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Tax policy
Why are CFOs gloomy about the future?
Sep 23, 2024
Every quarter, Deloitte asks financial leaders how they’re feeling about the economy. Its latest report says the CFOs are feeling pretty pessimistic.
A tax deduction business owners love is set to expire at end of 2025
Aug 20, 2024
Policy experts say the benefits of the "pass-through" deduction, part of the 2017 tax law, mostly help wealthy business owners.
Inflation is "not yet where it needs to be," Treasury Secretary Yellen says
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
May 9, 2024
Janet Yellen addresses the state of the U.S. economy and underscores the country's rivalry and collaboration with China in an interview.
"We've got a lot more progress to go" on fixing racial disparities caused by the tax system
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Jan 18, 2024
Dorothy Brown of Georgetown University has spent her career researching race and the tax code. Now, she advises the Treasury Department.
Buckle up for a big economics week in Washington
Mar 6, 2023
Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies on Capitol Hill tomorrow and Wednesday. President Biden is set to release a budget outline on Thursday, and we get February jobs numbers this Friday.
Is the tax code racist?
Mar 23, 2021
Professor Dorothy Brown of Emory University became a "detective," searching for data on how the tax code impacts Black Americans.
Could the success of ballot measures to legalize marijuana add pressure for federal legalization?
Nov 16, 2020
Legalization advocates say there is a tax, and business case, to be made for federal legalization.
For public good, not for profit.
What the Beatles taught us about tax policy
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Feb 20, 2020
The Fab Four were saying something about British public policy with the lyrics, "There's one for you / Nineteen for me."
Ever heard of modern monetary theory?
by
Kai Ryssdal
, Maria Hollenhorst
and Rose Conlon
Jan 24, 2019
It's a way of thinking about the economy. Picture a bathroom sink ...
When is a health care bill not a health care bill? When it's a tax bill.
Mar 14, 2017
The GOP health plan includes $600 billion in tax cuts for the health industry and wealthy Americans.