Fiscal Policy in the News

Today, Kiplinger's Personal Finance published a new interview with Fiscal Commission co-chair and CRFB board member Erskine Bowles. In a discussion...

So far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...

The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, posted a short educational video explaining the national debt today. In a...

As the dust begins to clear from this month's political battle over the debt ceiling and government shutdown, there have many reports of businesses...

The prolonged government shutdown and debt ceiling debate are a clear indication that our government is not functioning as it should. Furloughed...

With the recent improvement in medium-term budget projections, some are trying to advance the myth that our debt problems have been solved. But as we...

While it is incredibly disappointing that elected officials in Washington failed to avoid a government shutdown, attention is quickly turning towards...

As we enter day 2 of the government shutdown, Americans across the country are already feeling the impact. With federal government offices and...

Congress faces a number of looming fiscal crises this fall, and the first obstacle is just around the corner -- if lawmakers fail to pass legislation...

Yesterday, the Washington Post Editorial Board published an editorial urging lawmakers to use the looming shutdown as an impetus to come up with a...

Yesterday, National Journal hosted " Fiscal Fallout: What is 'Responsible' in Today's Fiscal Reality," a policy summit convening experts to discuss...

In his column in today's Wall Street Journal and an accompanying audio clip, David Wessel takes on the question before Washington: Is the budget...