Debt & Deficits

The Council on Foreign Relations has released a new report and scorecard comparing the United States federal debt situation to other G-7 countries...

In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman argued that the focus on the national debt represented “an imaginary budget and debt crisis...

In the coming days, the Senate will vote on the House-passed measure to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. The bill is a last-ditch effort to prevent...

Today, Wonkblog published a “ Know More” feature arguing that “You Should Tune Out Politicians Who Are Still Talking about Government Debt.” As...

In advance of the release of their analysis of the President's budget, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated their budget baseline for...

Budgets for the upcoming fiscal year have been released from the White House, House Republicans, House Democrats, the Republican Study Committee, the...

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing this morning on " Why Debt Matters," which included testimony by Honeywell CEO Dave Cote, former...

We talked last week about several policies making their first appearance in the President's budget. What we didn't mention is that in addition to...

Tomorrow, President Obama will release his FY2015 budget, which will detail his visions and priorities for the upcoming years. In previous years, the...