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Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
You Can’t Just Wish Away Deficit Effects by Assuming Something is Permanent
Some lawmakers are making the case that expiring tax cuts should be considered permanent in order to hide the $3.9 trillion increase in deficits that...
Congress Should Avoid a Costly End-of-Year Package
With debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already...
Interest Costs Have Nearly Tripled Since 2020
The recent release of the final Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department shows that net interest costs totaled $882 billion in Fiscal...
Marc Goldwein: Solutions: Biden still has time to nudge the federal budget closer to sanity
Marc Goldwin is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece for the...
Student Loans Cost $340 Billion More than Expected
Based in part on new data from the Congressional Budget Office, this piece shows: The estimated federal cost of student loans issued between 2015 and...
College Cost Reduction Act Could Now Save $250-$280 Billion
In January, the House Education and Workforce Committee reported out the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA), which would make several changes to the...
$700 Billion of Easy Deficit Reduction
With the national debt approaching record levels and interest costs exploding, lawmakers will need to consider substantial spending cuts and revenue...
As the Fed Cuts Rates, Treasury Yields Are Rising
With last week’s rate decision, the Federal Reserve has now cut the federal funds rate by 75 basis points over the past eight weeks. Over that same...
12-Month Rolling Deficit Totals $2.0 Trillion in October 2024
The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion between November 2023 and October 2024 according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office's...
FY 2024 Ends with $1.8 Trillion Deficit
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, showing a $1.8 trillion deficit...
Recent Student Loan Actions Forgo $5 Billion in Repayments
The Department of Education announced last week a six-month extension of automatic forbearance to all borrowers enrolled in the SAVE income-driven...
The Impact of the Trump and Harris Plans on Spending and Revenue
In our recent analysis, The Fiscal Impact of the Harris and Trump Campaign Plans, we found that the campaign policy plans from both Vice President...