Budgets & Projections

Running for the Exits – The “Running of the Bulls” has begun in Pamplona, Spain. Combine that with the celebrations over the country’s World Cup...

OMB and the President have just kicked off the 2nd annual SAVE Awards, a contest that allows federal employees to submit their ideas to save money for...

CBO issued its monthly review for June, finding that so far this year, the federal government has run a deficit of just over $1 trillion, $81 billion...

In her testimony before the President’s Fiscal Commission last week, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas presented the following plan as an option to...

Last Friday, CBO released a report on 30 options for changing the Social Security system, analyzing both the savings and distributional effects of the...

After the Fireworks – The Independence Day celebrations have concluded. The fireworks have fizzled and most of us are back to work. Capitol Hill is...

Late last night the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill ostensibly to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, lawmakers...

CRFB just released its analysis of the long term outlook. The analysis noted that while the debt picture has improved somewhat under CBO's extended...

CBO’s Long Term Budget Outlook, released today (see our press release here), paints a more alarming picture of the U.S. debt path than had been...

This afternoon, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas testified before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, offering several...