Fiscal Policy in the News

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation held its 2014 Fiscal Summit today, bringing together a number of current and former policymakers, experts...

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus laments the lack of discussion of fiscal issues in President Obama's State of the Union...

Today, Kiplinger's Personal Finance published a new interview with Fiscal Commission co-chair and CRFB board member Erskine Bowles. In a discussion...

So far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...

The Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, posted a short educational video explaining the national debt today. In a...

As the dust begins to clear from this month's political battle over the debt ceiling and government shutdown, there have many reports of businesses...

The prolonged government shutdown and debt ceiling debate are a clear indication that our government is not functioning as it should. Furloughed...

With the recent improvement in medium-term budget projections, some are trying to advance the myth that our debt problems have been solved. But as we...

While it is incredibly disappointing that elected officials in Washington failed to avoid a government shutdown, attention is quickly turning towards...

As we enter day 2 of the government shutdown, Americans across the country are already feeling the impact. With federal government offices and...

Congress faces a number of looming fiscal crises this fall, and the first obstacle is just around the corner -- if lawmakers fail to pass legislation...

Yesterday, the Washington Post Editorial Board published an editorial urging lawmakers to use the looming shutdown as an impetus to come up with a...