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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.
Would the President's Submission Actually Stabilize Debt?
Last week, in our analysis of the President's submission, we noted how the President's submission to the Super Committee nearly stabilizes debt, but...
Line Items: Star Trek Edition
Live Long and Prosper – The Star Trek franchise is celebrating its 45th anniversary this month. The original show and its various progeny have...
CRFB Videos of Lawmakers and Budget Luminaries Making the Case for "Go Big"
At our "Urging the Super Committee to Go Big" event, we showed videos with a number of budget experts and former government officials, talking about...
IMF Highlights Need For a Fiscal Plan
Earlier this week, the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), with a section devoted to the fiscal situation of the U.S. The IMF aptly...
Event Re-Cap: Urging the Super Committee to "Go Big"
On Wednesday CRFB hosted a three-panel discussion made up of lawmakers and budget luminaries urging the Super Committee to “Go Big” and develop a...
Time is Running Out On the FY 2012 Budget
Update: The House has passed a CR Friday morning by a 219-203 vote. The new CR garnered more Republican votes by including $100 million more in...
The Federal Reserve Does 'The Twist'
The Federal Reserve's much anticipated statement came yesterday after two days of FOMC meetings, the Fed's policymaking group. As expected, they...
Event 9/21: Urging the Super Committee to Go Big
In the past few weeks, CRFB and many others -- including 36 Senators from both sides of the aisle, the Blue Dogs, and more than 60 business leaders...
Senate Appropriators Attempt to Avoid BCA Cap
Update: Over at " Off the Charts," CBPP argues that the President's proposed war spending cap -- regardless of how it is counted toward deficit...
Glenn Hubbard Joins the Announcement Effect Club
In a Bloomberg Op-Ed today, Glenn Hubbard, a former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under former President George W. Bush, joined the...
‘Line’ Items: Game On Edition
Game Time – NASCAR has begun its chase for the championship, baseball’s pennant race is under way, the deficit super committee is deliberating and we...
How Does President Obama's Plan Stack Up?
With President Obama's deficit reduction plan now officially out, it's worth comparing the debt path under this plan to other debt paths. For the...