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: August 30 - September 3
We are heading into the Labor Day weekend with persistent labor market weakness and great uncertainty over the direction of the economy. This is a...
IMF Emphasizes Need for Fiscal Reform
An IMF paper released today details the long-run fiscal outlook for the G7 nations. Authors Carlo Cottarelli and Andrea Schaechter wrote about the...
Stimulus Calculus
CRFB board member Laura Tyson makes the argument for additional economic stimulus in a recent New York Times op-ed. At the same time she mirrors CRFB...
Raising False Alarms Over Raising the Retirement Age
Many are sounding alarms over news that the White House fiscal commission is considering changes to Social Security as a part of a possible debt...
FDIC Report Shows Improvement in Banks
The FDIC has just released its Quarterly Banking Profile (QBP) for the second quarter of 2010, showing improvement in bank balance sheets since last...
Trichet Calls for ‘Ambitious’ Debt Reduction
While a great deal of attention has been given to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s address in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Friday, the remarks...
‘Line’ Items: Emmy Edition
From Red Carpet to Red Ink – The Emmy Awards last night celebrated the best in TV. In Washington, the plotlines are still being written for this fall...
CRFB President Comments on Fiscal Policy in Jackson Hole
At the Federal Reserve meetings in Jackson Hole, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas, commented on fiscal policy and the need for a credible debt reduction...
Presidential Panel Releases Tax Reform Report
Today the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board issued a report on tax reform options. The report should encourage and inform a vital...
A Liberal Voice for Budget Reform
An op-ed in the New York Times yesterday featured Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and his unorthodox approach to fiscal sustainability. Unlike many of his...
CRFB Releases Its Realistic Baselines
Today, CRFB released a new policy paper showing a more probable fiscal outlook over the coming decade than what baseline budget projections would...
S&P Warns U.S. About Credit Rating
Credit-rating agency Standard & Poor’s has a message to U.S. policymakers: We are watching you on the growing national debt. In an interview today in...