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On Health Reform Repeal
Read moreThere has been an increasing amount of talk this week concerning calls for repeal of the health care reform legislation, as the 112th Congress...
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Quantifying the Cost of Waiting
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office made an unusual jump into the fiscal fray back in the summer, spelling out the specific harm that excessive long-term...
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So, How About That TARP?
Read moreLast week, we reported the good news from the Congressional Budget Office that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) would cost $25 billion...
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CBO Unveils New TARP Estimate
Read moreCBO has issued new numbers for the total costs of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). CBO now estimates that TARP will cost $25 billion over the...
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‘Line’ Items: Columbus Day Edition
Read moreDay of “Discovery” – Today we celebrate the man who quasi-discovered the Americas with a quasi-holiday that not everyone gets off (including the Line)...
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CBO Says 2010 Deficit Slightly under $1.3 Trillion
Read moreCBO, in its most recent Monthly Budget Review, estimated that the FY 2010 budget deficit (the fiscal year that ended at the end of September) was just...
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CBO Finds Tax Cuts Are Bad for the Economy
Read moreIn testimony before the Senate Budget Committee last week, CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf quantified the impacts that extending some or all of the...
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No New Lending From TARP
Read moreRight on the two-year anniversary of its enactment, the Troubled Asset Relief Program's (TARP) authority to disburse new money ended on Sunday. The...
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‘Line’ Items: (Fiscal) New Year’s (Lack of) Resolutions Edition
Read moreShould Old Performance be Forgot, and Never Brought to Mind? – The new fiscal year (2011) began on Friday. Instead of imbibing in champagne, CRFB...
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MARKETWATCH:Week September 27 – October 1, 2010
Read moreThe growth play from September has spilled over into October, although cross-currents are apparent and volatility should be expected. Economic news...
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House Passes Small Business Bill
Read moreToday, the House passed HR 5297, the small business bill that had been stalled in Congress for weeks. It is expected that President Obama will sign it...
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Current Policy Extensions and Growth
Read moreIf lawmakers extended various current policies, as opposed to letting them expire as they are set to under current law, what would happen to economic...