Daily Policy Digest
Economic Issues
| Student Borrowers Delay Major Purchases as Debt Mounts In 2012, 22 percent of 30 year olds with a history of student debt had or previously had a mortgage, compared to 24 percent of 30 year olds who never had any student debt... |
| Seven Reasons the Economy Could Be Headed Into Recession Since the end of the recession in June 2009 the economy grew 2.4 percent in 2010, 1.8 percent in 2011 and 2.2 percent in 2012, with the fourth quarter sinking to a mere 0.4 percent... |
| Younger Workers Hit the Hardest by Recovery During the past decade, workers 55 years old and older have gained 9.3 million jobs, while workers age 25 to 54 lost 3 million jobs and workers age 20 to 24 lost 25,000 jobs... |
| Inflation Poised to Accelerate According to the American Institute for Economic Research's Everyday Price Index, the prices of frequently purchased goods and services jumped 2.3 percent in February... |
| Why Savers Prefer Low Yield Instruments Risk-based regulations are the reason why investors are shying away from productive higher yield investments... |
| The Federal Housing Administration's Poor Loan Making The Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) share of loans in serious delinquency has risen by 6 percent since 2011 and 12 percent of all FHA-insured mortgages in serious delinquency in 2012 were originated after 2010... |
| Trade Protectionism Is Bad Policy Technical barriers affect 30 percent of international trade and more than 60 percent of international trade in agriculture products... |
| Proposals Could Foster Job Creation and Innovation within States State lawmakers should review the compliance costs of regulations before they are implemented and provide businesses with flexibility... |
| Entrepreneurs and Young Firms Drive Economy Politicians frequently claim that small businesses drive a majority of job growth but based upon econometric analysis, the more accurate expression is that young businesses drive growth... |
| Low Interest Rates Could Create New Housing Bubble What seems like a housing recovery is actually the result of the government's recent efforts to guarantee almost 90 percent of new mortgage debt... |
