For understandable reasons, the focus in Washington over the past year has been on the nation’s physical health, and its resulting consequences for the near-term economy, rather than on our longer-term fiscal health. A new report by the Government Accountability…
The annual economic projections of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) underpin the agency’s budget estimates. In a normal year, the new economic projections are released as part of the January budget baseline, and while budget updates are issued at various…
On February 17, experts from the Congressional Budget Office, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and the Brookings Institution spoke to nearly 200 people via webinar on the “Fiscal, Monetary, and Economic Challenges of the Post-Pandemic Economy.” The event was…
President Biden has proposed an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID relief and recovery bill. But in an evenly divided Senate, finding the necessary votes to avoid a legislative filibuster will be difficult as many…
