Malaysian Reserve

Malaysia conducting cost-benefit analysis on reciprocal trade agreement with US

THE government is conducting a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis (CBA) on Malaysia’s Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) with the US. Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) Minister Datuk Seri Johari ...
Ars Technica

EPA moves to stop considering economic benefits of cleaner air

If you were to do a cost-benefit analysis of your lunch, it would be pretty difficult to do the calculation without the sandwich. But it appears that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ...

Feasibility Study: What It Is, Benefits, and Examples

A feasibility study analyzes all of the critical aspects of a proposed project. Understand how these studies work, how to conduct them, and the benefits involved.
New Republic

The Peak of Trump’s Fact-Free Vendetta Against Regulation

Conservatives once promoted cost-benefit analysis to check the administrative state—until it got better at measuring the huge benefits of regulation. It’s the end of an era. The GOP, in the person of ...
theregreview

Another Blow to Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis

In late October, the acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued a memo attempting to speed up the pace of deregulation. The memo has three sections. Two of ...
MarketWatch

Humana’s stock falls as Medicaid, health-benefit costs are still problems

Shares of Humana Inc. took a hit in early Wednesday trading, as the health insurer cut its outlook for both Medicaid-membership growth and the profitability of its overall insurance business. While ...
E&E

White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback

The move — revealed in emails and internal drafts — sidelined EPA’s deep bench of career economists. The White House circumvented EPA’s career staff to write almost half of the cost-benefit analysis ...
PBS

Analysis: How much could the federal government shutdown cost the economy?

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. The federal shutdown — one month long and counting — has an obvious economic impact for government workers who aren’t receiving paychecks and food aid ...
Business Insider

Millions of retirees are about to get a 2.8% cost-of-living raise in Social Security benefits

Social Security beneficiaries will get 2.8% more in benefits next year. The increase, based on third-quarter inflation data, will impact millions of older Americans. The Social Security Administration ...
Government Executive

Baldwin brings back zero-cost health care benefits bill for National Guard

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., is taking another crack at a bill designed to expand no-cost health care coverage for guardsmen and reservists. Last month, Baldwin re-introduced the Healthcare for Our ...
The Business Journals

The escalating cost of employee benefits — and how PEOs can help

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. There’s no way around it: Employers spend a significant ...