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Interest Rates Drive Changes in CBO's Latest Outlook
Read moreBy far the biggest revision to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) latest ten-year budget projections are the lower projected interest rates...
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Running on Empty? Fiscal Space and the Next Recession
Read moreThe national debt increased dramatically during and after the Great Recession, rising from 35 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2007 to 66...
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Maya MacGuineas: The first step towards solving the debt crisis: Stop digging
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that...
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Marc Goldwein: Five Social Security Plans That Really Would Help Make America Great Again
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote a guest...
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Our Quick Take on CBO's August Projections
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released updated baseline projections showing deficits and debt rising in the coming years. CRFB will...
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Report: Analysis of CBO's August 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreBudget deficits are on the rise, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) budget and economic projections released today. CBO projects...
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CBO: Federal Investment is Good for Long-Term Growth - If It's Paid For
Read morePublic investment has the potential to significantly increase economic growth, but only if its paid for – that's the key finding of a recent report...
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Maya MacGuineas: We Can't Borrow Our Way to Prosperity
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an op-ed that...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Senate Budget Procedures - Prospects for Reform
Read moreBefore the Senate adjourned in July for summer recess, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released an outline recommending changes to...
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CRFB Responds to Donald Trump’s New Tax Plan
Read moreIn a speech today at the Detroit Economic Club, presidential candidate Donald Trump announced revisions to his tax reform plan, suggesting that...
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Health Care in CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreFederal health care spending is one of the most important projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) recent Long-Term Budget Outlook since...
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Gene Steuerle: The 'Save Our Social Security Act of 2016': A Major Step Toward Reform
Read moreWithout fanfare, a bipartisan group of Representatives has introduced a bill that could bring Social Security’s finances close to long-term balance.