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.
Marketwatch Update: The US as Safe Haven Returns - but Technical Glitches May Have Also Kicked In
It wasn’t enough that we had a lot of impressive economic news this week (including today’s solidly positive employment numbers – even though...
Greece and the United States: The Importance of Having a Credible Fiscal Framework
European leaders are meeting tonight to talk about Greece and the eurozone crisis. According to press reports, they will likely agree upon and...
Bill of Extenders and Tax Breaks May Include Doc Fix
Policymakers will soon be focusing on passing a new package of extenders and tax breaks that – at a potential cost of around $200 billion over ten...
Debt Crisis Looming; Political and Market Risks Run Large
Yesterday, The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a chilling conference on “What a Fiscal Crisis Would Look Like in the U.S.” An all...
Rethinking TRICARE Benefits
Admiral Roughead (Navy), General Conway, (Marine Corps) and Admiral Allen (Coast Guard) all took the spending challenge today, arguing that retired...
‘Line’ Items: Derby Edition
Super Saver Cashes In – Those who couldn’t resist the irony of betting it all on a horse named Super Saver were rewarded handsomely on Saturday as the...
CAP Takes the Spending Challenge
The Center for American Progress recently discussed what it would take to meet the President's fiscal goal of a primary balance in 2015, or finding...
R We Having a U Shaped Recovery ?
On April 30, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its first estimate of first quarter real GDP. Typically, the first estimate is revised a lot in...
Plenty of 'Hues and Cries' Here
In an article today from Huffington Post, Hue and Cry, Former South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings takes aim at organizations, experts, and...
Does the Health Care Bill Cost More Than We Thought?
Last week the Office of the Medicare Chief Actuary came out with their " Estimated Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," as...
Market Watch Update: April 26-30
As of mid-day Friday, April 30, the government bond market was on track to have a good week, with prices up (and therefore yields down, because they...
'It May Be a Predictable Crisis But It's Not a Necessary One'
Yesterday the Peterson Foundation hosted the Fiscal Summit: America's Crisis and a Way Forward, convening an all-star line-up of fiscal, economic, and...