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Japan is considering legislation to impose deficit-targets, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. With their debt nearing 200% of GDP...

In today's Financial Times, Roger Altman asked " whether the credit standing and currency stability of the world's biggest borrower, the US, will be...

With the April 15 deadline having just passed, it seems that taxes are on everyone's mind. The Washington Post ran an editorial and an op-ed by Robert...

Congress Extends Unemployment Benefits, Along With the Deficit – Last week Congress extended expanded unemployment benefits, COBRA subsidies, the...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: Taking off on Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress last week...

Yesterday the Senate voted overwhelmingly, 85-13, to approve a non-binding “sense of the Senate” resolution sponsored by Senator John McCain (R-AZ)...

A number of very interesting and relevant government reports came out the week of April 12, 2009.

U.S. Treasury markets were relatively quiet most of this week, although some Friday morning news had translated into market gains, as of early...

Congress this week demonstrated once again that members aren’t yet willing to embrace the new era of fiscal responsibility that was supposed to start...

In our “Countdown to tax day” we have so far covered the pros and cons of a VAT, the limitations of only taxing income over $250,000, extending...

OurFiscalFuture.org has put together a blog carnival on fiscal policy called "Public Square." It brings together numerous experts on fiscal policy to...

The President's Council of Economic Advisers released their third quarterly report yesterday on the economic impacts of the American Recovery and...