Budgets & Projections

The Bottom Line today concludes its blog series highlighting our Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates on fiscal responsibility. 9. Rejecting Pledges...

The Heritage Foundation recently came out with a detailed paper with over $300 billion in spending cuts that can be put in place in FY 2012. Their...

Tricks and Treats Not Done Yet – Halloween was celebrated last night and Election Day is tomorrow. Which day is scarier likely depends on your...

Yesterday was a big day for getting specific as the National Taxpayers Union and the United States Public Interest Research Group, as well as the...

Nine months since the creation of the Fiscal Commission, we are now just one month away from the scheduled release of its report/recommendations. For...

We at CRFB applaud Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s support of medium-term fiscal targets, in the run-up to this weekend’s meeting of G-20 finance...

Update: This blog has been updated to reflect additional information. A new report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency shows the agency's first look...

Budgeteers have been closely watching the United Kingdom during the past six months, as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Prime Minister...

Treasury and OMB released the final deficit number for FY 2010 on Friday: $1.294 trillion. While $120 billion lower than last year's deficit, it still...

Loads of BCS – The first edition of this season’s rankings from the much-maligned BCS is now out. The system uses computer algorithms and polls to...

They Did It! Kudos to the Esquire Budget Commission for releasing a budget plan this morning! Former Senators Gary Hart, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood...

Day of “Discovery” – Today we celebrate the man who quasi-discovered the Americas with a quasi-holiday that not everyone gets off (including the Line)...