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‘Line’ Items: Brackets and Budgets Edition
Brackets – As many busy themselves today going over the brackets for the big tourney, picking the next Cinderella and who will win it all, the real...
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More on CBO's Budget Options
Going into further detail on one of the most useful CBO reports, Budget Options, there are a plethora of very interesting policies that CBO has scored...
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CBO Releases Budget Options Report
Today, CBO released an updated version of its giant compilation of potential savings from various spending and tax options. The report covers all...
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How Interest Rates Could Affect Deficits and Debt
Interest rates have an enormous effect on how much we pay each year on servicing our debt. In the Budget and Economic Outlook from January, CBO...
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Happy Second Birthday ARRA!
While the budget world is caught up in the President's budget, it's time to celebrate an important birthday. On this day two years ago, President...
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It's Baaaaaaaaaaack: Simpson-Bowles Is Reappearing
It's an interesting time in the fiscal policy world right now. A lot of uncertainty is up in the air about what will happen with our deficits and debt...
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‘Line’ Items: Super Bowl Edition
Game On – The Super Bowl in Texas won’t be until Sunday, but Washington had its own big game last week as President Obama gave his State of the Union...
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CBO Projects Social Security to Be Forever in the Red
In yesterday's Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO shows that Social Security will run deficits each year over the coming decade, depleting $547 billion...
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CBO Releases January 2011 Ten-Year Outlook
CBO today released its new budget and economic update, showing higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012 to 2021 than they predicted back...
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CRFB Analysis of CBO’s January 2011 Baseline
CBO now projects the 2011 deficit to reach a record-breaking $1.5 trillion, and increased its deficit projections over the 2011-2020 period by $1.4...
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Doug Elmendorf Reappointed as Director of Congressional Budget Office
Congressional leaders have agreed to reappoint Doug Elmendorf as the director of the Congressional Budget Office. Mr. Elmendorf, who has been the...
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IMF to the United States: Adopt a Credible Fiscal Plan for the Medium-Run
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook update today, on the eve of two big moments for U.S. fiscal policy - the...