#Economy

The House and Senate have now passed a bipartisan budget deal. If signed by the president, as expected, the deal would lessen the chances of another government shutdown when the fiscal year ends on September 30th and suspend the debt…

As the presidential campaign heats up with the first debates this week, The Concord Coalition has released The National Debt & Federal Budget: 2020 Presidential Election Issue Guide. In the months ahead presidential candidates will make many promises and offer…

Des Moines, Iowa -- Under the auspices of The Concord Coalition, the American Action Forum (AAF) today presented a new paper that proposes reforming legal immigration to the United States in ways that would promote greater economic growth. The proposals…

The Concord Coalition will present a new paper on pro-growth immigration strategies and a talk by its author, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Wednesday morning, May 29, at the Drake University Law School in Des Moines. Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, previously…

With growing threats from climate change and natural disasters, some lawmakers in both parties are discussing needed changes in how Washington budgets -- or to be more precise, fails to budget -- for disaster-related costs. “Planning for emergencies is not…

On the heels of its new budget plan with high economic growth projections that have been widely questioned, the Trump administration last week released a report that makes clear these projections rest on a dubious assumption: “full implementation” of the…

Although the tax and spending suggestions in President Trump’s new budget have received most of the attention, the unrealistic nature of his projections on economic growth must be kept in mind as Congress begins working on plans for Fiscal 2020.…

With many lawmakers in both parties acting as if the high and rising national debt doesn’t matter, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has provided a timely reminder that it does. Powell delivered that message to Senate and House committees last…