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.
CBO Update on the Economic Effects of ARRA
Yesterday, CBO released an update on the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on employment and economic output in the...
CRFB Analyzes CBO Budget Outlook
We just released our in-depth analysis of CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook, published earlier today. In the paper we explain how CBO's current law...
CBO Releases New Budget and Economic Projections
CBO has just released its August Budget and Economic Outlook. You can find it here. Under current law, assuming policymakers make no changes to what's...
NABE Survey Highlights Experts Views on Fiscal Matters
The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) published the findings of its August 2011 Economic Policy Survey yesterday, in which 250 panel...
Defense Business Board Recommends Military Retirement Changes
Defense spending is an area within the federal budget where significant savings can be found, and specifically within the military retirement system...
‘Line’ Items: Looking Abroad Edition
To the Shores of Tripoli – With President Obama on vacation and Congress in recess, most eyes are turned away from Washington and towards developments...
OMB Asks for Agency Cuts in 2013
On OMB's blog, OMB director Jack Lew talked about his instructions to agencies to cut 5 percent off their 2011 budget for their FY 2013 request. In...
Donald Marron Wants More Fiscal Foxes
In the Christian Science Monitor, Donald Marron argues that the distinction in fiscal policy should not be between hawks and doves, but rather foxes...
An In-Depth Look at the Trigger
Faithful readers of this blog know by now how the trigger contained in the Budget Control Act generally works. The BCA creates a twelve-member Joint...
Baucus, Murray, and Kerry on the Joint Committee
The three Democratic Senators on the Joint Committee--Max Baucus (D-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), and John Kerry (D-MA)--have a lofty op-ed in the Wall...
US Chamber Of Commerce Calls On Super Committee to Exceed its Mandate
Yesterday, the United States Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the members of the super-committee calling on it to exceed its mandate of $1.2...
Brookings Panel on the Joint Committee
Today at 1:30, the Budgeting for National Priorities Project at Brookings will host a distinguished panel to discuss the challenges that the new Joint...