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Federal Liabilities: 2019 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-05-17)
The Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG), released at the end of March, identifies total federal liabilities of $25.4 trillion as of September 30, 2018. The debt held by the public, $15.8 trillion, ...
Federal Reserve Asset Reductions and the Economy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-06-07)
At its September 2017 meeting, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced that they would begin to reverse the massive acquisition of assets that began in 2009. What has been the impact of these asset ...
Monetary Policy in a Zero or Negative Interest Rate World
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-12-20)
The persistence of negative interest rates in the Euro-Zone and Japan coupled with low inflation raises the question of the efficacy of central banking in a negative interest rate world. Given that interest rates have been ...
Getting Out of Our Health Insurance Quagmire
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-09-03)
Per-capita spending on health care in the U.S. is the highest in the world, and it is not clear that this high spending generates additional health benefits. This high spending, coupled with high and rising health insurance ...