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With the November elections just two weeks, demagoguing has reached a fever pitch. So, predictably, when the SSA sent a letter to Rep. Earl Pomeroy...

In an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, Alan Blinder discusses his frustrations with what he dubs the “fiscal policy paradox”: that the economy...

David Chavern of the Chamber of Commerce and Christina Romer, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), both joined the Announcement...

Surprises We Want to See – With pivotal mid-term elections next week that will decide control of Congress, observers are awaiting this year’s “October...

We at CRFB applaud Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s support of medium-term fiscal targets, in the run-up to this weekend’s meeting of G-20 finance...

Most of the week, markets continued to reflect expectations that the Fed would increase its purchases of Treasury securities (known as quantitative...

Update: This blog has been updated to reflect additional information. A new report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency shows the agency's first look...

Budgeteers have been closely watching the United Kingdom during the past six months, as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Prime Minister...

Getting to real solutions to the fiscal challenges facing the country requires asking the right questions. Today CRFB offered “ Ten Questions to Ask...

Following Friday's announcement by the Social Security Trustees that there would be no automatic increase for Social Security benefits in 2011 and the...

On Friday, Fed Chairman Bernanke provided a lesson that fiscal policymakers should take to heart: Expectations matter. In a much anticipated speech at...

On Stimulus.org, we have been tracking the number of bank failures by FDIC-insured institutions since the beginning of 2008. As we have mentioned...