Economic Outlook and the Budget
Witnesses testified on the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on the federal budget and debt. They also focused on economic stimulus proposals, deficit reduction, foreign …
282 viewsWitnesses testified on the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on the federal budget and debt. They also focused on economic stimulus proposals, deficit reduction, foreign …
282 viewsActing Director Donald Marron spoke to reporters about the Congressional Budget Office’s summer update to the 2006 Budget and Economic Outlook. He talked about revised deficit estimates, eco…
36 viewsTelephone lines were open for comments on the news of the day. Donald Marron talked by telephone about the summer update to the 2006 budget and economic outlook being released by the Cong…
42 viewsWitnesses testified on how the senior population contributes to health care costs including Medicaid and retiree health benefits. Topics included how healthcare costs continue to impact empl…
175 viewsThe Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations held an oversight hearing to examine the accuracy and reliability of cost projections f…
183 viewsMr. Marron talked about a report issued on January 26, 2006 by the Congressional Budget Office that forecasts that the Iraq war and hurricane-related costs would help expand the U.S. deficit…
37 viewsMr. Marron talked with reporters about the Congressional Budget Office’s annual federal budget and economic forecast. He said that not much had changed since one year ago, that the U.S. econ…
45 viewsOfficials testified about emergency preparedness and national flood insurance programs. Among the topics they addressed were the devastation brought to Gulf Coast communities by hurricanes R…
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