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.
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Monitoring the Treasury Market with Fiscal Dashboard
The Treasury market has been making headlines recently, amid poor Treasury auction results and heightened volatility in yields. While strong growth...
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Don't Count on Growth to Fix the Debt
Strong economic growth will be needed to help fix the debt problems the country faces, and lawmakers should take growth effects into consideration...
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CBO: 1% Higher Interest Rates Add Trillions to Debt
Interest rates across the yield curve have been hitting multi-decade highs, with the 30-year Treasury bond closing at 5.5% today – the highest level...
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Bipartisan Fiscal Forum Co-Chairs Urge House Leadership to Act as Gross Debt Exceeds $40 Trillion
Representatives Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Scott Peters (D-CA), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum, recently sent a letter to House Speaker Mike...
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CBO Projects Social Security Nearing Insolvency
Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be insolvent by mid-2032, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
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CRS: Congress has excluded $17 trillion from Statutory PAYGO Enforcement
Congress has excluded or erased over $12 trillion in deficit-increasing provisions from the five-year Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecard and over $17...
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Maya MacGuineas Discusses Trump Dividend on Bloomberg TV
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" with host Kailey Leinz to...
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$5,000 Dividends Would Cost $1.2 Trillion
Last night, President Trump promised to issue a $5,000 “dividend” to every adult citizen in the United States should his party retain unified control...
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Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 6/11/26: On April 30, the House passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, ending a partial shutdown that began on February...
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How Debt Got to 100% of GDP: A From Riches to Rags Update
Since gross national debt crossed $40 trillion last month – and the more meaningful debt held by the public as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
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10-Year Treasury Yield Hit 4.8%, Highest Since 2023
Interest rates are on the rise across the yield curve. The 10-year Treasury note closed at a high yield of 4.8%, a level not seen in nearly three...
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12-Month Rolling Deficit is $1.8 Trillion in August 2026
The federal government borrowed $1.8 trillion over the past 12 months according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). CBO...