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.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF has recently released its monthly World Economic Outlook, the IMF’s premier publication on the state and health of both the global economy and...
Point-Counterpoint: When should we start caring about debt?
On the heels of yesterday’s debate in the LA Times, Maya MacGuineas participates in a point-counterpoint today with Dean Baker from Center for...
Cost of the Finance Committee Health Care Bill
Today the Congressional Budget released their analysis of the amended version of the America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009, the health care reform...
Debate on Necessity of Additional Stimulus
In response to high unemployment numbers, the Obama Administration is discussing the idea of a tax credit for employers that create new jobs. House...
Urban Institute Panelists Examine Exploding Debt
The Urban Institute hosted an event today on The Financial and Economic Consequences of an Exploding Debt. Len Burman, Norman Ornstein, Mike Mussa...
Memo for FY2011 Budget Preparation: Positive Effects from Preannouncing Deficit Reduction
Faced with massive debt burdens coming out of the economic and financial crisis – even before the retirement and health care tsunami hits – experts...
The U.S. Taxpayer and the IMF
For the U.S. taxpayer, last weekend’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Turkey were a reminder of the importance of global cooperation to...
TARP -- One Year Later
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), established as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act...
Three More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional three banks ( Southern Colorado National Bank, Jennings State Bank, and...
Weekend Editorial Roundup
This weekend, there have been a number of editorials about fiscal and budget policy. Among them: USA Today argued for "patching" the estate tax next...
September Unemployment Rate and Uncertain Outlook
To those watching the economy as it enters into positive territory and the financial markets as they seemed to be getting into gear again, today’s...
This Week's Finance Committee Markup
The Senate Finance Committee wrapped up work today on the markup of their Health Care Reform legislation, America’s Healthy Future Act. After moving...