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Event Recap: The 2014 Fiscal Summit
Read moreThe Peter G. Peterson Foundation held its 2014 Fiscal Summit today, bringing together a number of current and former policymakers, experts...
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How Camp's Discussion Draft Would Impact the Economy
Read moreAlong with its analysis of the conventional revenue impacts ( summarized here by CRFB), the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) analyzed the potential...
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CBO Continues to Say the Debt Will Be a Problem for Economic Growth
Read moreIn its February 2014 Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO continued its previous warnings from last year's February outlook and September's long-term...
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Growth and Deficit Reduction Are Not Incompatible
Read moreYesterday in an interview on CNBC's Squawkbox, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers chimed in again on his views that boosting economic growth...
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Wessel: Why It's Wrong to Dismiss the Deficit
Read moreTwo weeks ago, we responded to a Larry Summers op-ed calling for a focus on growth rather than deficits. Yesterday, Wall Street Journal economics...
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Could Faster Growth Solve Our Debt Woes?
Read moreA number of commentators have suggested recently that our budget problems could be solved if only we focused more on promoting economic growth...
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The Economic Cost of the Shutdown
Read moreAs we enter day 2 of the government shutdown, Americans across the country are already feeling the impact. With federal government offices and...
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As the Fed Meets, CRFB Quantifies Interest Rate Risk Facing the Budget
Read moreBeginning tomorrow, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's interest rate setting and deliberative body that meets eight times a year -- will...
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Economists' Survey: Long Term, Not the Short Term, Should Be the Focus
Read moreThe National Association for Business Economics (NABE) conducted its semi-annual survey recently, surveying 220 economists on questions of fiscal...
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Get Ready for Budget Numbers to Change
Read moreAs of Wednesday's GDP report, GDP for fiscal year 2012 was revised upward by roughly $560 billion to a total of $16.2 trillion. This almost Houdini...