COVID-19: Impact and Response

COVID-19: Impacts and Responses provides a roundup of AAF’s insights on the coronavirus pandemic. AAF experts are analyzing both the pandemic’s health and economic impacts and the government’s response. Check back often for insight on the latest developments.

COVID-19 Regulation Tracker

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a dramatic regulatory response by the federal government. This response has taken many forms, including emergency declarations, relief aimed at sustaining payrolls, prohibitions of activity, and temporary waivers of regulatory requirements. The American Action Forum’s COVID-19 Regulation Tracker compiles federal actions related to the coronavirus published in the Federal Register and […]

The AAF Exchange

You wondered. We explained. AAF experts provide clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues. 

Center for Health and Economy

The Center for Health and Economy (H&E), a research initiative of the American Action Forum, is focused on providing accessible analysis on the outlook for the United States health care system. With the guidance of nationally recognized economic, budget, and public policy experts, H&E uses microsimulation models and health economics literature to evaluate the effects […]
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COVID-19: Impact and Response

COVID-19: Impacts and Responses provides a roundup of AAF’s insights on the coronavirus pandemic. AAF experts are analyzing both the pandemic’s health and economic impacts and the government’s response. Check back often for insight on the latest developments.

May 29, 2020

Insight

OMB Ducks

Gordon Gray

The Trump Administration will not include an updated economic projection when it submits its mid-year budget revision to Congress.

May 29, 2020

Weekly Checkup

COVID-19, Medicare Advantage, and the Medical Loss Ratio

Christopher Holt

Even under the best of circumstances, setting insurance premiums can be tricky. Amid a global pandemic, however, it can become downright impossible to…

May 29, 2020

Insight

The Administration’s View of Its Ability to Direct Independent Agencies

Dan Bosch

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  President Trump’s social media executive order (EO) highlights a debate over how much authority a president can exert over independent…

May 29, 2020

The Daily Dish

What Is At Stake In Trump’s War With Twitter?

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: What Is At Stake In Trump’s War With Twitter? The basic outlines of the story are now well known. Twitter added “fact check tags”…

May 28, 2020

Multimedia

The AAF Exchange — Ep. 32: The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis (Pt.10)

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses the surging stock market, the role of consumer confidence in our economic recovery, and Title 4 of the CARES…

May 28, 2020

Insight

Content Moderation, Section 230, and The First Amendment

Jennifer Huddleston

The Trump Administration is expected to release an executive order that regulates social media companies based on Free Speech concerns after Twitter fact-checked…

May 28, 2020

The Daily Dish

COVID-19 and Communities of Color

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: COVID-19 and Communities of Color I testified yesterday before the House Ways and Means Committee on the topic of “The Disproportionate…

May 27, 2020

Testimony

The Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Communities of Color

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means *The views expressed here are my own and not those of the American Action Forum.…

May 27, 2020

The Daily Dish

Infrastructure as a Response to COVID-19

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Infrastructure as a Response to COVID-19 Infrastructure seems to be having another one of its moments – if not another Infrastructure…

May 26, 2020

Week in Regulation

Modest Savings Emerge But Paperwork Spikes

Dan Goldbeck, Dan Bosch

Last week saw a relatively modest amount of activity in the Federal Register. A handful of cross-cutting measures – including a regulatory action that…

May 26, 2020

The Daily Dish

The Facts on China and Pharmaceuticals

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: The Facts on China and Pharmaceuticals Drugs, their prices, and now the location of supply chains have been a political football during…

May 22, 2020

Multimedia

Is the United States Reliant on China for Medical Supplies?

Jacqueline Varas

AAF’s Director of Immigration & Trade Policy Jackie Varas debunks the popular belief that China provides the United States most of its medicines and…

May 22, 2020

Weekly Checkup

An Opportunity for Telemedicine

Christopher Holt

The global COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically reshaping everything from how the House of Representatives votes on legislation to how we think about mass…

May 22, 2020

Insight

Tracker: The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet

Thomas Wade

Introduction This tracker follows the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) balance sheet, the best indicator of the Fed’s direct intervention in the economy. Context The…

May 22, 2020

The Daily Dish

A Capital Idea About Fannie and Freddie

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: A Capital Idea About Fannie and Freddie Remember Fannie Mae (“Fannie”) and Freddie Mac (“Freddie”), the housing government-sponsored…

May 21, 2020

Multimedia

The AAF Exchange — Ep. 31: The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis (Pt.9)

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

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May 21, 2020

Research

The Total Cost of Trump’s Tariffs

Jacqueline Varas

The president’s newly enacted tariffs could increase nationwide consumer costs by $57 billion annually and threaten over $460 billion of exports and…

May 21, 2020

Insight

FHFA Releases Proposed GSE Capital Rule

Thomas Wade

Executive Summary The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has re-proposed a 2018 rule dictating the capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie…

May 21, 2020

Op-Ed

Credit Rating Agencies and the Lessons of 2008

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

In a new essay on Medium, AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin examines the role of credit rating agencies in the current crisis and compares the current…

May 21, 2020

The Daily Dish

Neither the Press nor Progressives nor a Pandemic…

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Eakinomics: Neither the Press nor Progressives nor a Pandemic… Can deter the Trump Administration’s deregulatory drive. Eakinomics has frequently…

COVID-19 Regulation Tracker

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a dramatic regulatory response by the federal government. This response has taken many forms, including emergency declarations, relief aimed at sustaining payrolls, prohibitions of activity, and temporary waivers of regulatory requirements. The American Action Forum’s COVID-19 Regulation Tracker compiles federal actions related to the coronavirus published in the Federal Register and […]

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