COVID Pandemic
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Pandemic Response Oversight
Read moreOn June 3, 2020, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee...
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An Update on the Paycheck Protection Program
Read moreThe Paycheck Protection Program is one of the larger and most well-known initiatives that has been created to support small businesses during the...
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Charlie Stenholm: We will have to face rising national debt
Read moreCharlie Stenholm is a senior policy advisor at Olsson Frank Weeda, P.C., and a member of the Committee for a Resonsible Federal Budget. He recently...
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Eugene Steuerle: This is not your grandfather's debt problem
Read moreNow that the covid-19 crisis has produced predictions that we soon will reach a debt-to-GDP ratio previously seen only once before — during World War...
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What's in the $3 Trillion HEROES Act?
Read moreUpdated on 6/3/2020 to reflect CBO's estimate of the HEROES Act. The House recently approved the HEROES Act designed to further address the public...
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Maya MacGuineas Joins Fox Business to Discuss Federal Debt Projections
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Mornings with Maria on Fox Business. She joined host Maria...
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Chartbook: The COVID-19 Crisis and Federal Response
Read moreThe economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has been sharper and more dramatic than any we have experienced in our nation’s history. Likewise...
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Tim Penny: Pandemic-related federal aid: Make it fast, but also make it prudent
Read moreTim Penny is president & CEO of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation and co-chair of the Committee for a Responsible Budget. He recently wrote...
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CBO Releases Interim Economic Projections
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a new set of economic projections for 2020 and 2021 showing a sharp economic contraction during the...
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75% of Economic Impact Payments Have Been Paid So Far
Read moreThe $1.7 trillion CARES Act included an estimated $293 billion for direct payments to individuals, officially deemed “Economic Impact Payments.” These...
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Fed Mortgage-Backed Security Purchases Reached a New Record
Read moreThe Federal Reserve purchased nearly $180 billion in Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) last week, more than any week in history — including during the...
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COVID Response: How Much Money Has Been Made Available So Far?
Read moreThe fiscal and monetary policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis has been both swift and substantial. We have been...