Here's CRFB's Chris Dreibelbis with Politico's Patrick Gavin, talking about our Stabilize the Debt! budget simulator. Watch out for the simulator...

The IMF just released its experts' assessment of the US economic and fiscal outlook to the public (although it was dated June 21). The report...

As Washington struggles with confronting the mounting federal debt, the public has been given the opportunity to register their thoughts through CRFB...

CBO issued its monthly review for June, finding that so far this year, the federal government has run a deficit of just over $1 trillion, $81 billion...

Last week, Murilo Portugal, the Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, gave the opening speech at the IMF Forum in Stockholm. In his remarks, he...

In her testimony before the President’s Fiscal Commission last week, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas presented the following plan as an option to...

Social Security has been described as the "third rail" of American politics: if you touch it, you get burned. Now, it seems that touching Social...

Last Friday, CBO released a report on 30 options for changing the Social Security system, analyzing both the savings and distributional effects of the...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Denver Post said that although they opposed a large stimulus...

After the Fireworks – The Independence Day celebrations have concluded. The fireworks have fizzled and most of us are back to work. Capitol Hill is...

Initial market reactions to the June employment report confirms trends over the week. While safe haven effects have continued to underpin investor...