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Thomas Hoenig talked about the status of financial markets. He said “too big to fail” banks still threatened the global economy and that top executives at the largest banks did not…

Jason Furman spoke at the 2014 National Association for Business Economics conference. He talked about global economic challenges, job creation, and President’s Obama upcoming fiscal year…

Panelists talked about the status of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Dan Durham said that repealing or delaying the health care law’s individual mandate would be a bad idea.…

Daniel Tarullo talked about Federal Reserve policy. He acknowledged the controversies surrounding the central bank’s accommodative monetary policies but nonetheless defended its actions taken thus far…

The Cook Political Report Editor and Publisher, Charlie Cook, talked with Chief Political Strategist Greg Valliere at the Potomac Research Group about the upcoming midterm elections. “Political…

Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan was interviewed at the year’s National Association for Business Economics conference. Topics included immigration reform, the ongoing economic…

Panelists talked about the potential economic benefits of immigration reform. The described scenarios that increase economic growth, more jobs, and more workers supporting a growing retired…

U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro and Jeffrey Schott took part in a forum on trade policy that was moderated by Constance Hunter. Ms. Sapiro in her comments said that without presidential…

Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf spoke at the 2014 National Association for Business Economics conference. Mr. Elmendorf, using many charts graphs, gave an in-depth…

Alice Rivlin and Douglas Holtz-Eakin debated a Congressional Budget Office report finding that raising the minimum wage would cost jobs. Ms. Rivlin was in support of raising minimum wage regardless of…