economics, includes a section on government budgets. In an interactive manner, we look at federal, state, and local budgeting processes, revenues and expenditures. One of the teachers from 2015 program, Kerry Hartley from Canton High School in Connecticut, decided to adapt this lesson to…
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Private Sector Job Openings Expand
This morning provided more evidence that the economic expansion is still on track, and remains on a trend of slow improvement, rather than some of the outsized expectations that came with Friday’s blockbuster jobs numbers.
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Tempering the Optimism
This morning we got our first bit of new economic data since Friday’s blockbuster jobs report, and it was more muted than one might have expected.
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The Real Benefit of Low Gas Prices
Since September of 2014, the price of gasoline has fallen by more than a dollar per gallon as a result of the lower crude oil prices. For the average American consumer, this means their expenditures on gasoline have fallen by $22 per month. The total amount “saved” by Americans as a result of this decrease…
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Jobs: What One Good Report Means
A blowout October Employment Report suggests the economy has regained momentum just in time for the holiday shopping season. Strong numbers across the board in the report sharply raises the likelihood of a Fed rate increase in December. However, one report does not necessarily mean the economy has moved to a significantly stronger growth trend.…
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Slate Podcast Features AIER’s Rosalind Greenstein
We are honored that Slate’s new Panoply podcast series, 40/40 Vision, includes an interview with AIER’s director of research and education, Rosalind Greenstein.
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Social Security File-And-Suspend Ends: What Now?
This blog targets those of you that are already at least 62 years old (born in 1953 or earlier) but have not yet filed for Social Security benefits. As many of you know, the recently signed budget bill closes the “loophole” that enabled the file-and-suspend and restricted claiming strategies. Please feel free to read more…
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Big Ideas in Macroeconomics
During the summer, I came across a book that described macroeconomic foundations, models, and frameworks in a simple way. I was so intrigued by the clarity of the explanations that I wrote a book review, which just got published in The American Economist. The book by Kartik Athreya is called “Big Ideas in Macroeconomics: A…
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Making Sense of the New Medicare Premiums
The budget deal recently adopted by Congress and signed by the president includes a provision that affects Medicare premiums in 2016 and possibly 2017. Essentially, it makes the Medicare premiums smaller than they otherwise would have been, but larger than they are now, for some Medicare beneficiaries. Read on to find out why this was…
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AIER Forecasts a Happy Holiday Spending Season
The American Institute for Economic Research is projecting a robust holiday spending season this year, with a good chance to post the strongest gains since the Great Recession.
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•
Helping Students Understand Government Budgets
Our Teach-the-Teachers program, which helps high school teachers create lessons in economics, includes a section on government budgets. In an interactive manner, we look at federal, state, and local budgeting processes, revenues and expenditures. One of the teachers from 2015 program, Kerry Hartley from Canton High School in Connecticut, decided to adapt this lesson to…
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•
Private Sector Job Openings Expand
This morning provided more evidence that the economic expansion is still on track, and remains on a trend of slow improvement, rather than some of the outsized expectations that came with Friday’s blockbuster jobs numbers.
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•
Tempering the Optimism
This morning we got our first bit of new economic data since Friday’s blockbuster jobs report, and it was more muted than one might have expected.
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•
The Real Benefit of Low Gas Prices
Since September of 2014, the price of gasoline has fallen by more than a dollar per gallon as a result of the lower crude oil prices. For the average American consumer, this means their expenditures on gasoline have fallen by $22 per month. The total amount “saved” by Americans as a result of this decrease…
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•
Jobs: What One Good Report Means
A blowout October Employment Report suggests the economy has regained momentum just in time for the holiday shopping season. Strong numbers across the board in the report sharply raises the likelihood of a Fed rate increase in December. However, one report does not necessarily mean the economy has moved to a significantly stronger growth trend.…
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Slate Podcast Features AIER’s Rosalind Greenstein
We are honored that Slate’s new Panoply podcast series, 40/40 Vision, includes an interview with AIER’s director of research and education, Rosalind Greenstein.
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•
Social Security File-And-Suspend Ends: What Now?
This blog targets those of you that are already at least 62 years old (born in 1953 or earlier) but have not yet filed for Social Security benefits. As many of you know, the recently signed budget bill closes the “loophole” that enabled the file-and-suspend and restricted claiming strategies. Please feel free to read more…
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•
Big Ideas in Macroeconomics
During the summer, I came across a book that described macroeconomic foundations, models, and frameworks in a simple way. I was so intrigued by the clarity of the explanations that I wrote a book review, which just got published in The American Economist. The book by Kartik Athreya is called “Big Ideas in Macroeconomics: A…