Despite a decline from December, January's Consumer Price Index remains above expectations. This poses challenges for the Biden administration and the Federal Reserve as they navigate economic policy amid ongoing inflation concerns.
If you would like more context on this matter, please consider Steven Hamilton, an Assistant Professor of Economics at The George Washington University. His primary area of research is public finance, where he studies the effects of taxes on behavior with a view to designing better tax policy. Hamilton made significant contributions to small business support policy during the COVID-19 crisis, authoring a major small business support policy proposal for the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, and providing extensive commentary in the US and Australia on wage subsidies and other business support measures. He has published opinion pieces in the Washington Post, the Australian Financial Review, and The Age, among other major outlets, and has provided extensive economic commentary to the New York Times, the LA Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Slate, The Hill, the Sydney Morning Herald, and The Australian, among others. Hamilton is a former economist at the Australian Treasury, where he worked on the federal budget, and reviews of climate change policy and flood insurance.
If you would like to connect with Prof. Hamilton, please contact GW Media Relations Specialists Tayah Frye at [email protected].
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