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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CFR: U.S. Falling Behind Other Advanced Countries on Debt
The Council on Foreign Relations has released a new report and scorecard comparing the United States federal debt situation to other G-7 countries...
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Separating "Current Law" from A "Do Nothing" Baseline
CBO’s baseline budget projections are often referred to as “current law” since they generally assume Congress continues the laws as they are written...
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The Health Spending Outlook Has Improved But Pick-Up in Growth Still Expected
In a highly anticipated release, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week released updated data and projections on National...
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The $1.8 Trillion Drop in Revenue Projections
With the economy recovering slower than originally anticipated, the government now expects to collect significantly less revenue this decade than it...
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Potential ISIS Operation Shows the Value of Fiscal Space
Recent events in Iraq and Syria have raised the prospect of expanding military operations in the region beyond airstrikes. Gordon Adams in a Fiscal...
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Sources of Spending Growth in CBO's Baseline
CBO's recent budget projections reaffirm that our debt problems are significant. Entitlements are projected to grow, as a result of a retiring...
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How Alternative Policies Could Affect the Budget
CBO's latest budget projections, while a slight improvement, are not good news for the country's fiscal future. Debt is higher than at any time in our...
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Maya MacGuineas: Good Deeds Punished as Crossroads Dings Dems on Debt Plan
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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CRFB Analyzes CBO’s Updated Budget and Economic Forecast
Moments ago, CRFB published a new 6-page paper summarizing CBO’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook. Under its current law baseline, CBO estimates...
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Newest Budget Projections Show Gloomy Fiscal Picture
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its August baseline, updating budget projections from April and economic projections from February...
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MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas August 26 2014
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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Is the 2014 Budget Meeting Expectations?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is set to update its budget and economic projections tomorrow, laying out the fiscal picture for the next ten...