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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Mitt Romney CLOCKS the Debt
An interesting article in today's Washington Post caught the eye of some of us here at the CRFB office this morning. GOP presidential candidate Mitt...
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CBO's Newest Economic Projections
In CBO's latest Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO includes revised projections of various economic indicators as part of its update. Since there is...
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CBO's Projections Make the Case for Comprehensive Fiscal Plan
Although CBO shows debt improving significantly over the coming decade, reaching 61 percent of GDP in 2021, debt will not follow this downward path...
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CRFB's Updated (Again!) Realistic Baseline
With CBO having released their newest Budget and Economic Outlook, CRFB has updated its Realistic Baseline for the second time in a month to reflect...
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CBO Update on the Economic Effects of ARRA
Yesterday, CBO released an update on the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on employment and economic output in the...
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CRFB Analyzes CBO Budget Outlook
We just released our in-depth analysis of CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook, published earlier today. In the paper we explain how CBO's current law...
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CBO Releases New Budget and Economic Projections
CBO has just released its August Budget and Economic Outlook. You can find it here. Under current law, assuming policymakers make no changes to what's...
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NABE Survey Highlights Experts Views on Fiscal Matters
The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) published the findings of its August 2011 Economic Policy Survey yesterday, in which 250 panel...
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Defense Business Board Recommends Military Retirement Changes
Defense spending is an area within the federal budget where significant savings can be found, and specifically within the military retirement system...
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‘Line’ Items: Looking Abroad Edition
To the Shores of Tripoli – With President Obama on vacation and Congress in recess, most eyes are turned away from Washington and towards developments...
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OMB Asks for Agency Cuts in 2013
On OMB's blog, OMB director Jack Lew talked about his instructions to agencies to cut 5 percent off their 2011 budget for their FY 2013 request. In...
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Donald Marron Wants More Fiscal Foxes
In the Christian Science Monitor, Donald Marron argues that the distinction in fiscal policy should not be between hawks and doves, but rather foxes...