Solveig Singleton and Ryan Chan-Wei Merchants pay swipe fees to credit card networks (also called “interchange fees”) each time a consumer uses a…
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Jai Kedia The Federal Reserve held rates steady at its March meeting, keeping the target for the federal funds rate at 3.5 to 3.75…
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Norbert Michel In Washington, there’s no shortage of bad policy ideas that just won’t die. The latest example is the “Deadpool-esque” quest to…
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Romina Boccia Each year, the Treasury Department quietly publishes the Financial Report of the United States Government, a comprehensive assessment of America’s long-term…
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Patrick G. Eddington Earlier today on his personal social media platform, President Donald Trump called for reauthorization of Title VII of the Foreign…
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Marcos Falcone On Friday, March 20, in light of the Iran war, which has pushed up energy and other prices, Spanish Prime Minister…
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Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The federal government spent roughly $100 billion on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in fiscal year 2024,…
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Colin Grabow Last month, I had the chance to sit down with 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl for a piece on the moribund…
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Matthew Cavedon The Bureau of Prisons has improperly interpreted the First Step Act of 2018 (“FSA”) to deny thousands of prisoners credits earned…
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Jeffrey A. Singer As the US faces a projected shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges,…