The Federal Budget

Economic Development

Moving federal jobs out of Washington could work, if it’s done correctly

Alan Berube

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Report

Revisiting the budget outlook: An update after the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019

Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

Thursday, October 10, 2019

The National Debt Clock is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Federal Fiscal Policy

Why are millennials unfazed by the national debt?

Stuart M. Butler

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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Report

Revisiting the federal budget outlook

Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Aaron Krupkin

Monday, September 9, 2019

Reports

Report

Fiscal policy with high debt and low interest rates

William G. Gale

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Infrastructure

Shifting into an era of repair: US infrastructure spending trends

Joseph W. Kane and Adie Tomer

Friday, May 10, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

U.S. Economy

If not now, when? New estimates of the federal budget outlook

Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, and Aaron Krupkin

Monday, February 11, 2019

U.S. Navy sailors move aircraft from an elevator into the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea April 8, 2018. Picture taken April 8, 2018. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Hogan/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC19F1104180

U.S. Defense

Quality over quantity: U.S. military strategy and spending in the Trump years

James N. Miller and Michael E. O’Hanlon

January 2019

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The Federal Budget

Redesigning the budget process: A role for independent commissions?

Stuart M. Butler and Timothy Higashi

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Blog Posts

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FixGov

Four takeaways from this summer’s budget deal

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, August 2, 2019

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sits for an onstage interview about the U.S. budget with CNN reporter Manu Raju at the Peterson Foundation's annual Fiscal Summit in Washington, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC19F3443080

Up Front

The big budget deal is no big deal

William G. Gale and Aaron Krupkin

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

The Avenue

America wins as Trump abandons the citizenship question from the 2020 census

William H. Frey

Friday, July 12, 2019

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Director of Research - Foreign Policy

The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

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Multimedia

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats speak to reporters after their meeting on infrastructure with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC134195ACF0

Podcast Episode

Can the administration and Congress move forward on $2 trillion infrastructure plan?

Adie Tomer

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Alberto Ramirez utilizes a communication system while underground during Urban Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2018 (ANTX18) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, U.S. March 19, 2018. Picture taken March 19, 2018. U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC13A748CBD0

The Federal Budget

Is Trump’s 2020 defense budget excessive?

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol as budget legislation deadlines loom for a potential federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1A27BF8930

The Federal Budget

Will Trump and Congress shut down the government?

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, December 21, 2018

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Reports

The future of the defense budget

Next steps for the Army: A conversation with Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy

Is there really a military readiness crisis in the United States?

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Director of Research - Foreign Policy

The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair