Oct 22, 2010 | Budgets & Projections
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-...
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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 22, 2010 | Economics
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...
Oct 21, 2010 | Budgets & Projections
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...
Oct 21, 2010 | Budgets & Projections
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...
Oct 20, 2010
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...
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...
Oct 19, 2010 | Economics
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...
Oct 19, 2010 | Economics
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...
‘Line’ Items: BCS Edition
Loads of BCS – The first edition of this season’s rankings from the much-maligned BCS is now out. The system uses computer algorithms and...
Oct 18, 2010 | Economics
CNN Money Exclusive: How to Avoid a Debt Doomsday
CRFB president Maya MacGuineas has another commentary on CNN.com, talking about potential ways a fiscal crisis could go down. You can check it out...