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Mar 29, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Was the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Tightening Unprecedented?

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Jan 24, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

The Government Shutdown Could Wipe Out Recent Stimulus Effects on This Quarter

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Jun 25, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Maya MacGuineas: America's Biggest Weakness is No Big Secret

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...

Mar 29, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Was the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Tightening Unprecedented?

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) and former National Economic Council...

Mar 14, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Economists Agree: Deficits Matter

Rarely do economists agree on anything. But a survey this week through the University of Chicago's IGM Forum found that 42 top economists...

Feb 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Maya MacGuineas: The Rise of Free Lunch Economics & the Growth of Our National Debt

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an ...

Jan 29, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Erskine Bowles: Americans are being left behind. Here's how we fix it.

Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...

Jan 25, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

The Longest Shutdown Has Hit Consumer Sentiment the Hardest

It's not just the economy that's taken a hit from the partial shutdown of the government. Consumer confidence has taken a dip as well, falling more...

Jan 24, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

The Government Shutdown Could Wipe Out Recent Stimulus Effects on This Quarter

The current government shutdown has lasted long enough to temporarily erase all the positive stimulus effects of recent major legislation. ...

Jan 22, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

The Shutdown's Economic Toll Equals the Average Hurricane

The current government shutdown is the economic equivalent of a self-imposed natural disaster. As the 32nd day of the longest government shutdown in...

Jan 11, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO: Fixing the Debt Could Increase Average Income by $6,000 Per Person

While some recent commentators have suggested Americans stop worrying about our debt, evidence shows there is a significant upside to addressing...