Economy

We noted earlier this week that CBO's current law economic assumptions in the near-term do not look very stellar, especially in 2013 when the economy...

As is the case every first Friday of the month, BLS released its jobs data, which for December showed another solid month for employment. About 200...

Going big is getting bigger. A letter to the Super Committee today from a coalition of business organizations that spans numerous industries...

Earlier today, Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced details of his " Cut, Balance and Grow" plan for spending and...

Two recent warnings over the United States' fiscal outlook are worth taking a look at. First, Bank of America Merrill Lynch released a report last...

The Republican presidential contenders will be at it again tonight in yet another debate, but for those who are already suffering from debate fatigue...

In case you missed it last Wednesday, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas and CRFB board member Douglas Holtz-Eakin testified in front of the Senate...

In a recent report, JP Morgan summed up a number of reasons, from a financial perspective, on why it is important for the Joint Select Committee on...

Yesterday, we argued that to actually stabilize the debt as a share of the economy, you probably need to propose a plan with even more savings than...

Yesterday, the President offered a plan for how he would pay for his $447 billion jobs proposal. The pay-fors would come entirely from revenues...

Leading up to President Obama’s job speech tomorrow evening, there has been much speculation as to the measures the president will propose. The...

In CBO's latest Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO includes revised projections of various economic indicators as part of its update. Since there is...