In a bipartisan op-ed in the Chicago Tribune, Reps. Robert Dold (R-IL) and Daniel Lupinski (D-IL) endorse a two-part process that avoids the fiscal...

Now only three weeks away from the fiscal cliff, businesses and consumers are reacting to the economic uncertainty. The National Federation of...

All eyes are on Washington, as we see what the White House and the Congress agree on to avert the fiscal cliff and begin to tackle our debt. While we...

In September, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a third round of quantitative easing, consisting of purchases of mortgage-backed...

Reporting from The Wall Street Journal has indicated that lawmakers from both parties are taking a look at using an alternative measure of inflation...

Crunch Time – The Washington Redskins kept their playoff hopes alive with a come-from-behind victory in sudden-death overtime over the Baltimore...

The Treasury Department reported today that it will sell its remaining shares in AIG, ending a more than four-year assistance program. The final sale...

The Government Accountability Office has updated its long-term budget outlook, showing once again that our budget deficit needs to seriously be...

In recent weeks, we've heard a lot about what each side is willing to do to avoid the fiscal cliff, but not nearly enough about how lawmakers intend...

Urban Institute scholar and CRFB board member Gene Steuerle writes in his blog The Government We Deserve that the current revenue proposals from both...

It may be true currently that although our national debt has been growing rapidly, interest rates are low. This fact has led some leading economic...