Debt & Deficits
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The President's Budget Stabilizes Debt Over the Long Term...Maybe
Read moreIn addition to showing estimates over the next ten years, the President's budget includes in its lengthy Analytical Perspectives section a 25-year...
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What Will CBO Say About the President’s Budget?
Read moreThe President's budget would put debt on a very slight downward path over the next ten years, but that is by the Office of Management and Budget's own...
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President Releases His FY 2016 Budget
Read moreToday, President Obama released his FY 2016 budget, outlining his priorities for FY 2016 and the coming decade. Later today, we'll publish a full...
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What to Expect From the President's FY 2016 Budget
Read moreOn Monday, the President is scheduled to release his FY 2016 Budget. Based on press reports, we know some rough outlines of what he will be proposing...
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Report: CBO's January 2015 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook today, showing their budget and economic forecasts through 2025. After...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving Focus on the Long Term
Read moreFor additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. The budget...
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CRFB Budget Resolution Principles
Read moreOne of the first and most important priorities Congress should be agreeing to a budget resolution conference report that lays out a framework for...
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My View: Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles
Read moreAlan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are the former chairs of the Simpson-Bowles Fiscal Commission and members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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Why Has the Deficit Come Down Faster Than Expected?
Read moreWe noted in our discussion of the final Monthly Treasury Statement for 2014 that the deficit has fallen by two-thirds since 2009 after rising by...
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Update: Falling Deficit is Not a Sign of Fiscal Sustainability
Read moreWith the Treasury Department's year-end Monthly Treasury Statement having been released, we have revised last week's report today showing what the...
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The Concern Has Always Been Long-Term Deficits
Read moreWith the FY 2014 deficit continuing a trend of falling deficits over the past few years, some commentators have argued that budget hawks are...
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Falling Deficit is Not a Sign of Fiscal Sustainability
Read moreWith the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) year-end Monthly Budget Review having been released, we published a report today showing what the 2014...