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One More FDIC Bank Closing
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional bank ( Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company) for a cost to the FDIC of around...
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Kicks Off Work This Week
This week, members of the 10-person, bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission met for the first time to begin efforts to investigate the causes...
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Treasury Ends Money Market Fund Guarantee
Today, the Treasury announced the end of the Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. According to the Treasury, risk of a “catastrophic failure” of...
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Event Recap - Beyond PAYGO
Yesterday the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform hosted its first public event -- Beyond PAYGO. Five panelists discussed recent proposals to...
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A Closer Look at the President's FY 2010 Budget Process Reform Proposals
This paper examines the Obama administration budget reform proposals and evaluates how (and if) they would improve the budget process and restore...
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CBO Releases Analysis of Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released the preliminary analysis of the completed specifications for the Finance Committee’s Chairman’s...
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Comparing Costs of the Health Care Reform Bills
Click here for CRFB's latest comparison chart, along with interactive graphs, comparing the costs and savings of the bill passed by the House to the...
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Peterson-Pew Commission Policy Paper on Budget Reform Proposals
Today, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform issued its first policy paper, “ A Closer Look at the President’s FY 2010 Budget Process Reform...
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Watch Peterson-Pew Event Live
"Beyond PAYGO: The Federal Budget Process and Proposals for Reform" is scheduled to kick off this morning at 8:45. You can watch the event via live...
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A Brief History of (Financial) Time
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, an event that both seriously destabilized and ominously ruptured the U.S...
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Can Deficits Fix the Economy?
By Maya MacGuineas Last night I attended a curtain raiser dinner for today’s Dealing with America’s Debt Overhang event, hosted by New America...