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Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2013 Budget
This installment of the FY 2013 Budget Series focuses on some of the budget process reform proposals buried deep in the Analytical Perspectives...
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CRFB's Reaction to the President's Budget
CRFB has just released its press release on the President's budget, including some basic analysis of the fiscal trajectory. The budget includes...
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Key Fiscal Metrics in the President's Budget
With President Obama's FY 2013 budget out in the open for review (see our initial reaction and analysis) we will now more closely examine many aspects...
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Bowles-Simpson's Best Endorsement Yet?
Just when you thought you've seen it all, here's Clint Eastwood on CNBC's "Squawkbox" this morning touting the Fiscal Commission plan. Given the large...
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More Details on the President's Budget
In a post earlier this week detailing what's known about the President's budget, we discussed policies that were likely to appear on Monday. Now, the...
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Previewing the President's Budget
With less than a week before the President's budget comes out The Wall Street Journal has reported that it will be similar to the September submission...
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The Road to Economic Growth
The McKinsey Global Institute recently released a report assessing the efforts of the world’s ten largest mature economies (United States, Japan...
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Bernanke 'Supportive of Going Big'
Supporters of enacting a comprehensive deficit reduction plan got a boost yesterday from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. At a hearing with the...
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It's About How and When, Not Just How Much
We noted earlier this week that CBO's current law economic assumptions in the near-term do not look very stellar, especially in 2013 when the economy...
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CRFB's New Realistic Baseline
Yesterday, CRFB released its analysis of the latest budget projections from CBO, discussing debt, deficits, spending, and revenues. We also updated...