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Wessel: Prudent Politicians Would Focus on the Long Term, Today
Read moreIn his column in today's Wall Street Journal and an accompanying audio clip, David Wessel takes on the question before Washington: Is the budget...
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CBO Updates Their Historical Budget Data
Read moreNearly two weeks ago, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its GDP report with a $560 billion upward revision for 2012. As we explained at the...
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Appropriations Update: Progress Beginning to Slow
Read moreUpdate: Post-sequester figures have been revised according to the most recent estimates. Another month has gone by, and while on paper the budget...
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Get Ready for Budget Numbers to Change
Read moreAs of Wednesday's GDP report, GDP for fiscal year 2012 was revised upward by roughly $560 billion to a total of $16.2 trillion. This almost Houdini...
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The Cost of Delay: Employer Mandate Edition
Read moreEarly this month, the Obama Administration announced that it would delay enforcement of the employer mandate penalty in the Affordable Care Act for...
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CRFB President Participates in Center for American Progress Event: "Is It Time to Hit the Reset Button on the Fiscal Debate?"
Read moreToday, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a panel discussion featuring Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Senior Fellow Jared Bernstein...
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CBO Estimates the Economic Hit of the Sequester
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office released a report detailing the projected economic effects of repealing the sequester starting August 1. The...
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Op-Ed: Credible Debt Plan Would Boost the US Economy
Read moreFinancial Times | July 23, 2013 Sir, Edward Luce says that “Simpson and Bowles are wrong about the US debt” (July 15) but he gets it wrong describing...
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The Mid-Session Review: A Case for Building in Wiggle Room for Ever-Changing Projections
Read moreOne of the reasons CRFB and other budget hawks have touted the benefits of putting debt on a downward path this decade -- in addition to the economic...
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A Closer Look at the Mid-Session Review
Read moreOn Monday, the Office of Management and Budget released its re-estimate of the President's Budget in the Mid-Session Review. OMB's new estimates of...
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OMB Releases 2014 Mid-Session Review
Read moreToday, the Office of Management and Budget released its Mid-Session Review, revised estimates of the President's 2014 budget incorporating legislative...
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Op-Ed: Grand Budget Bargain? No, Congress Would Prefer To Fight
Read moreBrookings | July 8, 2013 Barring a miracle, budget bargains, either grand or petty, are not in the cards this year. The Congress would prefer to fight...