Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care SpendingJanuary 31, 2008 |
Medicare and Medicaid demonstration projects and waiversJanuary 29, 2008 |
Budget and economic outlookJanuary 23, 2008CBO released its budget and economic outlook this morning, and the House Budget Committee held a hearing on the topic. I am pasting below the notes for my oral remarks at that hearing. (For video of the hearing, click webcast.) The outlook report is put together by a large team of analysts and editors at CBO. It is deeply impressive to see how well the team works together in producing a document of this complexity!
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Economic stimulus....January 22, 2008The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing this morning on economic stimulus and the report on the topic that CBO issued last week at the request of the House and Senate Budget Committees. The notes I used for my oral remarks at the hearing are posted below.
- The risk of recession is significantly elevated relative to normal economic conditions.
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Economic stimulus optionsJanuary 15, 2008 |
Gasoline pricesJanuary 14, 2008 |
Income volatilityJanuary 7, 2008Substantial interest has arisen recently regarding how much household income and workers' earnings bounce around from year to year, prompted in part by the work of Jacob Hacker at Yale University. This topic is important not only to understand potential sources of household anxiety, but also in designing social insurance systems and the tax code. In previous work released in 2007, CBO examined the volatility of workers' earnings.
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Monthly budget review -- JanuaryJanuary 7, 2008 |
Robert Wood Johnson fellow at CBOJanuary 7, 2008 |
