Budget Projections
Latest
-
‘Line’ Items: Independence Day Edition
More Fireworks in Store – Washington, DC celebrated Independence Day on Monday night with its annual fireworks display on the National Mall. Though...
-
Understanding the Long Term Budget Projections
As if we didn't have enough on CBO's Long Term Outlook last week, we have more long-term budget projections, this time in the form of CRFB's Realistic...
-
CBO Makes the Case for Strict Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Rules
In their recent Long Term Outlook, CBO shows the nation to be on an unsustainable fiscal path if we continue our current policies. Under its...
-
‘Line’ Items: Columbo Edition
Where Is Our Columbo? – Peter Falk, the award-winning actor best known for playing the rumpled, yet wily, Lt. Columbo, died on Thursday. Falk, who was...
-
The Economic Effects of High Debt
Continuing our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Outlook, we looked yesterday at the policy assumptions under CBO's two budget paths and at spending and...
-
Spending and Revenue in the Long Term Outlook
Spending and revenues in the long-term outlook is always an interesting topic to discuss. Just like with debt, you find words and phrases like...
-
The CBO Long Term Outlook Is Here
Update: Our paper on CBO's Long Term Outlook has been released. CBO has just released its 2011 Long Term Outlook, detailing spending, revenue, and...
-
The Differences Between the Two Baselines
With the release of CBO's Long-Term Outlook, we thought it would be useful to break down the assumptions that the Extended-Baseline and the...
-
Comparing Six Fiscal Plans
Yesterday at the Peterson Foundation's 2011 Fiscal Summit, six think tanks --Heritage, AEI, EPI, Center for American Progress, Bipartisan Policy...
-
Check Out WaPo's Interactive Graphic
The Washington Post has a great interactive graphic up on their website that allows you to compare several major fiscal plans -- and it's based on...
-
The Trustees Report Is Here
With the release of the 2011 OASDI Trustees Report, there are a lot of numbers to digest, not to mention a few hundred pages to read (if you actually...
-
CBO Projects Slightly Smaller Deficits under Current Law
Along with CBO's preliminary analysis of the President's Budget on Friday came an update in CBO's baseline, which actually shows a $234 billion...