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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Obama Nominates Jacob Lew as OMB Director
Today, President Obama has announced his intention to nominate Jacob Lew, the current Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, to...
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‘Line’ Items: Running of the Bulls Edition
Running for the Exits – The “Running of the Bulls” has begun in Pamplona, Spain. Combine that with the celebrations over the country’s World Cup...
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The IMF's Fiscal Prescription for the US
The IMF just released its experts' assessment of the US economic and fiscal outlook to the public (although it was dated June 21). The report...
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Some Options for Social Security Reform on the Benefits Side
CRFB’s earlier post on CBO’s Social Security Options publication covered some of the broad reform options, especially those effecting Social Security...
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MarketWatch July 5-9
Markets are justifiably confused about the strength of the economy: is growth slowing? Is it slowing a lot or just a little? Will it keep chugging...
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The Budget Simulator on Politico
Here's CRFB's Chris Dreibelbis with Politico's Patrick Gavin, talking about our Stabilize the Debt! budget simulator. Watch out for the simulator...
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It's Time to "SAVE" More
OMB and the President have just kicked off the 2nd annual SAVE Awards, a contest that allows federal employees to submit their ideas to save money for...
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Americans Have Their Say on Budget Choices
As Washington struggles with confronting the mounting federal debt, the public has been given the opportunity to register their thoughts through CRFB...
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Some Wise Words from the IMF
Last week, Murilo Portugal, the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, gave the opening speech at the IMF Forum in Stockholm. In his remarks, he...
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CBO Issues Monthly Budget Review
CBO issued its monthly review for June, finding that so far this year, the federal government has run a deficit of just over $1 trillion, $81 billion...
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Social Security: Low Hanging Fruit?
Social Security has been described as the "third rail" of American politics: if you touch it, you get burned. Now, it seems that touching Social...
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CRFB President Details Options to Stabilize the Debt
In her testimony before the President’s Fiscal Commission last week, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas presented the following plan as an option to...