Budgets & Projections

While last night election is still many people's mind, the rating agency Fitch reminds us of the tremendous stakes of these next couple of months. In...

Richard Kogan at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new report that argues that it may be a better goal for an upcoming budget...

David Wessel, economics editor for The Wall Street Journal, has produced a fiscal cliff primer video. Wessel covers everything from why the cliff...

Storm Brewing – The Northeastern U.S. is being impacted by the freak concurrence of several major storms that has caused major population centers like...

It is a point of consensus among those following the budget that the fiscal cliff would likely be very damaging for the economy in the short term...

Though it seems we are far away from reaching a comprehensive debt deal, we can, at least for the moment, breathe a little sigh of relief. A recent...

When we talk about policy uncertainty these days, most of the time we are referring to the fiscal cliff. However, several other policies remain in...

In an initially off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register, President Obama outlined his vision for his second term. As you would expect...

Wonkblog's Suzy Khimm reports on two new surveys showing that investor concern over the fiscal cliff has well overtaken their concern about Europe's...

Up for Debate – Election 2012 is entering the final stretch and it is still up for grabs. The presidential contest has been marked more by missteps...

Tonight is the last presidential debate with questions focused on foreign policy, but it would be a mistake to forget about debt. Our foreign policy...