#Federal Budget

Three former congressmen and a retired U.S. ambassador warned of the difficult fiscal policy challenges facing the incoming Trump administration and congressional leaders at a forum last week in Concord, N.H. (more…)

Budget experts urged the incoming Trump administration and congressional leaders to address the country’s long-term fiscal challenges at two events in Washington last week. (more…)

The penny plan to reduce spending by one cent on every dollar (one percent a year) has been bouncing around Washington for years but is now getting a higher profile with versions supported by the Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike…

Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire governor and senatorial candidate, will discuss her approach to the federal government’s fiscal challenges in an interview that will appea (more…)

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office reviews the serious problems facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) multiemployer program and analyzes proposed solutions.The PBGC is a government-owned corporation with a critical role: Insuring pension benefits for people in…

One of the best ways to understand -- and explain -- the country’s fiscal difficulties is to look at what we can expect to pay in interest on the rising national debt.After all, people know that if they run up…

Drawing on recently released projections, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reiterated on Monday that federal spending on Social Security and health care is on track to increase significantly as a share of the economy in the coming decades."CBO projects that…

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released its annual Mid-Session Review, saying the President’s proposals for 2017 would substantially reduce the deficit from the one expected for Fiscal 2016, which ends Sept. 30. OMB now projects the 2016…