Blog
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.
Trump Will Face Highest Debt-to-GDP Ratio of Any New President Since Truman
When President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on January 20, 2017, debt as a share of the economy will be higher than at the start of any...
Maya MacGuineas on Face the Nation
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas appeared on Face the Nation on November 20, 2016.
Are Bond Markets Signaling the "Announcement Effect"?
Since last week's election results, markets have reacted by pushing the yield for ten-year Treasury bonds up more than 0.3 percentage points to 2.2...
Debt Limit Deadline: March 16, 2017 – Time for Reform?
One of the first legislative deadlines President-elect Donald Trump and the 115th Congress will face is the need to raise the debt limit. The budget...
What We Know About President-Elect Trump's Agenda
Donald Trump has won the 2016 presidential election, but what will President-elect Trump's policy agenda be? Throughout the 2016 campaign, we examined...
The Real Story on Social Security Deficits
Social Security faces a serious financial shortfall, but there is no shortage of Social Security myths designed to draw attention away from the need...
Wrapping up the 2016 Fiscal Year
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget deficit totaled $587 billion, according to the final data from the Treasury Department. Although this is nearly 60...
Marc Goldwein: These 5 Supposed Fixes for Social Security Won’t Solve Its Problems
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an op-ed...
Interactive Tool: Reforming the Candidates' Fiscal Plans
Our recent in-depth analysis Promises and Price Tags found that the national debt would continue to rise under a Hillary Clinton or a Donald Trump...
Looking at the Long Term Under the Candidates' Plans
We’ve shown before that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump would reverse the unsustainable growth of the national debt over the next decade, and...
Medicare Premium Issue Makes a Return
The recent announcement of a 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries does not just affect those on the program...
Maya MacGuineas: Neither Candidate Has Any Real Plan for Our National Debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...