Budgets & Projections
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Goldman Sachs On the Fiscal Cliff
In a new investor note, Alec Philips of Goldman Sachs produced a useful new chart comparing three different scenarios for extending all the fiscal...
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USA Today: Manner, Not Size, of Defense Sequester is the Concern
Lawmakers, policy experts, and affected industries are righly concerned about the sequester that will hit both defense and non-defense spending across...
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OMB Starting to Prepare for the Sequester
Over the past few days, the Office of Management and Budget is getting to work preparing for the sequester hitting on January 2 of next year. OMB so...
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A Deal on Appropriations is Here
After some speculation last week about a compromise being made on appropriations, a deal has tentatively agreed upon between House Speaker John...
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Al Simpson Joins the Announcement Effect Club
The Announcement Effect Club has a new member after this weekend—Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson. Simpson discussed the dangers of the fiscal...
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Reviewing the Review: How Does It Compare to the President's Budget?
OMB's Mid-Session Review, which was released on Friday, showed lower debt and deficits over ten years than did the President's budget. Our paper on...
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Council on Foreign Relations Primes Readers on the Fiscal Cliff
The Council on Foreign Relations has joined in on those warning of the dangers of the fiscal cliff due to hit early January and unsustainable rising...
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A Deal on Appropriations Is Near
According to POLITICO's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan, lawmakers are nearing a deal that would fund the government for the first six months of FY...
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Re-visiting the President's Budget: OMB's Mid-Session Review
The OMB has released its Mid-Session Review (MSR), essentially a re-estimate of the President's budget taking into new legislative, economic, and...
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Lieberman and Collins Stand Up for Fiscal Responsibility
Yesterday the Senate voted on two highly polarized tax plans, with a Democratic version passing 51-48 while the Republican supported bill failing to...
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