Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Yesterday saw the launch of Trump Accounts. Created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump Accounts are tax-advantaged investment accounts, much like Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), Roth IRAs, or 401(k)s, but created on behalf of newborns. Anyone can contribute up to $5,000 a year to the account, with parents serving as custodians of the […]

Yesterday the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released its latest monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations, including inflation expectations — a crucial part of inflation and disinflation dynamics. For example, if people confuse a one-time increase in the cost of an item (e.g., a tariff) with ongoing price increases (i.e., inflation), they will behave as if facing […]

Yesterday the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the June 16–17 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which was also the debut of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair. Going into the meeting, there were three areas of interest:

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Director of Competition Policy Fred Ashton join us to discuss spectrum auctions, Congress' to-do list for the remainder of 2026, and the launch of Trump Accounts.

Here is what Eakinomics knows. On July 7, the White House posted on X: The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump to $3.47 for our 47th President. President Trump is leading the charge to lower gas prices this summer – putting more money in your […]

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (the ROAD Act) became law at midnight Friday. Recall that President Trump refused to sign the bill — but did not veto it — as a protest over the fact that Congress has not passed voter identification legislation:

In the midst of the ceasefire/bomb Iran, reconciliation 3/Save America Act, and are there any senators left chaos, it is easy to believe that none of the usual business is being handled. But the most recent highway bill – the BUILD America 250 Act, known more formally as the

The Bureau of Labor Statistics yesterday released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for June and it was quite a surprise. Top-line inflation for June (annualized) was -4.1 percent. That’s right, negative four point one, which brought year-over-year inflation down to 3.5 percent. But that’s not the surprise. With the — by now ancient history […]

Eakinomics: Reconciliation Trifecta? Today, the House Budget Committee is scheduled to mark-up a budget resolution. The Chairman’s mark was released yesterday and Jordan Haring has a complete analysis here. Officially, it is a fiscal 2027 budget resolution, but in practice it does not contain a comprehensive plan for spending, revenues, and borrowing. Instead, it is […]

The poster child for “affordability” problems is health insurance. In the political warfare, the focus is on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the sunsetting of the enhanced subsidies put in place during the pandemic. But the challenge is more widespread, with large premium increases in individual, ACA, small group, and employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). What's going on?