by Basit Zafar, Max Livingston, and Wilbert van der Klaauw - Liberty Street Economics, New York Federal Reserve The payroll tax cut, which was in place during all of 2011 and 2012, reduced Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld from workers’ pay… more »

Econintersect: President Obama has proposed a jobs initiative in an address to a joint session of Congress. Speaking Thursday evening Sept. 8, the president laid out a plan that he claimed contained many elements that have received bipartisan support in… more »