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CBO Economic Forecasts Are Similar to the Consensus, Unlike OMB

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the President's F
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It Would Take Nearly Unprecedented Economic Growth to Balance the Budget

Increased economic growth has often been cited as a solution to our fiscal problems or as a way to offset deficit-increasing legislation.
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Apr 11, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes

Factchecking the Senate Budget Committee Hearing with CBO

At least two claims in Wednesday's Senate Budget Committee hearing with Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall merit fact checking.
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Rising Rates Could Further Balloon Interest Spending

Note (5/15/2018): This blog was published before 

Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children

Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt.
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Can Tax Reform Generate 0.4% Additional Growth?

Well-crafted tax reform would improve economic growth.
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Under Dynamic Scoring, House Tax Bill Still Explodes the Debt

Note: this blog has been updated to reflect the Tax Foundation's corrected

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