Budgets & Projections
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The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Read moreAdd another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course...
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CRFB Testifies Before the President’s Fiscal Commission
Read moreThe National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held its fourth meeting yesterday where it heard from our very own CRFB President, Maya...
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CRFB President Testifies Before President's Fiscal Commission
Read moreThis morning, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas will testify before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, an executive committee...
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Peter has (Almost) Left the Building
Read moreAppearing at his old alma mater, the Brookings Institution, Wednesday, Peter Orszag bid adieu to public sector employment in his final public...
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CBO: Our Increased Fiscal Crisis Risk
Read more"The current fiscal path of the federal government is unsustainable." This sentence begins any discussion about the future of US fiscal policy and CBO...
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More from the Mid-Session Review
Read moreThe OMB's Mid-Session Review (MSR) came out late on Friday afternoon with no fanfare from the Administration (though we did put out a paper yesterday)...
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‘Line’ Items: Heat Wave Edition
Read moreIf You Can’t Stand the Heat… – Washington has been experiencing a heat wave, but it can’t all be blamed on the friction between the two parties...
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OMB Releases Mid Session Review
Read moreThe OMB released its Mid-Session Review today (see our press release here), showing slightly improved deficit numbers for this year, but still an...
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All Talk, No Game on Discretionary Limits
Read moreThere have been a lot of numbers thrown around with regards budget resolutions, deeming resolutions, and discretionary spending limits. To keep it...
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The OECD Weighs In
Read moreThe OECD recently published a great report on possible fiscal scenarios, and the results are exactly as expected: if the advanced countries of the...