Newest Budget Projections Show Gloomy Fiscal Picture
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its August baseline, updating budget projections from April and economic projections from...
Budget Projections
Is the 2014 Budget Meeting Expectations?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is set to update its budget and economic projections tomorrow, laying out the fiscal picture for the next...
How to Get a Balanced Budget in Ten Years
In a New York Times article describing Republican plans if they re-take Congress next year, reporter Carl Hulse cited CRFB, saying that "...
Aug 5, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release
MacGuineas Rebuts Krugman on Long-Term Debt
In a letter to the editor submitted to The New York Times, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas rebutted NYT columnist Paul Krugman on his criticism of Sen...
Resources to Help Paul Krugman Understand the Cost of Delay
In his blog this weekend, Paul Krugman suggested the cost of waiting to address our mounting national debt is relatively minor. He asks “why,...
CRFB's Maya MacGuineas on the Long-Term Budget Outlook
This week, CRFB President Maya MacGuineas appeared on Bloomberg Television to discuss the CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook and how imperative it is for...
Quantifying the Cost of Waiting to Address Debt
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook shows a clearly unsustainable debt path over the long term, one that...
High Debt Drags Down The Economy
New calculations in the Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook show that the high debt projected under current law could diminish...
CBO Releases 2014 Long-term Outlook
Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Long-Term Budget Outlook. Although CBO normally makes ten-year projections,...
May 8, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release
GAO's Long-Term Federal Budget Outlook Shows Grave Picture
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the spring update to its long-