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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.
MarketWatch: February 14-17, 2011
Markets so far this week have reacted to mixed news on the growth front in the US plus new concerns on inflation. As things start to wind up for the...
What Happens if the Budget's Assumptions Aren't So Rosy?
Three days after the release of the President's budget, our blog series continues to provide new analysis. In our detailed analysis of the President’s...
Happy Second Birthday ARRA!
While the budget world is caught up in the President's budget, it's time to celebrate an important birthday. On this day two years ago, President...
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson Op-Ed
Today, Erskine Bowles and Sen. Alan Simpson, the co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, published an op...
Jon Stewart Balances the Budget
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart spent part of the episode talking about our favorite topic: how to fix the federal budget. Needless to say...
CRFB Analysis of the President's 2012 Budget
Continuing our analysis of the President's 2012 Budget, we have just published our latest paper that takes a look at the 2012 proposal in more detail...
House GOP Leadership Vows to Address Entitlement Spending
In their reaction to the President's FY 2012 budget proposal, the House Republican leadership has been very critical of the President's reluctance to...
Bill Frenzel: President's Budget FY2012
The President sent the country a Valentine Monday. But while the budget may have been concocted with love, in it there is only a touch of sweet and a...
Budget Process Reform in the President’s Budget
Welcome to our fourth installment in our FY 2012 budget blog series! In this one, we'll focus on any budget process proposals in the budget. Chapter...
Increases and Decreases to Discretionary Spending in the President's Budget
In continuing our discussion of the President's FY 2012 budget proposal, we take a closer look at the recommendations to adjust discretionary spending...
CNN Money Exclusive: How to Keep Deficits From Burning the Economy
In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas lays out the many reasons we need a fiscal turnaround plan. She argues that...
MacGuineas: Neither Party Is Being Fiscally Responsible
The New York Times today had another round of expert debate on President Obama's budget. CRFB President Maya MacGuineas was featured. In her piece...