Budgets & Projections
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CRFB Releases Analysis of CBO's February Baseline
Read moreCBO's release of its annual Budget and Economic Outlook is a treasure trove of information, sometimes not easily digestible. To help put all that...
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It's Showtime: CBO's New Budget and Economic Projections
Read moreFor 49ers and Ravens fans, the Super Bowl was the big game of the 2012 NFL season. For budget wonks, today is that day, as CBO has released its budget...
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Op-Ed: No Budget, No Pay - No Deal, No Break
Read morePolitico | February 5, 2013 Believe it or not, Democrats and Republicans sometimes come together and do something positive in Washington, and that has...
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More Economists in Favor of Smart Debt Reduction
Read moreA recent blog post by International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists Carlo Cottarelli and Philip Gerson on the IMF Direct blog highlights the importance...
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Op-Ed: A Compromise For the Nation
Read moreThe Hill | February 2, 2013 The president says he is going to spend the first few months of his second term traveling the country attacking...
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Doing More Than Just Hitting the Target
Read moreOur blog yesterday noted that the debate over stimulus versus deficit reduction is much more nuanced than is often portrayed. Although these positions...
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MY VIEW: Rudy Penner February 2013
Read moreIn a Tax Policy Center blog, Urban Institute fellow and former CBO director Rudy Penner makes the case for going beyond the amount of deficit...
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Op-Ed: The Risks of Dumbing Down Fiscal Goals
Read moreTaxVox | February 1, 2013 In one of the more dangerous fiscal developments of recent months, some on the left are defining successful deficit...
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Economists in Favor of Smart Deficit Reduction
Read moreA recent op-ed from Joe Scarborough in Politico has brought back attention to the stimulus vs. deficit reduction debate. Some commentators like Paul...
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Bowles: National Debt Threatens U.S. Innovation
Read moreIn an interview with Forbes contributor Henry Doss, former Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles explains just how our unsustainable debt...
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How Far We Have to Go on Deficit Reduction
Read moreIn the past few weeks, we have made the case for putting debt on a downward path as a percent of GDP as a goal for the next round of deficit reduction...