Economics

In a blog post earlier this week, Stan Collender presented a laundry list of suggestions about how deficit hawks can be more effective. As a proud...

On December 14, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform hosted a public event at the National Press Club to announce the release of its report...

The Peterson-Pew Commission’s “Red Ink Rising” plan for American lawmakers has earned some black ink worldwide too since its release, not to mention...

How and when the Fed will unwind the massive amounts of liquidity it has provided to shore up the financial system and economy? Will the Fed be able...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times applauded a CBO estimate that under the health...

According to today's Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the unemployment rate eased back to the 10 percent politically sensitive threshold in November...

The Congressional Budget Office has come out with a report estimating the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on employment and...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal calls the pharmaceutical industry foolish...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: As politicians react to record high levels of unemployment, The...

Early this week, General Motors stated that while it is still experiencing losses, it has stabilized itself enough so that the company can begin...

Last Friday, we blogged on new information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting the astonishingly high monthly unemployment rate for October...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Washington Post criticized the House health care bill because...