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.
Watch Peterson-Pew Event Live
"Beyond PAYGO: The Federal Budget Process and Proposals for Reform" is scheduled to kick off this morning at 8:45. You can watch the event via live...
Opinion Piece on Budget Reform
Maya MacGuineas’ opinion piece in Roll Call, Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More Than Just Health Care Reform, argues that: 1) while it is too...
A Brief History of (Financial) Time
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, an event that both seriously destabilized and ominously ruptured the U.S...
The Lehman Collapse -- One Year Later
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, an event that both seriously destabilized and ominously ruptured the U.S...
The Second Ten Years
CQ reports that CBO is likely to score the costs of the Senate Finance Committee health care bill for the second ten year period. This is excellent...
Can Deficits Fix the Economy?
By Maya MacGuineas Last night I attended a curtain raiser dinner for today’s Dealing with America’s Debt Overhang event, hosted by New America...
Peterson-Pew Commission Event on Budget Reform
Tomorrow, on September 16th, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform will host an event -- Beyond PAYGO -- to discuss recent proposals to gain...
Fiscal Stimulus: The CEA Report and Beyond
Is the largest fiscal stimulus package adopted in U.S. history working? Is it worth the high fiscal cost in the future? With these questions in mind...
Fiscal Failures Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
UPDATE: See New American Contract's response to our post. They argue there may be trade-offs between improving the fiscal situation and strengthening...
Three More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over three additional banks ( Venture Bank, Brickwell Community Bank, and Corus Bank) for a...
Selective Triggering
We think triggers can be helpful in budgeting, by providing a back-up plan for when estimates prove wrong or conditions change, and by helping...
CEA Releases Report on the Economic Impact of the Recovery Act
The Council of Economic Advisers has just released their first quarterly report on the economic impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...