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.
Comparing the Unpaid-For Tax Cut Extensions
The Senate is set to vote in the coming days on dueling one-year extensions of the 2001/2003/2010 tax cuts and Alternative Minimum Tax patch, with...
Updated Estimates of the Affordable Care Act
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released two reports revising estimates for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first report provides updated...
It's Not Free Money
Paul Krugman and other advocates of more federal stimulus spending cite today’s extremely low real interest rates, near zero or negative, as reason to...
AARP Event Discusses Population Aging Across the Globe
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) hosted an event entitled "Work, Retirement Age, and Fiscal Sustainability in an Aging World." Two...
GAO: The Debt Limit Fight Cost the Treasury $1.3 Billion
With the debt ceiling projected to come back in play sometime in December or January, it is helpful to be reminded of the cost of the last debt...
The IMF Looks at International Fiscal Rules
A new working paper by four authors at the International Monetary Fund takes a look at fiscal rules around the world. The Peterson-Pew Commission on...
Support for the Campaign to Fix the Debt
With the roll out of the Campaign to Fix the Debt on Tuesday, there has been plenty of statements of support, as our newest release shows. Some of...
Bernanke Once Again Warns Congress on the Fiscal Cliff
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday and the House Finance Committee yesterday with more warnings about...
Children and the Federal Budget
The Urban Institute held an event today (video here) on children and the federal budget, which involved CRFB Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein and...
Fix the Debt Event Recap
Yesterday, the Campaign to Fix the Debt officially launched with a press conference at that National Press Club. The Campaign is intended to drum up...
Appropriations Update: The Parallel Track of the Process
Since our last Appropriations Update last month, there has not been much action on appropriations bills. On the House side, the full House has passed...
Spotlight on the States: Structural Challenges
The State Budget Crisis Task Force -- a group of budget experts including the likes of former CBO and OMB director Alice Rivlin, former Federal...