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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Event: Will Health Care Reform Heal the Federal Budget?
This Friday, November 6th U.S. Budget Watch will be hosting an event, "Will Health Care Reform Heal the Federal Budget?" This event aims to explore...
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Large Share of U.S. Debt Will Have to Be Refinanced
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), roughly $5.1 trillion in publicly traded U.S. Treasury bonds – or around 78 percent of our...
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Nine More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional nine banks ( FDIC Closes Nine Banks) for a cost to the FDIC of around $2.5...
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Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times criticized the House Financial Services...
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A Scary Thought
The federal debt held by the public, today, is almost $7.5 trillion dollars. That is around 53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) -- higher than...
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CBO Report Roundup
A number of very interesting and relevant reports have come out of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) the...
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Comparison: Cost of the House Health Care Bill
Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intoduced the latest House health care reform bill, fresh with estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and...
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Homebuyers Credit Will Likely be Extended
The Senate has reached a consensus on the issue of extending the homebuyer’s tax credit, first implemented in the stimulus bill. The tax credit was...
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GMAC Offers $2.9 Billion in Debt
The General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), previously owned by General Motors, has offered $2.9 billion of three-year bonds in the private debt...
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House Health Bill Numbers Should Come Out Today
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi will unveil legislation today for the latest House health care reform bill. While the score from the Congressional...
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House Health Bill Numbers Come Out Today
Update: The Congressional Budget Office has put out their amended score of the House health care bill. It can be found here. A summary of the bill can...
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CRFB's Marc Goldwein to Speak at YP Nation Event Tonight
Tonight, Marc Goldwein, Policy Director of CRFB and Senior Policy Analyst in the Fiscal Policy Program at New America Foundation, will be speaking at...