Budgets & Projections
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Fiscal Targets: Why We Need Both Medium and Long-Term Targets
The President's Fiscal Commission has been charged with proposing: "Recommendations designed to balance the budget, excluding interest payments on the...
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Translating Dr. Summers’ Econospeak: Are Budget Deficits Good or Bad?
Larry Summers gave a very interesting and thoughtful talk in Washington recently (May 24). But it was delivered in High Oracular Econospeak, so many...
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Live Webcast: Fiscal Commission's Second Meeting
The President's Fiscal Commission is holding its second public meeting, which is being webcast live on the White House's website. We've embedded the...
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The Budgetary Impacts of Fed Actions
Yesterday CBO issued a very interesting report on the budgetary impact of the Federal Reserve's actions to address the economic and financial crisis...
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Aging and Entitlements
The U.S. Census Bureau came out with with a report this month on aging in the United States. Not to anyone's surprise, the report found that between...
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Safety Net and Tax Extender Proposals Are Still Not Paid For
CBO and JCT have released updated cost estimates of the most recent version of the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213), a bill...
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Essay: Our Unsustainable Budget Situation
NIHCM Foundation | May 2010 Our Burgeoning Federal Debt There is little doubt that the United States is on an unsustainable budget path. Budget...
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Congress May Not Produce a Budget, But You Can
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget today is launching its new “Stabilize the Debt” budget simulator to allow the public to get a better...
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No Budget, No Plan, No Accountability...No More
Well past the April 15 deadline, Congress still has yet to adopt a budget resolution for FY2011. Meanwhile, policymakers are looking to add hundreds...
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‘Line’ Items: Deeming, Dreaming, Votes and Quotes
Little Resolve for Budget Resolution – Leaders in the House have yet to make a final decision on moving forward with a FY2011 budget resolution. But...
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Lessons from Portugal: A Way Forward from our Fiscal Impasse for U.S. Political Leaders
Inspiration can come from the most surprising places. Take Portugal, for instance. (Granted, there are major differences between the U.S. and...
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Pearlstein Comes Out with His Own Fiscal Plan
Today in the Washington Post, Steven Pearlstein took the " Deficit Challenge", proposing his own plan on how to reduce future deficits through a...