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Fitch: Fiscal Cliff Threatens Triple-A Rating
Read moreFitch Ratings Managing Director David Riley appeared yesterday on Bloomberg Television, suggesting that the fiscal cliff could threaten the U.S.'s AAA... -
Fiscal Responsibility Questions For The Election
Read moreConsidering our nation's debt situation, it is more important that ever to ensure that those seeking office have a plan to take on the issue. It's why... -
Governor Jeb Bush Supports Simpson-Bowles
Read moreFormer Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) declared his support for Simpson-Bowles in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, in order to begin taking on... -
A Mutual Non-Aggression Pact for the Campaigns?
Read moreA recent editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch argues for what they call a "mutual non-aggression pact on spending and deficits." In their view... -
Will We Get Another 1986 Soon?
Read moreElaine Kamarck and James Pinkerton, co-chairs of The RATE Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promote tax reform, write in today's The Hill... -
CBO Projects a Recession -- But How Deep?
Read moreWe've warned many times before that going off the fiscal cliff would throw the economy into a double dip recession. With CBO's updated budget and... -
CRFB's Jason Peuquet on the Republican Candidates' Plans
Read moreOn New America's weekly podcast series The Sidebar, CRFB Research Director Jason Peuquet added some analysis on Representative Paul Ryan's (R-WI)... -
CRFB's Newest Realistic Baseline
Read moreWith the release of CBO's updated budget and economic outlook, we at CRFB have the opportunity to update our Realistic baseline. Recall that our... -
Uncertainty Stemming From Our Political Problems
Read moreA few days ago, CNBC highlighted a client note by Goldman Sachs strategist David Kostin about the fiscal cliff. In short, he advises them to be wary... -
What Else is New? Changes in CBO's Baseline
Read moreNaturally, when a new budget projection is released, as CBO's updated baseline was yesterday, a good question to ask is: what happened? It is... -
CBO's Updated Baseline Just Released
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office has just updated its Economic and Budget Outlook. We will be releasing a paper on changes to CBO's projections from... -
CBO's Updated Economic and Budget Outlook
Read moreCRFB has just released a new analysis of CBO's updated Budget and Economic Outlook. The CBO updates its baseline every year in January, March, and...