Catherine Rampell

New York, N.Y.

Columnist covering economics, public policy, immigration and politics

Education: Princeton University

Catherine Rampell is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. She frequently covers economics, public policy, immigration and politics, with a special emphasis on data-driven journalism. She is also an economic and political commentator for CNN, a special correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a contributor to Marketplace. Before joining The Post, she wrote about economics and theater for the New York Times. Rampell received the 2021 Online Journalism Award for Commentary and the 2010 Weidenbaum Center Award for Evidence-Based Journalism, and she is a six-time Gerald Loeb Award finalist. S
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Latest from Catherine Rampell

Not worried enough? A U.S. default threatens national security, too.

A default could affect the country's ability to marshal alliances and to defend itself.

May 11, 2023

How Fox News and Trump wrote the playbook for their own downfall

It's hard to rail against the establishment when that's you.

May 9, 2023

What the heck is going on in the U.S. economy?

The current U.S. economy is confusing and contradictory.

May 5, 2023

What would U.S. default actually look like? ‘Financial Armageddon.’

What would happen if the United States defaults on its debts?

May 4, 2023

Earth to politicians: The U.S. has too few immigrants — not too many

More immigrants would help lower inflation.

May 2, 2023

How the GOP’s Medicaid work requirements will backfire

The proposed work requirements are a solution in search of a problem. Worse than that, they will create significant new problems.

April 27, 2023

Yes, Biden negotiated over the debt limit before. He’s learned his lesson.

How can you tell the GOP’s proposal for curbing deficits isn’t a serious one? Because they tried the same plan before, in 2011. It didn’t work then, either.

April 25, 2023

The GOP takes another misguided stab at defunding the tax police

Losing the funding it received last summer will halt the IRS's much-needed transformation.

April 20, 2023

There’s a credit crunch all across the country. Here’s why.

It's harder to borrow money today than it was a year ago.

April 14, 2023

Sorry, Democrats. You can’t pay for everything solely by soaking the rich.

Dealing with the IRS is no picnic. But that's not the core that skews Americans' perceptions about their tax burden.

April 11, 2023