Budgets & Projections

When the financial crisis began at the end of 2007, it soon became clear that the government would need to run higher deficits in response. Tax...

In a new paper, the Center for American Progress's Michael Linden makes the case for resetting the fiscal debate. His main point is that given...

As we've said before, while the new budget projections from the CBO are an encouraging sign, it is easy to be overly optimistic about what the...

The revenue debate in DC is one that is often focused on the individual income tax system. But one option to raise revenue is to use new taxes that...

Yesterday, the CBO released its latest estimate of the subsidy cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The estimate serves as a...

As we have written before, the CBO recently released updated projections that show an improvement in the fiscal climate. Based on CRFB’s realistic...

Today, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on bipartisan proposals to reform Social Security. Members of the...

The CBO has now spoken on how the President's budget would affect the fiscal outlook. Debt would fall to 70 percent of GDP by 2023, compared to 73...

As a follow up to our initial reaction to CBO's estimates of the President's budget, CRFB has released a full report that breaks down the analysis...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of President Obama’s FY 2014 budget request. CRFB has released a reaction to the...