Aug 14, 2009 | Economics
The Economy: Expectations and Reality Check
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Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Aug 12, 2009 | Economics
FOMC Leaves Stance Unchanged
August 12 - The key Fed policymaking body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), released its...
CRFB Discusses CBO Social Security Projections
August 11 - Today, CRFB released a report highlighting its...
CBO Reports on Social Security
August 8 - Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term...
Aug 6, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
CBO Releases Budget Options Volume 2
August 6 - Today, the CBO released the second of...
Aug 5, 2009
Top Senate Democrats Look to Reinforce Cash for Clunkers Before Recess
August 5 - Harry Reid and other top Senate officials are confident that a vote to extend the...
Taxing the Middle Class
August 4 - Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs...
Jul 31, 2009 | Economics
Second Quarter U.S. GDP and the Stimulus Package
July 31 - U.S. real GDP declined by 1.0% (annual rate) in the second quarter, the fourth straight quarterly drop, according to...
Jul 31, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
House and Senate Work to Finish FY 2010 Appropriations Bills
July 31 - Yesterday, the House ...
Jul 30, 2009 | Health Care
CRFB Release Urges Health Care Cost Controls
July 30 - Yesterday, CRFB put out a release...
Jul 29, 2009 | Health Care
House and Senate Move Closer to Health Care Reform
July 29 - Both the House and Senate announced today that...
Jul 28, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
China Continues to Question U.S. Debt Security
June 28 - Martin Crutsinger reports today that, at least behind closed doors, China has been raising serious concerns about the state of the US...
New CBO Reports on Health Care Reform
July 27 - This weekend, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two very significant reports,...
Jul 24, 2009 | Budget Process
The Statutory Pay-as-You-Go Act of 2009
July 24 - This week the House passed statutory PAYGO legislation requiring spending and tax cuts to be offset in a deficit-neutral fashion. While...
Jul 24, 2009 | Health Care
Obama Interview with the Washington Post
July 24 - Read Fred Hiatt's excellent...
Jul 21, 2009 | Health Care
CRFB Releases "Health Care and the Federal Budget"
July 21 - Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released "...
Jul 21, 2009 | Economics
Fed Chairman Bernanke Reports to Congress
July 21 - Federal Reserve Board Chairman presented his twice a year monetary policy...
CBO Estimates House Health Care Bill
July 18 - Yesterday, the CBO released preliminary cost estimates for the House...
Jul 17, 2009 | Economics
NEC Director Summers at Peterson Institute
July 17 - President Obama's chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers spoke today to the Peterson Institute for International Economics on...
