#Federal Budget

The third and final presidential debate last week failed to provide voters with credible and specific proposals for putting the federal debt on a sustainable path. “Donald Trump’s suggestion that economic growth alone can solve the problem is not realistic…

Three congressional candidates in New Hampshire expressed concerns about the federal budget and discussed possible solutions in live-audience television interviews at a “Fiscal Fridays Festival” in Concord last week. The event was co-sponsored by NH1, The Concord Coalition and the…

The federal deficit jumped to $587 billion in Fiscal 2016, up from $439 billion the previous year, the Treasury Department reported Friday. As a percentage of GDP, the deficit increased to 3.2 percent, up from 2.5 percent in Fiscal 2015.…

In tomorrow night’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump should have a good opportunity to address some of the critical fiscal choices that await the next president and Congress. Two earlier presidential debates failed to provide voters with much…

The next president will face difficult challenges with the federal budget, and younger Americans have much at stake in whether those challenges are effectively met. Three speakers delivered that message Thursday to students at Washington University in St. Louis, site…

In advance of the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, dozens of students and faculty there participated in an interactive federal budget exercise last week. It was the first in a series of programs on…

The “penny plan” to reduce spending by one cent on every dollar (one percent a year), which has been bouncing around Washington for years, got renewed attention recently from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. (more…)

While projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for rising federal deficits are troubling enough, a recent CBO blog post offers an important reminder of the uncertainties involved in such projections -- including how well the economy will perform in…