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CRFB Releases "Health Care and the Federal Budget"
Read moreJuly 21 - Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released " Health Care and the Federal Budget," which looks at the state of the U.S...
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Fed Chairman Bernanke Reports to Congress
Read moreJuly 21 - Federal Reserve Board Chairman presented his twice a year monetary policy testimony and the Fed's semi-annual monetary policy report to...
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CBO Estimates House Health Care Bill
Read moreJuly 18 - Yesterday, the CBO released preliminary cost estimates for the House Tri-Committee health care reform bill. According to the CBO, the bill...
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Administration Urges Creation of Independent Medicare Advisory Council to Help Control Costs
Read moreJuly 17 - Today OMB Director Orszag urged Speaker Pelosi to support a Base Realignment And Closure-like (BRAC) process for reviewing Medicare changes...
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NEC Director Summers at Peterson Institute
Read moreJuly 17 - President Obama's chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers spoke today to the Peterson Institute for International Economics on "Rescuing and...
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Cross Currents in the Economy and Financial System
Read moreJuly 16 - Cross currents in the U.S. economy are particularly evident today and illustrate why it is so difficult to figure out where the economy is...
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Staff Working Paper #7: Budgeting for the Long-Term
Read moreWith the retirement of the baby boom generation drawing closer, concerns about the sustainability of current policies have become critical elements of...
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Costs and Offsets in the House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Plan
Read moreJuly 14 - Earlier today, House Democrats released a draft of the America's Affordable Health Choices Act , along with a series of summary documents...
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Blue Chip Consensus: Weak Recovery Underway
Read moreJuly 12 - Recent consumer confidence, spending and labor market data have raised questions about whether the economy is losing momentum, and these...
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