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Today, President Obama has announced his intention to nominate Jacob Lew, the current Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, to...

Running for the Exits – The “Running of the Bulls” has begun in Pamplona, Spain. Combine that with the celebrations over the country’s World Cup...

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...

CRFB’s earlier post on CBO’s Social Security Options publication covered some of the broad reform options, especially those effecting Social Security...

Markets are justifiably confused about the strength of the economy: is growth slowing? Is it slowing a lot or just a little? Will it keep chugging...

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

OMB and the President have just kicked off the 2nd annual SAVE Awards, a contest that allows federal employees to submit their ideas to save money for...

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

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...

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...

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...

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