federal reserve
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U.S. Sen. Hickenlooper calls for Federal Reserve to pause rising interest rates
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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper called for the Federal Reserve to pause rising interest rates Thursday in a stern letter to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. The central bank has increased interest rates five times this year in an effort to combat skyrocketing inflation by slowing the economy and easing pressures on prices, The Washington Post reported.…
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Watkins moves into chief economist job at Colorado General Assembly
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When Todd Herreid retired from the General Assembly’s Legislative Council in October, it set off a chain reaction that has now put Kate Watkins into the hot seat as the council’s chief economist. Last week Watkins led the council’s economists through her first presentation to the Joint Budget Committee on the state revenue forecasts. She…
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Bell Policy Center chief: We’re not free in a predatory economy
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You can’t pick yourself up by the bootstraps if your feet are chained to the floor. Debt is preventing Americans from moving up and our increasingly predatory economy makes that possible. This year, Colorado’s General Assembly closed the “Zombie Debt” loophole in our Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. It was an important win for consumers,…
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? Ruggiero and Griffin: Working families deserve concrete solutions, not just campaign soundbites
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Finally, some good news about working families in this country: in 2015, lower and middle income workers saw real income gains, and the median income gain was 5.2 percent. It confirms what most of us know: working families are what is leading us out of the recession. They are the bedrock of the recovery. When…
