Debt & Deficits
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Wrapping up the 2016 Fiscal Year
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget deficit totaled $587 billion, according to the final data from the Treasury Department. Although this is nearly 60...
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Interactive Tool: Reforming the Candidates' Fiscal Plans
Read moreOur recent in-depth analysis Promises and Price Tags found that the national debt would continue to rise under a Hillary Clinton or a Donald Trump...
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Looking at the Long Term Under the Candidates' Plans
Read moreWe’ve shown before that neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump would reverse the unsustainable growth of the national debt over the next decade, and...
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Maya MacGuineas: Neither Candidate Has Any Real Plan for Our National Debt
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Paul A. Volcker & Peter G. Peterson: Ignoring the Debt Problem
Read morePeter G. Peterson is the founder and chairman of the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Maya MacGuineas: Debate Questions But No Real Answers on National Debt, Social Security
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, analyzed the vice...
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Clinton & Trump: Where Will Our Debt Be in 10 Years?
Read moreOur recent report Promises and Price Tags: A Preliminary Update estimated that both major party presidential candidates' proposals would add to the...
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As We Enter the New Fiscal Year, A Look Back at FY 2016
Read moreWhile most of the country will not be celebrating the new year for another three months, today marks the turnover of the fiscal year (FY) with FY 2016...
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Mitch Daniels: Washington’s Wake-Up Call
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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Three CRFB and Fix the Debt Board Members Testify Before Congress
Read moreOn September 8, three CRFB and Fix the Debt board members – Mitch Daniels, Judd Gregg, and Alice Rivlin – testified before the Joint Economic...
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CRFB Board Member Alice Rivlin's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers, and Dangers of the Federal Debt
Read moreOn September 8, 2016, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board member and Brookings Institution senior fellow Alice Rivlin testified before...
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CRFB Co-Chair Governor Mitch Daniels's Testimony on the Direction, Drivers and Dangers of the Federal Debt
Read moreOn September 8, 2016, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair and president of Purdue University Governor Mitch Daniels testified before...