Today the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits next year will be 0.3...

Though neither major party presidential nominee has offered a plan to shore up the Social Security trust funds, prompt action is needed to prevent...

No one should assess Social Security policy in isolation.

Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...

After leading a colloquy on the Senate floor regarding problems with the budget process, Senator David Perdue (R-GA) outlined his plans for budget...

Some commentators have made the argument that our nation’s fiscal challenges are not particularly large. So what is the fiscal state of play...

In addition to a statement about his tax cut during the first presidential debate in late September, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said...

We are in the midst of a slow and anemic economic recovery. Productivity, which drives any effective period of economic growth, has stagnated.

Our recent report Promises and Price Tags: A Preliminary Update estimated that both major party presidential candidates' proposals would add to the...

Tim Penny is the president and CEO of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a former congressman from Minnesota, and a co-chair of the...

While most of the country will not be celebrating the new year for another three months, today marks the turnover of the fiscal year (FY) with FY 2016...