Economics

As of mid-day Friday, April 30, the government bond market was on track to have a good week, with prices up (and therefore yields down, because they...

On April 30, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its first estimate of first quarter real GDP. Typically, the first estimate is revised a lot in...

At yesterday's Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit, the Announcement Effect Club saw its membership bump up, yet again. During the second panel...

As of mid-day Friday, April 23, the yield curve looked steeper for the week (that is, interest rates rose on Treasury instruments at the longer end of...

Be sure to join America Speaks this afternoon from 3 - 4:30 pm for a National Briefing on Our Budget and Economy. A panel of experts, including Maya...

Airline traffic may not be the only thing slowed by Iceland’s volcanic eruptions. The slow-moving, fragile economic recovery may take a hit as well...

According to the IMF, we are entering a new phase of the economic and financial crisis: the world has averted a depression, a recovery is taking hold...

From the Chairman's Mark of the FY2011 Senate Budget Resolution (emphasis added): Certainly, the need to return to fiscal discipline and the costs of...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: Taking off on Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress last week...

U.S. Treasury markets were relatively quiet most of this week, although some Friday morning news had translated into market gains, as of early...

Along with the daffodils, the onset of spring has seen the blossoming of the “announcement effect” in the public discourse. Three international...

A great debate is breaking out over concerns for our growing debt, and it is centered around interest rates on Treasury securities. A fear held by...