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Is the Federal Reserve Independent?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-05-09)
The power to coin money and regulate the value thereof is constitutionally delegated to Congress, preventing true Federal Reserve independence. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy, by PERC Director Thomas Saving, discusses ...
The Carrot and the Stick of Medicaid Expansion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-05-01)
Moving Up
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-09-01)
America prides itself as a place where people who work hard and don't quit can move up. However, there are concerns growing economic inequality has stymied economic mobility. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy identifies ...
Migration Nation
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-01-01)
Every year thousands of Americans move across county lines. In general, non-migrants experience higher average incomes than their migrant counterparts. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy explores how migrants and ...
U.S. Budget Woes, the CBO Projections
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-30)
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office are worrisome and were expected to be so. In fact, federal debt held by the public is projected to be 106% of GDP by 2028 and deficits are expected to persist ...
The Fed’s Slow Realization of the Inflation Problem
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-04-12)
For the 30 years prior to the peak of the previous business cycle in February 2020, monthly inflation rates based on the consumer price index averaged 2.4% while the personal consumption expenditures price index averaged ...
Red, Blue, and Purple
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-01-16)
This past November, President Donald Trump pulled off his unexpected victory by adding Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to the group of 24 red states Mitt Romney won in 2012. President Trump won ...
Are We Taming Health Care Spending
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-01-01)
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-01-22)
The decline of the stock market and its recent volatility have many wondering about the future prospects of the economy. Other leading economic indicators offer a mixed outlook: hours worked in manufacturing remains high ...
It is Time to Fix Social Security
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-12)
This year, the Social Security program is projected to run a cash flow deficit of $121 billion, one-fifth of the U.S. annual federal deficit, and is expected to be insolvent in 12 years. In this issue of PERCspectives on ...