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Low Interest Rates Are No Magic Bullet for the Federal Debt

Low interest rates on the federal debt have allowed the government to borrow more in recent years without ...

Monday, May 6, 2019

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CBO’s New Projections Are Reminder of Unsustainable Fiscal Path

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that updated projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) highlight the ...

Thursday, May 2, 2019

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GAO Urges Improvements in U.S. Fiscal Health

There’s a familiar ring to the latest report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the nation’s fiscal ...

Monday, April 15, 2019

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Fiscal 2019 Begins With Rapid Deficit Growth

Even as lawmakers and President Trump continued to argue over spending plans for the current fiscal year, the ...

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

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Once Border Wall Is Resolved, Even Bigger Challenges Await

Don’t look now, but budgetary gridlock on Capitol Hill is about to get worse. So is the deficit. With ...

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

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Budget Rhetoric Brings Heat But No Light

The Treasury Department’s final report for Fiscal Year 2018, showing a 17 percent ($113 billion) jump in the ...

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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Seven Reasons to Worry About High Federal Deficits

How do high and rising federal deficits hurt ordinary Americans? With the Treasury Department’s recent announcement that the deficit ...

Monday, October 22, 2018

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Despite Strong Economy, an Alarming Increase in the Federal Deficit

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today warned that the rapidly rising federal budget deficit -- totaling nearly $779 ...

Monday, October 15, 2018

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Troubling Increase in Federal Deficit

The federal deficit for Fiscal 2018 totaled $782 billion, an increase of $116 billion over the previous fiscal ...

Monday, October 8, 2018

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Fed Chair Warns of Risk in High Deficits

With the federal deficit projected to exceed $1 trillion in Fiscal 2020, many economists worry that Washington’s heavy ...

Friday, October 5, 2018

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In Concord, N.H. Program, Former Congressmen to Discuss Fixing Washington’s Gridlock and Partisanship

Tomorrow former congressmen David Jolly and Patrick Murphy will discuss excessive division and gridlock and how, through bipartisan ...

Friday, September 14, 2018

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No Good Reason for More Deficit-Financed Tax Cuts

With the Trump administration projecting a return to trillion-dollar deficits in the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, ...

Monday, September 10, 2018

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