CBO Releases New Budget and Economic Projections
CBO has just released its August Budget and Economic Outlook. You can find it here.
Fiscal Plans
OMB Asks for Agency Cuts in 2013
On OMB's blog, OMB director Jack Lew talked about his instruction
Donald Marron Wants More Fiscal Foxes
In the Christian Science Monitor, Donald Marron
An In-Depth Look at the Trigger
Faithful readers of this blog know by now how the trigger contained in the
Baucus, Murray, and Kerry on the Joint Committee
The three Democratic Senators on the Joint Committee--Max Baucus (D-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), and John Kerry (D-MA)--have a lofty
CRFB's Updated Realistic Baseline
With the Budget Control Act now in the books, it's time for us to update our CRFB Realistic Baseline from our
OMB Director Jack Lew on the Defense Cuts in the Debt Deal
The main savings feature that the debt deal (the Budget Control Act) c
Agreement on Debt Limit Increase
We have a deal (pending votes, of course).
If You’re Going to Rely on Savings Targets, Specify the Baseline
As CRFB has certainly been making clear, we would prefer a "big deal" that dealt with all areas of the budget and reduced debt as a share
More Support for the Gang of Six
As the debt-ceiling proposals from Rep. Boehner and Sen.