Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
How Other Countries Have Regained AAA Ratings
Over at Ezra Klein's blog, Sarah Kliff writes about the "Maple Leaf Miracle," or how Canada was able to turn itself around after it was downgraded...
Obama Administration Takes Further Steps to Help the Housing Market
With the housing market still depressed almost five years after the housing bubble burst, the Obama administration is seeking input from private...
Fiscal Issues Likely To Be Key In Republican Primary Debate
Considering recent developments, fiscal policy is likely to be the number one topic at tonight's debate in the race for the 2012 Republican...
Congressional Leaders Naming Appointees to Joint Committee
Updated to reflect House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appointments. Over the past several hours, congressional leadership has begun naming the...
Informative Tables from Tax Policy Center
Tax Policy Center has two sets of interesting tables that have just come out in the past few days. They offer some great information for those of you...
CRFB Explains the S&P Downgrade
With the S&P downgrade of U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ on the books, CRFB has released a paper that goes into the credit rating system, the possible...
A Roller Coaster Ride in Financial Markets
Who needs amusement parks when you can watch the volatility that is the stock market? Just a day after the Dow Jones posted its biggest one-day loss...
MY VIEW: John Tanner
In a new op-ed in Roll Call, former Congressman and CRFB board member John Tanner explains why America needs a centrist 'super committee.' Tanner...
CRFB's Updated Realistic Baseline
With the Budget Control Act now in the books, it's time for us to update our CRFB Realistic Baseline from our projections a month ago. In addition to...
CBO on the Caps
The caps on discretionary spending were, of course, the concrete centerpiece of last week's budget deal. Considering the importance of the caps, CBO...
‘Line’ Items: Downturns and Downgrades Edition
Downers – Markets were down last week on fears that the European debt crisis was spreading and that the U.S. recovery was slowing down. These losses...
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas August 8 2011
In two recent commentaries, written for CNN and CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas talks about S&P's recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating...