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The recent revisions to the CBO projections improved our short-run outlook, a welcomed development, but they have also triggered a wave of...

At times, the fiscal debate can be confusing, as it is often set up as a simplistic contest between an argument for austerity against an argument for...

One of the most important truths to remember is that today's budget will not only define the decisions of today, but also to some extent determine the...

The new Social Security Trustees Report leaves us another year closer to the trust fund's insolvency and the takeaway remains the same - we do not...

With previously enacted deficit reduction and the economic recovery helping our short-term fiscal outlook, it may be tempting for lawmakers to put the...

In a piece for Project Syndicate, former Council of Economic Advisers chair and CRFB board member Laura Tyson discusses the recent slowdown in health...

In the past, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made adjustments to the Consumer Price Index without much controversy. But due to the method of...

Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), the two former co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, have spent the last two and a half year...

Putting debt on a sustainable path has been a key issue in Washington ever since the Fiscal Commission showed that a bold compromise would be needed...

Today, Moment of Truth Project Director Ed Lorenzen published an op-ed responding to a recent piece from Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times...

In today's Politico, CRFB board member and former Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson calls for a long-term solution to our national debt, which...

On Tuesday, President Obama signed the continuing resolution funding the government for the remainder of FY 2013. As we've explained before, the bill...