Oct 29, 2010 | Economics
MarketWatch: October 25-29, 2010
All eyes are on next week’s meeting of the Fed’s Open Market Committee (FOMC), the monetary policy setting body of the Fed. As priced in...
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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.
Oct 28, 2010
Establishing Goals and Demolishing Myths
Last week CRFB provided Ten Questions to Ask the Candidates on fiscal policy as a way to help voters gauge how serious a candidate truly is regarding...
Oct 28, 2010
How to Build a Fiscal Consolidation Package: Some Lessons from the IMF
“Virtually all advanced economies are likely to conduct fiscal consolidation at some point in the future to put their fiscal positions back on...
A Letter in Support of Raising the Retirement Age
Nine months since the creation of the Fiscal Commission, we are now just one month away from the scheduled release of its report/recommendations. For...
Oct 26, 2010
Standard and Poor's Upgrades British Debt Outlook
Today, Standard and Poor’s reaffirmed their rating of the U.K.'s AAA debt instruments in response to the UK’s recently devised fiscal...
Oct 26, 2010
CNN Money Exclusive: Britain's Austerity: 4 Lessons for Washington
CRFB President Maya MacGuineas has another commentary on CNN Money, discussing Britain's fiscal austerity plan, setting the right place and...
Oct 25, 2010 | Social Security
Demagoguing 101: Social Security
With the November elections just two weeks, demagoguing has reached a fever pitch. So, predictably, when the SSA sent a letter to Rep. Earl Pomeroy...
Oct 25, 2010
Blinder on the Fiscal Policy Paradox
In an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, Alan Blinder discusses his frustrations with what he dubs the “fiscal policy paradox”:...
Oct 25, 2010 | Economics
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...
Oct 25, 2010
‘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...