It’s The AAF Exchange — your source for clear, data-driven insight into today’s economic and domestic policy issues.

In this episode of the AAF Exchange, AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Director of Fiscal Policy Jordan Haring discuss the latest on the economy and Congress’ “Day One” priorities. 

AAF products mentioned in today’s episode: 

• In “The Nippon Steel Disgrace,” Holtz-Eakin considers the problems with President Biden blocking Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel. 

• In “Video: Weekly Economic Tracker,” Holtz-Eakin breaks down this week’s economic news. 

• In “Bad News From the Bond Market,” Holtz-Eakin walks through what short-term and long-term interest rates might be telling us about future rates. 

• In “December Jobs,” Director of Competition Policy Fred Ashton forecasts the December jobs numbers. 

• In “2024: The Year in Regulation,” Director of Regulatory Policy Dan Goldbeck reviews the costs, paperwork burdens, and trends of the Biden Administration’s regulatory policy in 2024. 

• In “The Art of the Repeal,” Holtz-Eakin considers how the Trump Administration could repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits. 

• In “How to Build on the TCJA’s Tax Success,” AAF Board Member and former Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady and Holtz-Eakin discuss the opportunity for business taxation reform as TCJA provisions expire this year. 

• In “The Fiscal Challenge and the 2025 Tax Debate,” Holtz-Eakin reviews the unsustainable U.S. budget outlook and the need for tax reform. 

• In “The Budgetary and Economic Costs of Addressing Unauthorized Immigration: Alternative Strategies,” former AAF Labor Market Expert Ben Gitis and former AAF Immigration Expert Laura Collins break down the budgetary and economic consequences of mass deportation. 

• In “The Reality of Mass Deportation,” Holtz-Eakin considers the potential economic and political harms of Trump’s proposed mass deportation. 

• In “A New USMCA Sidebar Agreement,” Holtz-Eakin discusses the possibility of using USMCA renegotiations to strengthen border security between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. 
• In “Budget Reconciliation: A Primer,” former AAF Vice President for Fiscal Policy Gordon Gray explains how budget reconciliation works.

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