Oct 6, 2009 | Taxes
The U.S. Taxpayer and the IMF
For the U.S. taxpayer, last weekend’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Turkey were a reminder of the importance of global...
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.
Oct 5, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
TARP -- One Year Later
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), established as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization...
Oct 5, 2009
Three More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional three banks (...
Weekend Editorial Roundup
This weekend, there have been a number of editorials about fiscal and budget policy. Among them:USA Today...
Oct 2, 2009 | Economics
September Unemployment Rate and Uncertain Outlook
To those watching the economy as it enters into positive territory and the financial markets as they seemed to be getting...
Oct 2, 2009
This Week's Finance Committee Markup
The Senate Finance Committee wrapped up work today on the markup of their Health Care Reform legislation, America’s Healthy Future Act...
Social Security Beneficiaries Rise by 19%
According to Bloomberg News, the number of Social Security...
Oct 1, 2009
FDIC Proposes Banks Prepay Insurance Premiums
This week, the FDIC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to require insured banks to...
Oct 1, 2009 | Taxes
Simplifying the Tax Code
Yesterday, the tax subgroup of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) met to discuss ideas for simplifying the tax code as part...
Sep 30, 2009
Progressives and the National Debt
Today, the Center for American Progress and the Center on Budget and...
Sep 30, 2009
Fiscal Year 2010 is Upon Us
Today marks the end of fiscal year 2009 (FY 2009), and to celebrate the occasion, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has put together a...
Sep 30, 2009
Highlights from Bill Frenzel's Brookings Web Chat
CRFB co-chair and former congressman Bill Frenzel answered questions on the U.S. budget deficit in a...
Sep 29, 2009 | Economics
G-20 Summit's Fiscal and Financial News
It would be easy to dismiss the recent G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh as just more political babble, more empty business as usual just among more...
Sep 29, 2009 | Social Security
Economic Crisis Puts Strain on Social Security
As the Associated Press recently reported, Social Security has come under considerable strain as a result of the economic crisis. Payroll tax...
Sep 29, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to Speak at Brookings
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Bill Frenzel is speaking about the budget deficit at The Brookings Institution
tomorrow. Frenzel...
Sep 29, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB Co-Chair Bill Frenzel to Host Online Chat
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Bill Frenzel will host an online chat conversation,
tomorrow, run by the Brookings Institution....
Sep 28, 2009 | Health Care
US Budget Watch Releases Paper Comparing Health Care Reform Plans
Today, US Budget Watch released a new paper,...
Sep 28, 2009
Moody's Still Cautionary on U.S. Debt
Fears over any near-term U.S. inflationary pressures may have eased for the moment. Moody’s recently reassured investors that it didn...
Sep 26, 2009
One More FDIC Bank Closing
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional bank (...
Sep 25, 2009 | Health Care
Finance Committee to Continue Work on Health Bill Next Week
This has been a big week in the Senate Finance Committee regarding work on the health care reform bill. The Committee endued many all-day sessions...
