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Aug 31, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Does 3% Growth Mean We Can Go Much Higher?

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Aug 16, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes| Economics

Do Retroactive Tax Cuts Do Much to Boost Economic Growth?

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May 26, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Maya MacGuineas: Why is Trump's 3-percent growth target pure folly? Because math.

Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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May 18, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

How Fast Can America Grow?

Official projections show real economic growth will average less than 2 percent annually over the next decade. However, some policymakers have...
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May 18, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Policies to Grow the Economy

The aging of the population will make achieving past levels of economic growth much more difficult in the years ahead. The Congressional Budget...
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Apr 18, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

Increasing Infrastructure Investment Must Be Paid For

In a recent interview with The New York Times, President Trump said that he wants to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure because "we are borrowing...
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Apr 17, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

CBO Economic Forecast Sees Major Headwinds Facing Growth

Predicting what the economy will look like over the next 30 years is no easy task, but the assumptions in the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO)...
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Mar 14, 2017 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Alice Rivlin: Don’t undermine the Congressional Budget Office. Use it.

Alice Rivlin is a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and Office of Management and Budget. She currently is on the board of the...
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