Fiscal Policy in the News

We spend much of our time discussing and pointing out the precarious state of our federal budget. But the federal budget isn't the only area of public...

Today, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced in a statement that the recession that began in December of 2007 had ended in June of 2009...

Today, the White House announced its intent to appoint CFRB Board Member Jim Kolbe and CFRB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to the Advisory Committee for Trade...

Looks like even after 8 months, our Red Ink Rising report is still inspiring a significant amount of discussion. Take for example another fine work...

CRFB board member Doug Holtz-Eakin and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas both had essays in the most recent edition of the Ripon Forum. While they...

Larry Summers, the Administration's top economist (and former CRFB board member), has an op-ed in the Financial Times today, looking at why the...

Despite OMB's best efforts to trim waste from the government, The Onion believes it is inevitable that billions and billions of dollars will be wasted...

Today, President Obama has announced his intention to nominate Jacob Lew, the current Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, to...

It’s official, budget commissions are now sexy. Esquire magazine confirmed it with the creation of its own Blue Ribbon Commission to Balance the...

OMB and the President have just kicked off the 2nd annual SAVE Awards, a contest that allows federal employees to submit their ideas to save money for...

Alberto Alesina of Harvard University has a new paper out that talks about how differences in the composition of debt reduction packages make a...

The establishment of a fiscal commission either in Congress or by the President was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum. Liberals...