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Op-Ed: Britain's Austerity: 4 Lessons For Washington
CNN Money | October 25, 2010 Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Foundation. The Brits sure...
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Two More Members For the Announcement Effect Club
David Chavern of the Chamber of Commerce and Christina Romer, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), both joined the Announcement...
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‘Line’ Items: October Surprise Edition
Surprises We Want to See – With pivotal mid-term elections next week that will decide control of Congress, observers are awaiting this year’s “October...
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Geithner Supports U.S. Medium-Term Fiscal Targets at the G-20
We at CRFB applaud Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s support of medium-term fiscal targets, in the run-up to this weekend’s meeting of G-20 finance...
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MARKETWATCH: October 18 - 22
Most of the week, markets continued to reflect expectations that the Fed would increase its purchases of Treasury securities (known as quantitative...
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FHFA Projects Fannie and Freddie Costs
Update: This blog has been updated to reflect additional information. A new report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency shows the agency's first look...
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United Kingdom Outlines $130 Billion in Savings
Budgeteers have been closely watching the United Kingdom during the past six months, as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Prime Minister...
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From Sound Bites to Solutions
Getting to real solutions to the fiscal challenges facing the country requires asking the right questions. Today CRFB offered “ Ten Questions to Ask...
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Bank Failures Reach 300 Mark
On Stimulus.org, we have been tracking the number of bank failures by FDIC-insured institutions since the beginning of 2008. As we have mentioned...
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Lessons from Monetary Policy for Fiscal Policy
On Friday, Fed Chairman Bernanke provided a lesson that fiscal policymakers should take to heart: Expectations matter. In a much anticipated speech at...
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More on COLAs (and the CPI-E)
Following Friday's announcement by the Social Security Trustees that there would be no automatic increase for Social Security benefits in 2011 and the...