Debt & Deficits
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EARN Act Would Cost $80 Billion Without Gimmicks
Read moreThis analysis is an update to a previous analysis of the Enhancing American Retirement Now Act to account for the introduction of the legislation...
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New Projection: Federal Debt Will Reach Record Levels Sooner Than Expected
Read moreThe nation’s fiscal and economic outlook has deteriorated substantially since the last Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline in May, when CBO...
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CBO Reports $83 Billion Deficit in First Month of Fiscal Year
Read moreThe United States borrowed $83 billion in October, according to the latest Monthly Budget Review from the Congressional Budget Office. The following...
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Mitch Daniels: Modern Monetary Theory, debunked everywhere except among government big-spenders
Read moreMitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling
Read moreThis paper has been updated. The federal debt ceiling was raised in December of 2021 by $2.5 trillion to $31.381 trillion, which is expected to last...
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A $1.4 Trillion Deficit Is Not An Accomplishment
Read moreThe U.S. Treasury Department released the final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year 2022 today, confirming the deficit totaled nearly $1.4...
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Treasury: FY 2022 Deficit Was $1.4 Trillion
Read moreThe US Department of the Treasury released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, showing a $1.4 trillion deficit for the...
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FY 2022 Deficit Totals $1.4 Trillion
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its final monthly budget review of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which shows that the budget deficit...
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U.S. Gross Debt Tops $31 Trillion
Read moreThe gross national debt of the United States eclipsed $31 trillion yesterday, just nine months after the federal government’s gross debt exceeded $30...
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Year-End 'Extenders' Could Worsen Deficits and Inflation
Read moreWith inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers might make the fiscal situation even worse in an end-of-the-year fiscal...
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CBO Releases its Estimate of the President's FY 2023 Budget
Read moreYesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget. CBO finds that debt and...
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Maya MacGuineas: The White House is wrong, Biden is no steward of fiscal responsibility
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...