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Interest Costs Just Surpassed Defense and Medicare
In the first seven months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, spending on net interest has reached $514 billion, surpassing spending on both national defense (...
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Tax Cut Extensions Could Cost $4 Trillion or More
According to new Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimates published by the Congressional Budget Office, extending the expiring or changing elements...
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Introducing the CRFB Debt Thermometer
Fiscal policy has profound consequences on the economic health and national security of the country. Yet little is done to track the effects of...
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Interest Rates Surge Near Record Highs
Interest rates are once again on the rise across nearly every maturity. The ten-year Treasury note closed at 4.7 percent on Tuesday, up from 4.1...
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Tim Penny & David Minge: Taxes increasingly paying for the past - not the future
Tim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a an emeritus board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives...
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Trust Fund Solvency Could Stabilize the Debt
Restoring solvency to the major trust funds could stabilize debt as a share of the economy, albeit at a very high level. We estimate that when dynamic...
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Breaking Down the Proposals in the President's FY 2025 Budget
The Biden Administration recently released the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget, outlining President Biden's tax and spending priorities for...
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Treasury: $1.1 Trillion Deficit in First Half of Fiscal Year
The United States borrowed $1.1 trillion in the first six months of fiscal year 2024, including $236 billion in March, according to the latest Monthly...
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Deficit Was $1.7 Trillion Over Past Year
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.7 trillion over the past 12 months, down $142 billion from the 12-month period ending in February and down $37...
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Spending Cuts in the President's FY 2025 Budget
The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget calls for $3.3 trillion of net deficit reduction through 2034, with $6.5 trillion of gross revenue and...
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Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss findings from the Congressional...
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Analysis of CBO's March 2024 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its March 2024 Long-Term Budget Outlook today that projects the nation’s fiscal and economic future...