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<p><span>Today I will offer a progress report on the Federal Open Market Committees (FOMC) efforts to restore price stability to the U.S. economy for the benefit of the American people. The report must begin by acknowledging the reality that inflation remains far too high. My colleagues and I are acutely aware that high inflation is imposing significant hardship, straining budgets and shrinking what paychecks will buy. This is especially painful for those least able to meet the highe...

Political debate on income in the United States often has been characterized as competition between two schools of economic thought.

Over the past two decades, child care costs have risen much faster than overall prices.

Congress should collect data on the families of juvenile offendersin order to produce better public policy. 

Thanksgiving meals are more expensive as food prices soar. This is partly due to the labor shortage in agriculture, where most workers are immigrants.

It seems quite likely that long COVID is a significant part of why the labor market is currently so tight: it has forced people out of the workforce, plunging them into financial turmoil, which is making it harder for employers to find workers.

Many older Americans are entering a "working retirement," which is fulfilling for some, but financially necessary for others.

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the State’s labor force was more severe than in other states: the size of the workforce declined more rapidly than the rest of the nation in 2020 and continued to shrink in 2021 when other states recovered.

As many as 35 million Americans currently lack any private health insurance coverage yet are ineligible for government health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, or veterans' benefits.

Both houses of Congress soon will consider sweeping legislation affecting the way millions of Americans get their health insurance.