Fiscal Policy in the News

Jeanne Sahadi wrote for CNN today on the sometimes-overlooked short-term perils that the growing US debt could create, and how they affect the average...

Robert Samuelson has a blunt message for the American public in today's Washington Post: WAKE UP! In his op-ed Samuelson pans the lack of urgency by...

The EU and IMF just recently agreed to provide a nearly $1 trillion rescue fund for European countries facing troubled fiscal waters. Meetings over...

In an article today from Huffington Post, Hue and Cry, Former South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings takes aim at organizations, experts, and...

Yesterday the Peterson Foundation hosted the Fiscal Summit: America's Crisis and a Way Forward, convening an all-star line-up of fiscal, economic, and...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal criticized plans by Democrats to introduce...

In today's Financial Times, Roger Altman asked " whether the credit standing and currency stability of the world's biggest borrower, the US, will be...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: Taking off on Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress last week...

OurFiscalFuture.org has put together a blog carnival on fiscal policy called "Public Square." It brings together numerous experts on fiscal policy to...

At the Bottom Line we often complain about government officials avoiding hard fiscal choices because of the political difficulty involved. At the...

Today, the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institute, announced that Donald Marron will become the new...

Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Wall Street Journal noted the lessons that the United States...