Budgets & Projections
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Hindsight is 20/20: A Look Back at CBO's Economic Forecasting
Our recent blog " Putting the Debt on a Downward Path" emphasizes how changes in economic projections can affect the budget for better or for worse...
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The Fiscal Speed Bumps Ahead
Although labeled as the " fiscal cliff deal," the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA) enacted into law left many budget issues unresolved or only...
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Putting the Debt on a Downward Path
Yesterday, President Obama suggested we need about $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction on top of what has been enacted so far, a claim which matches a...
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Op-Ed: Proposing the Unprecedented to Avoid Default
New York Times | January 14, 2013 The elbow room the government has given itself on the debt ceiling is quickly approaching, and there are a numbers...
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A Roundup of Our Analysis on the Fiscal Cliff Package
Over the past week, CRFB has examined the composition, budgetary effects, and economic effects of the American Taxpayer Relief Act (ATRA), which...
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Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles on Meet The Press
While the American Taxpayer Relief Act has put off worries about the fiscal cliff for a month, it is clear that we missed a clear opportunity to do...
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Eight Things You Didn't Know Were In the Fiscal Cliff Deal
The American Taxpayer Relief Act has been discussed at length in the news and on this blog, but much of the discussion has been focused on the big...
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The Post-Deal Long Term Outlook
So far, we have analyzed the fiscal cliff deal by looking at the good, the bad, and the ugly in the package, showing what the deal does to the budget...
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How Does the Budget Look Now?
After a tense few days, or weeks for that matter, lawmakers have enacted a fiscal cliff package -- the American Taxpayer Relief Act. With budget...
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The Economic Effects of Avoiding (Much of) the Fiscal Cliff
Update: CBO confirmed our numbers today, finding a remaining fiscal contraction of about 1 1/4 percent . The American Taxpayer Relief Act which...
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The House Passes the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Last night, the House passed the fiscal cliff package already agreed upon by the Senate, by a 257-167 vote. Now the bill is headed to the White House...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in the Fiscal Cliff Package
Last night, the Senate voted on and approved a package to avert most components of the fiscal cliff, which we took a preliminary review of last night...