Update: CBO confirmed our numbers today, finding a remaining fiscal contraction of about 1 1/4 percent . The American Taxpayer Relief Act which...

Last night, the House passed the fiscal cliff package already agreed upon by the Senate, by a 257-167 vote. Now the bill is headed to the White House...

Last night, the Senate voted on and approved a package to avert most components of the fiscal cliff, which we took a preliminary review of last night...

It appears both sides are quite close to a deal that would avert (or at least quickly reverse) the fiscal cliff. Although negotiations remain ongoing...

While most of the country is focused on the fiscal cliff, The New York Times is reporting on another cliff, this one involving the farm bill. Unlike...

Usually around this time, we say we wish this was the year a fiscal plan is enacted. But with the ongoing negotiations between the White House and...

We've talked before about the rational behind implementing the chained CPI, that the current index (CPI-W) does not incorporate substitution effects...

The Internal Revenue Service has continued to warn Congress of the administrative consequences of going over the fiscal cliff. In another letter to...

While Speaker Boehner and President Obama attempt to bridge their differences in the fiscal cliff negotiations, you can try your hand at creating a...

Because there has been a lot of talk about the chained CPI lately, CRFB has created a brand new " Chained CPI Resource Page" to give readers one place...

With time running out for a deal, the U.S. credit rating may be in jeopardy if lawmakers don't reach a compromise to replace the fiscal cliff. Fitch...

The chained CPI has been receiving much attention lately after being included in the latest offers from both the GOP and White House. Some critics of...