Sep 22, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
A Gimmick We Like
We spend a lot of time warning about budget gimmicks. But OMB’s...
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.
Sep 22, 2009 | Social Security
Understanding What Happened to My Social Security COLA
AARP Public Policy Institute recently held an event on the impact of a...
Sep 21, 2009
Pressure to Extend Expiring Stimulus Provisions Likely
Recently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his support...
Sep 19, 2009
One More FDIC Bank Closing
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional bank (Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company) for a cost to the FDIC...
Sep 18, 2009
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Kicks Off Work This Week
This week, members of the 10-person, bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission met for the first time to begin efforts to investigate the causes...
Sep 18, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
Treasury Ends Money Market Fund Guarantee
Today, the Treasury announced the end of the Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds...
Sep 17, 2009 | Budget Process
Event Recap - Beyond PAYGO
Yesterday the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform hosted its first public event --...
Sep 16, 2009 | Health Care
Comparing Costs of the Health Care Reform Bills
Click here for CRFB's latest comparison chart, along with interactive graphs, comparing the costs and savings of the bill passed by the House to the...
Sep 16, 2009 | Budget Process
Peterson-Pew Commission Policy Paper on Budget Reform Proposals
Today, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform issued its first policy paper, “A Closer Look at the President’s FY 2010 Budget...
CBO Releases Analysis of Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released the preliminary analysis of the completed specifications for the Finance Committee’s...
Sep 16, 2009
Watch Peterson-Pew Event Live
"Beyond PAYGO: The Federal Budget Process and Proposals for Reform" is scheduled to kick off this morning at 8:45....
Sep 15, 2009 | Health Care
Opinion Piece on Budget Reform
Maya MacGuineas’ opinion piece in Roll Call, Reducing the Budget Deficit Requires More...
Sep 15, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
A Brief History of (Financial) Time
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, an event that both seriously destabilized and ominously ruptured the U.S....
Sep 15, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
The Lehman Collapse -- One Year Later
This week marks the one year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, an event that both seriously destabilized and ominously ruptured the U.S...
The Second Ten Years
CQ reports that CBO is likely to score the costs of the Senate Finance Committee health care bill for the second ten year period. This is...
Sep 15, 2009 | Economics
Can Deficits Fix the Economy?
By Maya MacGuineasLast night I attended a curtain raiser dinner for today’s...
Sep 15, 2009 | Budget Process
Peterson-Pew Commission Event on Budget Reform
Tomorrow, on September 16th, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform will host an event --...
Sep 14, 2009
Fiscal Stimulus: The CEA Report and Beyond
Is the largest fiscal stimulus package adopted in U.S. history working? Is it worth the high fiscal cost in the future? With these questions in...
Sep 14, 2009 | Economics
Fiscal Failures Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
UPDATE: See New American Contract's response to our post. They argue there may be trade-offs between improving the fiscal situation and strengthening...
Sep 12, 2009
Three More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over three additional banks (Venture Bank, Brickwell Community Bank, and Corus Bank) for a...
