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Informative Tables from Tax Policy Center
Read moreTax Policy Center has two sets of interesting tables that have just come out in the past few days. They offer some great information for those of you... -
Obama Administration Takes Further Steps to Help the Housing Market
Read moreWith the housing market still depressed almost five years after the housing bubble burst, the Obama administration is seeking input from private... -
Op-Ed: Drawing a AAA-Road Map for Post-Downgrade America
Read moreThe Atlantic | August 11, 2011 The country's most critical structural problem isn't employment or entitlements. It's Washington. And its window to... -
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CRFB Explains the S&P Downgrade
Read moreWith the S&P downgrade of U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ on the books, CRFB has released a paper that goes into the credit rating system, the possible... -
A Roller Coaster Ride in Financial Markets
Read moreWho needs amusement parks when you can watch the volatility that is the stock market? Just a day after the Dow Jones posted its biggest one-day loss... -
MY VIEW: John Tanner
Read moreIn a new op-ed in Roll Call, former Congressman and CRFB board member John Tanner explains why America needs a centrist 'super committee.' Tanner... -
CBO on the Caps
Read moreThe caps on discretionary spending were, of course, the concrete centerpiece of last week's budget deal. Considering the importance of the caps, CBO... -
CRFB's Updated Realistic Baseline
Read moreWith the Budget Control Act now in the books, it's time for us to update our CRFB Realistic Baseline from our projections a month ago. In addition to... -
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas August 8 2011
Read moreIn two recent commentaries, written for CNN and CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas talks about S&P's recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating... -
Op-Ed: S&P Rating: How to Get Back to AAA
Read moreCNN Money | August 8, 2011 Oh, AAA credit rating -- we never knew how much we loved you until we lost you. Just one more chance, please! It's like a... -
‘Line’ Items: Downturns and Downgrades Edition
Read moreDowners – Markets were down last week on fears that the European debt crisis was spreading and that the U.S. recovery was slowing down. These losses...