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When President Biden left office (end of his term in January 2025), the economy was broadly described in official and private forecasts as growing but cooling: real GDP growth slowed into 2025 (BEA re...
Estimates in recent reporting put the federal gross cost of temporarily enhanced ACA premium tax credits at roughly $92 billion in 2023 and an estimated $138 billion in 2025, reflecting the expanded A...
The short answer is: it depends which measures you compare. Inflation has come down from its 2022 peak—core inflation around mid‑2025 was about 2.9% year‑over‑year, roughly 3.7 percentage points below...
About 22–24 million people were receiving the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits in 2025 — roughly 90–93% of marketplace enrollees — with most recipients concentrated in states that saw the biggest en...
No state-level laws extending the federal “enhanced” ACA premium subsidies after Dec. 31, 2025 are identified in the provided reporting; the discussion in national coverage centers on Congressional op...
The analyses converge on three central facts: the 2024 shutdown arose from sharp partisan disputes over funding bills, outside actors disrupted a bipartisan short-term deal, and the shutdown imposed m...
Multiple professional forecasts flag a mix of slower-than-normal GDP growth, persistently above-target inflation and a softer labour market as risks to Americans’ living standards in 2026: RBC warns o...
Enrollment in the ACA Marketplaces rose sharply after the American Rescue Plan (ARP) enhancements: record-high signups reached about 24.2 million for plan year 2025, up from roughly 21.3 million in 20...
Multiple independent analyses estimate large gross federal costs for enhanced ACA premium tax credits—rising from $92 billion in 2023 to an estimated $138 billion in 2025 (Committee for a Responsible ...
The available analyses converge on a central finding: the . Studies and briefings emphasize a temporary reduction in GDP, disruptions to federal operations and data releases, and costs concentrated on...
The 2024 U.S. federal government shutdown produced a on economic activity, primarily through lost federal spending, delayed payments and services, and reduced pay for furloughed workers; estimates pla...
The 2025 shutdown resembles past lapses in funding in scope but differs in timing and potential scale: historically most shutdowns were short interruptions, with the longest lasting 35 days in late 20...