Budgets & Projections

Tonight, the Concord Coalition will present their annual Paul E. Tsongas Patriot Award to the Brave 38—the 22 Democratic and the 16 Republican...

Today on Bloomberg, Edward Lazear -- the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under former President George W. Bush -- talked about the...

Today, NPR's Planet Money featured a helpful "three and a half graphic" breakdown of the fiscal cliff, relying on CRFB's figures. The piece breaks...

The United States is not the only country in the world who has, or is, facing fiscal problems. Our neighbor to the north faced some severe fiscal...

We have seen many lawmakers and business leaders claim that the fiscal cliff is holding back the recovery and leading to higher unemployment, and in...

CRFB President Maya MacGuineas writes in today's The Hill that as Congress returns home for another recess, there is plenty of evidence that...

Today, the Concord Coalition and Next 10 released a new budget simulator that allows participants to choose for themselves how to reduce our...

The second of four Strengthening of America—Our Children's Future forums was held today on national security and the national debt. The event featured...

The legally required report on what programs the automatic sequester would apply to and how large the cuts would be, as stipulated in last month's...

This afternoon, the OMB released its legally required report on the $1.2 trillion sequester, detailing how and where the cuts would fall on the...

For all you can say about the budget process in recent years, at least this time Congress is on track to resolve spending levels ahead of a deadline -...