Fiscal Lab Notes

Grow Our Way Out of the Debt? Not So Fast

Weekly Lab Report: October 5, 2026

Oct 5 • Patrick J Horan

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September 2026

Strong Jobs, Stubborn Inflation

Weekly Lab Report: September 14, 2026

Sep 14 • Patrick J Horan

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Our Newest Team Member and a Seminar on CRs

Weekly Lab Report – September 5, 2026

Sep 5 • Patrick J Horan

August 2026

Continuing Resolutions Are a Symptom of a Broken Budget Process

Weekly Lab Report – August 29, 2026

Aug 29 • Patrick J Horan and Matthew Dickerson

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$40 Trillion, What Congress Can Do to Bring Down Inflation, and Washington Math

Weekly Lab Report – August 21, 2026

Aug 21 • Michael Schultz and Doug Branch

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Sluggish Job Growth & the Development of a National Task Classification System

Weekly Lab Report – August 13, 2026

Aug 13 • Patrick J Horan and Michael Schultz

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Approaching Appropriations Season

Weekly Lab Report – August 3, 2026

Aug 3 • Patrick J Horan and JosephMac

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July 2026

The Hamiltonian Norm and the Center for Strategic Fiscal Reform

Weekly Lab Report – July 21, 2026

Jul 21 • Patrick J Horan and William Beach

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Rising Interest Rates, a Warning from GAO, and Jaws as a Budget Analogy

Weekly Lab Report – July 14, 2026

Jul 14 • Patrick J Horan

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Some FLARE for the Fourth and a History of US Budgeting

Weekly Lab Report – July 3, 2026

Jul 3 • Patrick J Horan

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June 2026

The Fiscal Lab Team Expands!

Weekly Lab Report – June 27, 2026

Jun 27 • Patrick J Horan and Michael Schultz

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The Fed Holds Steady, but Signals Rate Hikes Ahead

The Fed’s Shift Could Drive Up Federal Borrowing Costs

Jun 20 • Patrick J Horan