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IMF Emphasizes Need Smarter Deficit Reduction Strategy
Read moreAfter finishing its preliminary annual review of the U.S., the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the U.S. could spur additional economic... -
Deficit Reduction Doesn't Need to Be Front-loaded
Read moreRegular readers of The Bottom Line are probably familiar with our goal of putting the debt on a downward path as a share of the economy over the long... -
Mankiw Agrees on the Target for Deficit Reduction
Read moreFormer Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and Harvard Professor Greg Mankiw explains how a sustainable budget would affect debt levels in a... -
160 Economists and Policy Experts Call for Comprehensive Deficit Reduction
Read moreDespite a growing chorus of debt deniers, most economics continue to agree that putting in place a long-term plan to responsibly address our growing... -
How Much Is the Economy Contributing to Deficits?
Read moreLast Friday, the CBO released a report showing how much the business cycle has affected budget deficits since 1960. The report shows the effect that... -
Simpson and Bowles Release $2.4 Trillion Deficit Reduction Framework
Read moreToday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs and Moment of Truth Project co-founders Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have released a new framework... -
Third Way Calls for $1.9 Trillion of Deficit Reduction
Read moreToday, Third Way has released their analysis of the February CBO Economic and Budget Update, reaching a similar conclusion to our report on the new... -
The New Target: At Least $2.4 Trillion of Additional Deficit Reduction
Read morePresident Obama was recently quoted in the Washington Post as saying that an additional $1.5 trillion of deficit reduction would hit the $4 trillion... -
The Economic Benefits of Deficit Reduction
Read moreOn the same day they released their February Baseline projection, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a companion report on Macroeconomic... -
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Economists in Favor of Smart Deficit Reduction
Read moreA recent op-ed from Joe Scarborough in Politico has brought back attention to the stimulus vs. deficit reduction debate. Some commentators like Paul...