Fiscal Challenge

A national academic budget competition featuring undergraduate students offering plans to put the U.S. gov't on a fiscally sustainable path

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Want to keep up to date on all things Government, Finance and Econ? Check out Truth In Accounting's 'Morning Call.'

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"CBO to Release Volume of Budget Options on December 13"

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"Is the United States Relying on Foreign Investors to Fund Its Larger Budget Deficit?"

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"I support The Fiscal Challenge's efforts to educate America's future leaders in the hope that they will help us defuse our ticking time bomb." - David M. Walker

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"The Fiscal Challenge is an exciting way for students to dig into important public policy issues, and helps them develop research, presentation and leadership skills for their future success."

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Bolton Calls National Debt ‘Economic Threat’ to U.S.

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The Fantasy of Fiscal Stimulus. Very important for the competing teams!

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Rising national debt to affect voters' midterm election decisions, poll says

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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan speaks to CNBC about how Sweden recovered from its financial crisis in the 1990s through entitlement reforms.

Watch: https://t.co/D5B77gRyzU

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"Preventing the Next State Budget Crisis"- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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Glenn Hubbard Endorses @FiscalChallenge!

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If you are working on your Fiscal Challenge proposals or are interested in the debt crisis. This report by the Manhattan-Institute will be of interest to you!

Cheers,

Fiscal Challenge Team

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The Federal Deficit widens. For more information check out this link! It provides valuable information regarding Economic indicators. Can be useful for team proposals this year!

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Check out this overview of the 2018 Budget and Economic outlook the CBO posted!

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For those interested...check out the new podcast launched by the CBO.

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Episode 2 of CBO's podcast, In Our Estimation, is Budget 101. Take a listen!
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Fed's Powell says the US is not on a sustainable fiscal p... https://t.co/vDRFuozKgU via @YahooFinance

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CBO posted a blog post discussing the uncertainty surrounding the projections made in The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook back in June. Policymakers could take this uncertainty into account in various ways as they make choices for fiscal policy.
https://t.co/sYWzJmuvNi

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The gov could soon pay more in interest on debt than it spends on military, Medicaid or children's programs. "It's something to worry about," said Steuerle, a co-founder of Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. https://t.co/AHBJSo6QHR

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Baseline Budget Projections from the CBO is out. It details federal spending, revenues, and resulting deficits for the current year and the next 10 years, assuming current laws generally remain unchanged. This presentation summarizes recent projections.
https://t.co/sqa1Exwb4Q