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While the White House celebrates the economy’s strong second-quarter showing, it is important to keep in mind that economists generally consider this a temporary phenomenon rather than a harbinger of higher growth levels over the coming decade. The U.S. Commerce…


Large majorities of business economists said in a recent survey that current U.S. fiscal policy is overstimulating the economy and should be aimed at reducing the federal deficit rather than increasing it. The National Association for Business Economics said 81…


Sen. John McCain was a war hero and dedicated public servant who put country over party and who recognized the moral imperative to protect younger Americans and future generations from excessive government debt. The Concord Coalition mourns his passing, and we…


With less than three weeks left until New Hampshire’s 2018 primary election, all but a few “Facing the Future” congressional candidate interviews have been completed and are available on The Concord Coalition’s website. Nine Republican and Democratic candidates in the…


Last year’s tax legislation fell short of some supporters’ key stated goals, notably to greatly simplify the tax code and strengthen the federal government’s financial position. Two new analyses from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Peter G. Peterson…


In an update to its 10-year economic outlook, The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that real GDP will grow by 3.1 percent this year, 2.4 percent next year and considerably less in subsequent years. Although CBO says this update does…


The federal budget is currently on an unsustainable path, and that path has been made worse by recent congressional action. Yet a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis shows that its standard projections, which assume current laws remain in place,…


President Trump’s claim this week that his tariffs will enable the government to start "paying down" large amounts of the federal debt is wrong for a very simple reason: It is impossible to reduce debt while you are still adding to it.…


By Rob Ryan Despite much discussion in Washington about the need for more substantial investment in infrastructure, nothing much has been done. House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), however, recently unveiled a proposal that would help address --…


With the federal government rapidly sinking further and further into debt, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady last week released a loose framework for tax legislation that would require even more federal borrowing. This proposal flies in the…


Ben Bernanke, Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner played central roles in dealing with the financial crisis 10 years ago that stunned the nation and threatened economic disaster. The three former policymakers recently discussed some of the lessons to be learned…


In a welcome show of bipartisan cooperation, lawmakers appear to be moving forward on IRS legislation that they say would help taxpayers, reduce tax-refund fraud and improve tax-collection efforts. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),…

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