Debt & Deficits
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Updating the U.S. Budget Outlook
Read moreNote (4/30/2018): This paper was published before CBO's April 2018 baseline, which provides official estimates of the fiscal situation. For the...
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Bipartisan Budget Act Means the Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreLawmakers have passed a budget deal that will increase deficits by $320 billion over a decade or almost $420 billion with interest and sets the stage...
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Budget Deal Would Assure Permanent Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Read moreNote (2/9/2018): We have published an update to this blog reflecting passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. It is posted here . Lawmakers...
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Maya MacGuineas: Wake Up: The Current Fiscal Free-for-All is Untenable
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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President Trump's Fiscal Record So Far
Read moreAs the first year of the Trump Presidency closes, it is worth taking a look at how the fiscal health of the country has changed since President Trump...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Jan 2018
Read moreThis Q&A has been updated. See here for the latest version. One issue that must be addressed soon is the federal debt ceiling, which was reinstated on...
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Our Top 10 Charts of 2017
Read moreThe year 2017 was a busy time for budget policy as lawmakers considered major legislation dealing with health care and taxes following the...
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Marc Goldwein: Debt Matters Even More After Tax Bill's Passage
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Maya MacGuineas: Standing Strong Against Increasing the National Debt
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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The Year-End Debt Dilemma
Read moreAs the year comes to a close, lawmakers have a number of legislative deadlines and a variety of issues they need or want to address – many of which...
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Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles: A Moment of Truth for our Country’s Financial Future
Read moreAlan Simpson is a former Republican senator from Wyoming. Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998. They co...
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Gene Steuerle: A Debt Straightjacket or a Misdiagnosed Disease?
Read moreNoting rising public and private debt across the developed world, International Economy magazine asked a group of economists, including me, “Has the...