Budgets & Projections

CBO's recent budgetary and economic analyses of the Senate immigration bill have been making waves in the political sphere as lawmakers rush to...

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released two analyses, a cost estimate and an economic analysis, of the Senate's immigration bill -- S.744...

Over the past few weeks, we've seen a common argument in favor of turning away from solving our long-term debt problem due to short-term improvements...

The economic stimulus package enacted in 2009 is now four years behind us. According to recovery.gov, $796 billion has been disbursed as of the end of...

After finishing its preliminary annual review of the U.S., the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the U.S. could spur additional economic...

We have already responded twice to a wrong-headed call from the Center for American Progress to abandon pursuit of a debt bargain in favor of...

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...