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Jun 8, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

COVID Relief Continues to Bolster Personal Income

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Jun 3, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending| Economics

Partial Student Debt Cancellation is Poor Economic Stimulus

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Nov 26, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Maya MacGuineas Discussed Rising Interest on NPR

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, discussed our deteriorating fiscal situation, including how the U.S...

Oct 26, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

3rd Quarter Growth of 3.5 Percent is Good News, But Doesn't Reflect a Sustained Boost

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today announced its initial estimate that the economy grew at a 3.5 percent annualized rate in the third...

Aug 28, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Shows Faster Growth Is Important for Fixing the Debt

Strong, sustained economic growth is an important ingredient in putting the debt on a sustainable course. In addition to increasing incomes and...

Aug 13, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO Releases New Economic Projections

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released new ten-year economic projections today, updating its projections from April . The latest projections...

Jul 30, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes| Economics

Has the Recent Economic Boom Offset 88% of the Cost of the Tax Cut?

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed shared by the House Ways and Means Committee , Mike Solon of US Policy Metrics makes the argument that thanks to...

Jul 27, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Growth Just Hit 4.1 Percent – Don't Expect It To Last

The Bureau of Economic Analysis today released its initial estimate that the economy grew at a 4.1 percent annualized rate in the second quarter of...

Jul 10, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Does CBO "Expect the TCJA to Significantly Boost" the Economy in 2018?

UPDATE: The FRBSF paper has been corrected to remove the erroneous claim that CBO’s growth estimates are well in excess of theirs. The below fact...

Jun 29, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes| Economics

The Deficit Is Not "Coming Down Rapidly"

This morning, White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow appeared on Fox Business and made the following claim (emphasis added): "As...

Jun 1, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO Economic Forecasts Are Similar to the Consensus, Unlike OMB

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget found that the President's policies would still...