Eugene Steuerle: Who Should Pay For The Economic Relief From The COVID-19 Crisis?
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a...
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.
Apr 13, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Budget Projections: Debt Will Exceed the Size of the Economy This Year
The United States entered the current public health and economic crisis facing high levels of debt and trillion-dollar deficits. Due to the effects...
Apr 9, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources Page
Information about the Coronavirus, the subsequent economic crisis, and response legislation is available from many different sites. We've...
Apr 7, 2020 | Economics
Bernie Sanders's Coronavirus Relief Package
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released his Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package, a plan to build on...
Apr 7, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
CBO's Estimate of Proposals in the President's FY 2021 Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its estimate of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget using its own...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the second of three packages...
Apr 2, 2020 | Economics
CBO Updates Economic Baseline in Wake of COVID-19
In anticipation of a score of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the second coronavirus response bill), the Congressional Budget Office (...
Mar 31, 2020 | Taxes
Loosening the SALT Cap is Poorly Targeted
The third COVID-19 relief bill was signed on Friday, and lawmakers are now starting to propose ideas for the next round of stimulus....
Mar 30, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
CBO Releases Its Own Estimate of the President's FY 2021 Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY 2021) budget. CBO’s analysis shows that debt...
Mar 27, 2020 | Other Spending
A Visualization of the CARES Act
The President yesterday signed into law the CARES Act, a $2.3 trillion relief package aimed at ameliorating some of the effects of the economic...